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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

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1. Quackery of all kinds can never be a laughing matter.

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 08:52 AM

Apr 2012

Whether a "practitioner" tells someone to abandon normal medical care or not, the results are so often tragic that there's nothing to laugh at.

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This is where homeopathy stops being a laughing matter - the death of Penelope Dingle [View all] backscatter712 Apr 2012 OP

Quackery of all kinds can never be a laughing matter. MineralMan Apr 2012 #1

My mom told a similar story about one of her friends. backscatter712 Apr 2012 #2

Yup. The quacks prey on fearful people, and few things MineralMan Apr 2012 #3

XKCD on homeopathy frankie Aug 2012 #4