Pseudoscience

Gut Worms for Immunity

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:59:41 +0000

I used to have hay fever but it was never bad enough that I resorted to ingesting worms.

The American Plan to Eliminate Vaccines

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:54:40 +0000

We don’t defend the things we take for granted. Vaccines have long been victims of their own success, but only insofar as too many people were hesitant to get them. But what if vaccines were eliminated altogether?

Not All Scientific Studies are Useful

Joe Schwarcz PhD — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:58:10 +0000

Why do we pursue science? Because we want to know what to eat, what medications to take, what cleaning agents to use, what chemicals to avoid, which personal care products to buy, what sort of exercise to engage in, and how to avoid disease. Basically, we want science to work for us with a goal of guiding us towards a healthy, problem-free long life. Yes, we also do have an innate curiosity for how the world works that prompts fundamental, non-goal oriented research, but here too, the hope is that somehow it will provide some practical benefit.

Kier’s Four Tempers: Psychological Fact or Fiction?

Simran Dhir BSc — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:52:17 +0000

With the finale of the second season of Apple TV’s most popular show, Severance, being on everyone’s mind, here is a look into some of the (pseudo)science that inspired core concepts explored in this psychological thriller, starting with Kier’s four tempers.

*Cue the Severance theme song*

The Rub on Vicks VapoRub

Joe Schwarcz PhD — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:19:51 +0000

I was forwarded a short video with the alluring title, “Miracles Happen When You Apply Vicks VapoRub to Your Feet.” The speaker tells us in a compelling tone that the miracle is about inducing sleep and calmness, especially when suffering from a cold, by applying Vicks VapoRub to the soles of our foot and then donning socks. The speaker turns out to be a chiropractor and that already starts the alarm bells tingling.

Exclusive Videos Show Dr. Joe Mercola’s Dangerous Ideas Whipped up by Alleged Medium

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A video produced by our Office is included at the bottom of this article, which includes clips from these exclusive video sessions.

The Medicinal Garden Kit Will Probably Not Save You

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:58:10 +0000

The ad is quite confrontational. “The Plants That Will Disappear First in a Crisis.” Given the disaster that is unfolding in the United States right now, it caught my attention. In a crisis, the ad continues, people will turn to plants to nourish and heal themselves, as their ancestors used to do. With this Medicinal Garden Kit, you can grow a whole pharmacy in your backyard and be self-sufficient in an emergency.

Magnesium is a Necessary Nutrient but It Does Not Perform Miracles

Joe Schwarcz PhD — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 01:10:31 +0000

The year was 1618, the place, Epsom, England. The farmer had just dug a well for his cows but the animals refused to drink the water. On tasting the water, he quickly discovered why. It was bitter! The water was undrinkable, but it would do for washing, he figured. That’s when he discovered that rubbing his body with the bitter water had a therapeutic effect. A skin rash disappeared, and his aching muscles stopped aching. When the water evaporated, it left behind some white crystals.

Quantum University Misuses Physics to Train Fake Doctors

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 01:35:38 +0000

The current member of the Legislative Assembly for the British Columbia electoral district of Langley-Willowbrook is Ms. Jody Toor. I’m not veering off into political punditry; I’m writing this to clarify Toor’s courtesy title. “Ms.” Toor, or “Mrs.” if she’s married. But certainly not “Dr.” Toor.

The ShamWow Fallacy or How Placebos Were Redefined

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 18:22:56 +0000

If I told you that an all-natural remedy performed just as well as a placebo in a clinical trial, how would you interpret that?

Proponents of so-called complementary and alternative medicine often clamour for large clinical trials to be done of their interventions like homeopathy and acupuncture and criticize the lack of money to conduct these studies. Very often, however, these studies have been conducted, but because the results were disappointing, they are easily swept under the carpet and wiped from their memory.

The Telepathy Tapes Prove We All Want to Believe

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:56:21 +0000

The Telepathy Tapes is a seven-hour podcast series that takes listeners on an incredible journey. Here is a summary of the show. A journalist taps into a community of parents of nonverbal autistic children and discovers that we all live in a simulation and the real world is Heaven, and these neurodivergent kids are actually gifted and they can visit Heaven at night, download infinite knowledge, and use telepathy to communicate.

The Reincarnation of the Dr. Oz Show and Other 'Miracles'

Joe Schwarcz PhD — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:27:28 +0000

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.

“Eat broccoli and exercise.”

Those were the words that first acquainted me with Dr. Mehmet Oz sometime in 2004 when I caught a segment of the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Bhattacharya To Decide the Fate of Medical Research

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:49:51 +0000

An economist turned pandemic celebrity, who loudly and repeatedly advocated for mass infections with the coronavirus, has been nominated by Donald Trump as the new director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Kennedy’s Coalition of Quacks Wants to Feed America a Diet of Lies

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 06:40:39 +0000

When America sneezes, the world catches a cold. Donald Trump’s renewed tenancy in the White House, with anti-vaxxer-in-chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr whispering in his ear, promises more than just sneezes. It heralds the return of vaccine-preventable illnesses, which do not stop at the border.

Are Füm’s Essential Oils Safe to Inhale?

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 06:09:08 +0000

“It’s like some… like a wooden cigarette that gives you flavours, but it’s not even a cigarette, you don’t even light it.”