pseudoscience

It's difficult to out-Oz Dr. Oz, America's Quack, who has raked in giant piles of money by promoting pseudoscience on his TV show. But at least one person comes perilously close: Dr. Mark Hyman.

We are not fans of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). ACSH was founded in part to debunk baseless fearmongering, and the folks at CSPI are professionals at promoting junk science.

We have had a recent and unfortunate encounter with a website called DeSmogBlog, whose stated aim is "clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science." In reality, it's an ideologically driven, propaganda website that spreads malicious disin

How's this for irony? The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is headed by a medical doctor, yet their latest fundraising letter is full of junk science, bogus health claims, and medical misinformation.

We are swimming in an ocean of B.S. And despite the fact that more people have access to more knowledge and information than ever before in human history, the problem seems to be getting worse.

Scientists studying cognition report that we are frequently overconfident when considering small possibilities – we think they are more significant than they are, at least mathematically.

How much lower can the New York Times go?

The Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) sounds like a respectable organization. Who's opposed to responsible technology?

Gwyneth Paltrow has a great career. Not many actors can claim her résumé: Shakespeare in Love, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Avengers, and even Contagion (ironically, a pro-science movie).

Why are charlatans like Dr. Oz so popular?