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88Why are conspiracy theories so popular?
The web is full of the most amazing conspiracy theories ranging from the claims that no-one has landed on the moon, through the CIA planning 9/11, right up to earthquakes being caused by testing experimental weapons. Somewhere in between comes the...
8 comments59God in Haiti
After listening to the UK Radio 4 Today programme, I was struck by the interview with John Sentamu, the bishop of York, who was trying to explain the role of God in the Haiti earthquake disaster. It is...
4 comments68The placebo effect - how does it work?
The Land of Woo is the land where the normal rules of science don't apply, where fantastic cures can be obtained by wiggling toes, where crystals and magnets have properties undetected by science, where anyone who invents a fanciful theory can launch a business selling it to gullible people. Leaving the Land of Woo takes the lid of irrational theories and helps us understand how the real world works.
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