Peter Griffin • Sep 02, 2010 •
Gallileo is invoked in this attack on the Skeptics Society with Scott Sharpe suggesting it is conventional medicine not alternative medicine that needs quackbusting… Source: Sunday Star Times Aug 22 And sometimes Sciblogs contributor Dr Michael Edmonds’ response in last weekend’s Sunday Star Times… source: Sunday Star Times Aug 29 … Read More
Peter Griffin • Aug 03, 2010 •
Chemtrails over Northland? Well, yes according to Clare Swinney – a massive geoengineering scheme to combat global warming and one being denied by the authorities. It’s a twist on the mass poisoning/ mass medication motive usually given by people who believe the vapour trials left by aircraft passing overhead are actually discharges of chemicals designed to turn us into … Read More
Peter Griffin • Jul 14, 2010 •
This crazy letter comes courtesy of Sciblogs reader Alistair Mowat, who describes it as “priceless”. “Here is something akin to the discovery of the Japanese soldier found in the late 1970’s on a Pacific Island who was oblivious to the end of World War II,” he adds. “A man has been discovered in Tauranga, NZ, in 2010 totally unaware of … Read More
Peter Griffin • Jun 27, 2010 •
Usually I need to trawl the letters pages of the country’s newspapers and magazines to find examples of crazy science letters to the editor. This letter came direct to my inbox. The use of different fonts and colours is a fair warning of what to expect should you choose to read on… I wonder what they put in the … Read More
Peter Griffin • May 13, 2010 •
This one contains so many inaccuracies, exaggerations and irrational thoughts its clear someone isn’t thinking straight in the deep south… From The Press, May 11th Source: The Press … Read More
Peter Griffin • May 07, 2010 •
Apparently when you invoke the Nazis in an argument about climate change or any issue for that matter, you have already lost the argument. It’s called Godwin’s Law and is particularly relevant to climate change given the way the word “denier” is thrown at both sides. Anyway, this one breaks Godwin’s Law in the first sentence and goes … Read More
Peter Griffin • May 05, 2010 •
This one’s short, but not so sweet. From yesterday’s Dominion Post letters page. Source: Dominion Post May 4, 2010 … Read More
Peter Griffin • Apr 26, 2010 •
I’m not sure which letter is crazier, the first letter published in the Southland Times on April 23, or the reply published in today’s paper. What animal did that old bone come from? Was it the Murrells’ old nag? So many questions. One thing is for sure, there’s definitely a fair bit of fuzzy science going on here… Source: Southland … Read More
Peter Griffin • Apr 19, 2010 •
This one, from today’s Taranaki Daily News, isn’t so much about science as animal welfare and isn’t so much crazy as it is eccentric. But I thought it was fantastic and needed to be shared with Sciblogs readers… Source: Taranaki Daily News … Read More
Peter Griffin • Apr 09, 2010 •
It’s been climate sceptic central in the Timaru Herald’s letter pages this week. Malcolm Rollinson sounds rational enough in this letter published today, but the manipulation of the truth, twisting of facts and plain distortion of what has transpired in the wake of Climategate puts him firmly in the crazy science letter writing category. Read More