Category Archives: Humor
The Placebo Effect In Song
Happy Birthday, SketpVet! Today marks the first anniversary of this blog. Not a momentous event for the world at large, but yet another reminder of the fleeting nature of time for me. Apparently, in the last year I have put … Continue reading
Voodoo Fog
Went to an art/craft fair this weekend and saw this painted on the side of a station wagon covered with voodoo dolls:
Oh No! A Homeopathic Bomb!
The deadly New Age terrorists threaten the security of the world with the ultimate Weapon of Mass Dilution: A Homeopathic Bomb. As this terrifying expose tells us, “A homeopathic attack could bring entire cities to a standstill…Large numbers of people … Continue reading
Ape, Not Monkey Comic–What’s the Harm?
A nice reminder from Ape, Not Monkey of something we rarely consider. Many alternative ad folk remedies make use of plant and animal parts which, in addition to being of questionable safety and efficacy, may come from endangered plant or animal … Continue reading
CAM Word Salad
I often find that rationalizations of alternative medicine are garbled and hard to follow, but I recently ran across a site promoting veterinary alt med that combines the usual fuzzy logic with an mechanical or straight-from-the-dictionary translation into English, with … Continue reading
Who Says Skeptics Aren’t Fun?
A 9-minute beat poem of rationalism and skepticism. Who says skeptics aren’t funny?!
Board Certified Woo — Or Should I Say Meow?
CAM proponents generally struggle against government regulation of their industry, though they will also often cite state licensure, when it is required, as evidence that their approaches are legitimate. However, in the absence of such a government imprimatur of legitimacy, … Continue reading
Dara O’Briain- Humorous Skewering of Homeopathy and “Nutritionists”
Dara O’Briain is an Irish comedian who often takes a skeptical view of things. This brief video offers a refreshingly frank take on homeopathy and nutritional woo. Be warned, though, that it also contains a good bit of profanity.
