THE RW DIET is a revolutionary new diet created by the world’s leading nutritionist, Bob Kapoor, in conjunction with RationalWiki and an international team of prize-winning scientists, such as the renowned Dr. R. Publicoaler, ND, Dr. X. Wu, MD, and the world famous Dr. D. Locklear, Ph.D, author of the award-winning book “How Quantum Herbs Cure Cancer”. Read more ›
Dowsing is the attempt to detect “hidden” things, such as water, gems, and gold, under various surfaces. It is most commonly associated with looking for water for drilling of wells. So called “water witches” make a living telling people where to drill for water wells. Read more ›
Aetherometry is a form of pseudophysics described by its proponents Paulo and Alexandra Correa as “the experimental and theoretical study of massfree energy” or “the “science of the metrics of the massfree aether”. It’s composed of sciencey-looking words arranged in an order that makes no actual sense, as if SCIgen woke up and wanted to destroy humanity. Read more ›
Scalar waves are a purported type of electromagnetic wave that works outside physics as we know it. Free energy advocates have pushed the concept since the 1990s. In alternative medicine it is a universally-applicable sciencey handwave to support any arbitrary claim. Conspiracy theorists hold that it is behind weather-changing superweapons that brought down the space shuttle Columbia. Read more ›
The Expanding Earth hypothesis attempts to explain continental drift without the continental drift. It was first set out by Roberto Mantovani in 1889 and was actually considered not unreasonable before the acceptance of plate tectonics. These days, it’s strictly crank fodder. Read more ›
Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) is how to CONTROL MINDS a method of personal development. Adherents apply it to self-improvement, business, psychotherapy, teaching English, treating psoriasis, weight loss, curing cancer and — of course! — picking up chicks. Unfortunately, as a theory of the mind, it doesn’t actually work. Read more ›
“Not even wrong” refers to any statement, argument or explanation that can be neither correct nor incorrect, because it fails even to meet the criteria by which correctness and incorrectness are determined. “Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!” Read more ›
The ECA stack (Ephedrine, Caffeine, Aspirin) is a piece of bodybuilding woo. The idea is that taking ephedrine, caffeine and aspirin every day will make your body burn more fat. It works insofar as ephedrine is speed, and that’s about it. Read more ›
Parapsychology is the supposedly scientific study of paranormal phenomena involving the human mind. This includes such things as psychokinesis, clairvoyance, and telepathy. The goal is to apply the rigors of the scientific method to the world of the paranormal.
Brain Gym is an “educational kinesiology” training programme offered to UK schoolchildren as a means to boost concentration, memory and intelligence. Most of what the Brain Gym program offers is textbook woo and made-up bollocks. All peer-reviewed studies into its… Read more ›