UPDATE: 4/30/2013 – If you’re visiting from the RDF or IFLS… Hello! Welcome! I’m so sorry. I’d like to head this post off with a disclaimer: This post is really old. Ancient by internet standards. I’m fully aware of all the problems this version of the Red Flags has. I know how weak the “Doctor” panel [...]
UPDATE: Version 2.0 Available HERE >> This post has been a long time coming: A list of red flags to help you identify a pseudoscience or quack modality. I don’t recommend reading this entire article in one sitting, just as I probably shouldn’t have written it in such a fashion. Think of it as a [...]
“What’s the Harm? (part one!)“ This basic question was posed to us by a reader during one of our recent astrology comics. To summarize, they wanted to know what the beef was with astrology and horoscopes. Why were we ragging on a ‘harmless’ superstition? Where was the vitriol coming from? To that I say, ‘What [...]
Babies are stupid. Explaining the intricacies of the world to a baby is like explaining an action movie to a girl. They have no frame of reference. This is by no fault of their own, mind you, they just haven’t developed the necessary skills yet and are way too distracted by jingly shiny things. Girls [...]
Today’s comic not only introduces a new character, Bertrand Russell’s Teapot, but points a giggling finger at the lack of plausibility in homeopathic claims. Homeopathy is part of a collection of pseudoscientific modalities doctors like Dr. Mark Crislip, MD of Quackcast like to call Supplements, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, or SCAM. When you buy a homeopathic cold remedy [...]
…and I am knee deep in it. Been sick with a killer sinus infection for a few days now and it’s really cramping my meninges. Today’s comic had a real lesson, but as my head cramped and the panels filled with boring text, I scraped it down to being as verbose as my damn see-saw [...]