Michael Marshall – Project Director Co-founder of the Merseyside Skeptics Society and co-organiser of the QED skeptical conference, 'Marsh' was the project leader and figurehead of the 10:23 Campaign, aimed at raising public awareness of homeopathy - resulting in international coverage and worldwide skeptical involvement. With a background in marketing and communications, his skeptical activism has included testing psychic claims, trialling sports performance wristbands, interviewing proponents of alternative beliefs and exposing the influences of PR in journalism.
Michael Marshall
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Jan 18 2018
Yuji Okitani competes in Grand Final of Who Wants to Be a Mathematician
Yuji Okitani, the winner of our UK Who Wants to Be a Mathematician competition, competed in the international Grand Final in the US last Saturday, finishing a very respectable third place in his semi final. The competition, which is run by the American Mathematical Society and took place live at the 2018 Joint Mathematics Meetings …
Jan 17 2018
The Parallel Project is back
We know that lots of our followers and supporters signed up for the pilot of our Parallel maths project back in the summer, and received our weekly maths puzzles. If you were one of them, hopefully you found our Parallelogram problem sheets and videos fun and interesting. We’re pleased to say that after the successful …
Jan 16 2018
Cancer and alternative therapies
Good Thinking are extremely concerned about fundraising appeals designed to raise money for seriously ill people to receive alternative therapies that are not considered mainstream and are typically not backed by robust evidence. Below, we look at many of the therapies we’ve seen cited in such fundraisers (particularly for cancer patients), assess the evidence for …
Jan 09 2018
Test yourself against our ‘Who Wants to Be a Mathematician’ questions
Last November, we hosted the final of the UK’s Who Wants to Be a Mathematician competition, which was won by Yuji Okitani from Tapton School in Sheffield. Yuji will be competing in the grand final this weekend, against the best young mathematicians in the US and Canada. While we wish Yuji the best of luck …
Jan 01 2018
Good Thinking Supporters January 2018 Newsletter
January 2018 Newsletter: Our Parallel maths project returns; and we publish a review of common alternative cancer ‘cures’.
Nov 30 2017
NHS England calls for homeopathy to be blacklisted; Enfield CCG ends homeopathy funding
Earlier today, NHS England announced recommendations that GPs should no longer prescribe homeopathic treatments or herbal remedies, and called on the Secretary of State for Health to put both on the NHS Blacklist, which would prevent any NHS funds being spent on prescribing either treatment. The announcement came after NHS England’s consultation on “Items which …
Nov 24 2017
Yuji Okitani wins UK ‘Who Wants to Be a Mathematician’ Final
Yuji Okitani from Tapton School in Sheffield was today crowned the 2017 UK winner of Who Wants to Be a Mathematician, our annual search for the country’s top young mathematical mind. Yuji competed in the final earlier today, alongside fellow finalists Connie Bambridge-Sutton from Reigate Grammar School, Surrey, Dougie Dolleymore from King Edwards School, Birmingham, …
Oct 31 2017
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician finalists announced
The second round of Who Wants to Be a Mathematician is now complete, and we are delighted to be able to announce the four students, who will be taking part in the UK final next month: Connie Bambridge-Sutton from Reigate Grammar School, Surrey Dougie Dolleymore from King Edwards School, Birmingham Timothy Kang from St Paul’s …
Oct 04 2017
Good Thinking Supporters October 2017 Newsletter
October 2017 Newsletter: NHS England public consultation on ending homeopathy needs your views – it ends this month. Plus: an update on Who Wants To Be A Mathematician: The Mirror asks Superdrug and Boots to provide evidence that their homeopathic teething products work; 700 GPs prescribed homeopathy on the NHS last year; and a last call …
Sep 06 2017
Good Thinking Supporters September 2017 Newsletter
September 2017 Newsletter: NHS England public consultation on ending homeopathy, and our Who Wants to Be a Mathematician competition for students
