£75 of awesome sceptical activist WIN!
Now here’s an example of great sceptical activism, all centred around the ongoing BCA vs Simon Singh libel claim and recent ASA adjudication on chiropractic advertising.
Simon over at Adventures in nonsense has been busying himself recently:
For some time, chiropractic has managed to get away with being the acceptable face of alternative medicine. With some evidence to show that it helps with lower back pain, and many chiropractors only using the therapy for this purpose, it was seen by many as a legitimate therapy and largely escaped criticism from sceptics.
That all changed when the BCA decided to sue Simon Singh for libel. In a fine example of the Streisand effect, all the energy usually reserved for criticising homeopaths and reiki healers was redirected straight at those chiropractors making wild and outlandish claims to treat colic, asthma and a host of other problems unrelated to the spine.
With the BCA attempting to stifle debate over the bogus claims pointed out by Simon Singh, I was determined to do something.
Golly gosh, what did he do? What did he do?
[Don't you just love cliff-hangers?]
I don’t want to give the game away here, so pop on over and read what Simon and his chums have been up to from the man himself.
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