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.

Doctors and patients need as much data as possible to make an informed decision about what treatment is best.

Real science is all about critically appraising the evidence for somebody else's position.

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

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 hope that you will be asked to participate in a trial at some stage in your disease

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