In May of this year we investigated each of the complementary and alternative medicine practitioners who had appeared on the BBC’s Inside Harley Street programme. All seven of them were making misleading and unsubstantiated claims on their websites so we reported them all to the Advertising Standards Authority. Our complaints were reported in the …
Oct 11 2015
Should Homeopathic Remedies Be Blacklisted On The NHS?
Over the last eighteen months, our NHS homeopathy campaign has sought to identify and challenge NHS spending on homeopathic remedies. With limited resources available to the NHS, we feel it’s crucially important that patients have access to the best treatments, which means ensuring money is not wasted on treatments that are neither effective nor cost-effective. Given …
Oct 09 2015
Good Thinking Supporters October 2015 Newsletter
October 2015 Newsletter: Our extensive investigation into ‘faith healer’ Peter Popoff’s lucrative operation, plus coverage of our homeopathy campaign.
Sep 24 2015
Good Thinking Investigates: Faith Healer Peter Popoff
Over the last six months, we have been investigating ‘faith healer’ Peter Popoff and his highly-lucrative current business of promising to heal sickness and cancel debts in exchange for ‘seed faith’, in other words: cash donations. In May of this year we attended Popoff’s event at The Troxy Theatre, London, to covertly record his miraculous claims and supposed acts …
Sep 18 2015
Good Thinking Supporters September 2015 Newsletter
September 2015 Newsletter: Our work prompts regulators to warn all osteopaths against making unsubstantiated claims
Sep 17 2015
General Osteopathic Council warns its registrants against unsubstantiated advertising claims
Back in April, with very little searching, our undercover investigator found four different osteopaths making unjustified claims regarding colic. The phone calls with each of the osteopaths can be heard by visiting the investigation page. We reported each of the osteopaths to the General Osteopathic Council, and urged the GOsC to act quickly in addressing …
Sep 09 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #22 – Gustav Kuhn
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Joining Marsh today is Gustav Kuhn, magician and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Goldsmiths in London. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how …
Sep 07 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #21 – Chris Peters
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Joining Marsh today is Chris Peters, the scientific liaison office for Sense About Science. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate …
Sep 04 2015
Cipher machine to be auctioned to raise funds for Good Thinking & All Trials
Having authored ‘The Code Book’, Good Thinking’s founder Simon Singh has built a small collection of crypto-artefacts, including an Enigma cipher machine that is taken to schools to illustrate the importance of maths. The Enigma is usually on tour with James Grime, and you can contact him to arrange a visit. You can also book …
Sep 04 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #20 – Mark Lynas
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Joining Marsh today is writer and activist Mark Lynas. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate to support the Good Thinking Society. …
