You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.

You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted.

Homeopathy pills are, after all, empty little sugar pills which seem to work, and so they embody [..] how we can be misled into thinking that any intervention is more effective than it really is.

I'd like to submit to Bad Science my teacher who gave us a handout which says that 'Water is best absorbed by the body when provided in frequent small amounts.' What I want to know is this. If I drink too much in one go, will it leak out off my arsehole instead? Thank you. Anton.

I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.

Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published as negative findings. This is a cancer at the core of evidence-based medicine.