Comments on: What Is It? #3

By: What Is It? #4 « The Merseyside Skeptics Society

What Is It? #4 « The Merseyside Skeptics Society — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:02:34 +0000

[...] week we showed you this photo and asked you what it was. The correct answer was the HR 8799 system. In the center, you can see [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:51:09 +0000

I wonder how Margaret would treat symptoms associated with the homeopathic overdose remedies. If like cures like, I guess she’d just give us more of the same!

By: Terry S

Terry S — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:20:38 +0000

I love the instruction ‘(click to enlarge)’ under the image.

By: Jon d

Jon d — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:40:38 +0000

Yeah congrats on the 10^23 btw. I initially was a bit grumpy about it cos afaik homeopaths never claim ‘overdoses’ can be harmful so by necking a bottle you weren’t attacking a false claim directly, But it caught the medias attention even if that ment phone in’s with an expert and a crank ‘debating’ and the host wrapping it up with a bland ‘yeah so a difference of opinion on homeopathy there’ it got people’s attention.

By: Sel

Sel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:29:03 +0000

Never mind Marsh, it’s a frikking cool image

By: Marsh

Marsh — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:07:48 +0000

Aw, Bloody Hell, I give up!

Colin can do these competitions in future, then!

By: Yorkshire Skeptic

Yorkshire Skeptic — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:37:34 +0000

i was going to go with something sub-atomic before the answer was spilled…very cool pic!

By: Yorkshire Skeptic

Yorkshire Skeptic — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:33:15 +0000

It’s the logical fallacy roadshow!

Anecdotes aren’t evidence; double-blinded peer reviewed studies which all point to Homeopathy (somehow) working is evidence.

What has your Swine Flu screed got to do with the efficacy of Homeopathy? I sort of agree with what you say about the handling of Swine Flu (but surely it’s better to be safe than sorry than to be caught short?) Massive Non-Sequitor.

Likewise, so what if the Royal family endorse Homeopathy? Are they trained medical professionals? Royalty can be just as stupid or naive as any other pleb, empirical infallibility isn’t immediately conferred on those in authority. Classic argument from authority there!

Lastly, as Andy says below, this is a thread on a PICTURE, not on Homeopathy. Thanks for posting, but couldn’t you have posted this somewhere more relevant?

By: Andy Wilson

Andy Wilson — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:51:14 +0000

Oh dear

not dee filed. Deep field!

By: Andy Wilson

Andy Wilson — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:50:11 +0000

You know it’s really good of you to drop by and share your wisdom. Especially in a thread about A PICTURE.

Perhaps good old Margaret could prepare a remedy for your displaced topicality. Tell her we sent you. It’ll be free.

I have considered the question of investing my time and energy on health issues that matter to us all and are having a serious impact on the quality of our lives.

I decided to “overdose” on useless sugar pills.

How long did it take you to write that? All you needed to do, evidently, was look at the bloody filename.

For the record, My foirst guess was that this was some kind of cool dee filed shot of a star with some planets. BUt no-one will believe me now.

Note to self…enter earlier!