Comments on: Episode 20 – 5th February 2010

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in bed with medicine » Blog Archive » overdosing on arinca — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:50:03 +0000

[...] to keep it that way”. I recorded a fair bit of what she said, and you can listen to it on the Pod Delusion. (Go [...]

By: Jon Treadway

Jon Treadway — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:16:57 +0000

This is my favourite episode so far, without doubt. It’s so ‘newsy’ and I laughed out loud at the sound effects when they finally worked.

Really liked Rob’s piece, as well, although agree, I’d expect Evan Harris to be better able to respond to the amount of nonsense the homeopath was chucking out.

By: Dan Kuck-Alvarez

Dan Kuck-Alvarez — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:09:52 +0000

Hi Pod Deluders,

Your last three MP3′s have crashed my ancient smartphone (no big deal, just the kind of crash where it restarts). I’m playing them on TCPMP on a Palm Treo 650. It’s TCPMP’s fault, because the MP3 works fine on the Treo’s default audio player, RealPlayer. (Too bad RealPlayer is completely useless except in random mode.)

So I’m not gonna be able to listen anymore if you keep processing MP3′s the way you have for the last three weeks or so. =(

Dan

PS – I looked for some other place to report this, but was met with defeat.

By: Rob Weeks

Rob Weeks — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:18:36 +0000

I mean, just to be clear, I don’t think that shouting at her would have been helpful. But she controlled the conversation and his answers appeared weak in comparison.

This is from a person that loves Evan Harris, and I wish that he was my MP.

By: Salim Fadhley

Salim Fadhley — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:58:09 +0000

I agree, I feel that he demonstrated remarkable self-control in the face of a woman who was trying to make a very silly point rather aggressively. I don’t think she listened to a word he said.

By: Rob Weeks

Rob Weeks — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:51:36 +0000

I actually thought that Evan Harris was too nice and polite. To a lay person, I fear that she would have apparently come off better.

Is that just me?

By: Salim Fadhley

Salim Fadhley — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:32:02 +0000

Marc, I agree – one of the hallmarks of pseudoskepticism (such as that which homeopaths have for mainstream medicine) is this double-standard reasoning. They are quite happy to accept circumstantial evidence and anecdotes as proof of their own beliefs however they are unwilling to accept high-quality controlled studies when they conflict.

By: Marc Naimark

Marc Naimark — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:12:53 +0000

Re the homeopaths… it’s very ironic that CAM enthusiasts claim that “allopaths” and skeptics don’t believe in the natural healing power of the human body. And yet, listen to the homeopath trying to claim that the skeptic felt better after having a headache earlier due to the chance that maybe he had ODed on the right remedy for him, rather than the more obvious explanation that a bit of fresh air, exercise, and time had allowed his body to return to normal naturally, without any assistance.