Comments on: Fish Oil Trials In Viz

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By: quin

quin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:36:26 +0000

I once heard an interesting thing from a research chemist. it appears that some fish oils most notably cod liver contains naturally occurring PCBs (Poly chlorinated biphenpols) Of course “health products” don’t have to be tested for nasties, and there’s probably worse out there.

we want the products but not the by-products

By: TRiG

TRiG — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:02:05 +0000

It’s all a bit tacky, isn’t it?

By: Delster

Delster — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:45:33 +0000

but surely if you sleep on one of these grounding mats with the rock salt light sending out ions next to you then any ions’ would be discharged through the grounding at and negate the effects…. unless of course you make a really powerful light that pumps out loads of ions so you charge up faster than the mat and discharge you.

Alternativly we could form our own company selling pure copper sleeping mats to ground people along with braclets (also copper for good conduction AND it’s anti arthritic properties) that connect to a cable that you plug into the mains…. although i can’t see many repeat sales on that one

By: Ben E. Hill

Ben E. Hill — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:58:34 +0000

Where can I buy this snake oil?
And which part of the reptile is it extracted from?

By: Dr Aust

Dr Aust — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:46:31 +0000

re #15

The “tachyon energy site” is a killer laugh.

“The Takionic 14″ coils are most popular as bracelets (worn on the wrists); however, they can be used just about any way. Wrap around the steering wheel and hold onto the Takionic “Car Clips” while driving. This may help with stress encountered while commuting, in traffic jams, etc. It just may increase gas mileage, by wrapping it around gas station’s nozzle, when filling up. See for yourself -just don’t forget to remove it from the gas station’s nozzle!”

http://www.takionic.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=40&osCsid=c1a73353a491a48971fbc689893c2762

Wounder how long it’ll be before you can get one to save gas with on the NHS?

Slightly puzzled by “Takionic” for “Tachyonic”. Or does this perhaps refer to the actor George Takei, who was Mr Sulu in Star Trek?

By: Dr Aust

Dr Aust — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:30:05 +0000

Talking of which, check out the thread on the “special grounding mat for re-connecting to the earth” (I sh*t you not) on the forum:

http://badscience.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1197&sid=4e5330c743137c3aaa581abed6c93229

- the original “grounding mat” pitch is at:

http://www.sleepingearthed.com/html/science.html

- which pricked my interest as it refers to a gen-u-wine scientific study which is dying for the David Colquhoun statistical trashing (12 subjects!)

Anyway, one for the grounding-needy person in your life. Once I’ve got mine on the bed, and the rock-salt crystal lamp on the bedside table to read the Gurdjieff by

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._I._Gurdjieff

- I will be guaranteed some primo ultra-grounded sleep. That’s if we can convince Jr Aust not to wake up at 4 am…

By: Ben Goldacre

Ben Goldacre — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:34:00 +0000

eheh this is like bad science bingo…

By: tabitha gun

tabitha gun — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:31:42 +0000

Did anyone see brainiac on sky 3 last night? It might have been a repeat?

They talked about the durham trial where some kid improved his reading age by a few years,
then made some guy eat nothing but fish for a month and claimed he had an improved IQ by the end of it, but stank of fish!

By: AndrewT

AndrewT — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:33:09 +0000

Dr Aust: That link was cracking. I clicked on the [url=http://sortlifeout.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=163&osCsid=8bc8c0c79ece00962889e9e115b1326b]Tachyon Field [/url] book link:
“Tachyon energy differs from other forms of energy in that it is not of the electromagnetic realm. According to Professor Tiller of Stanford University, Tachyon exists in the magneto-electric (etheral) realm.”
So its magneto-electric, not electromagnetic. All clear?

By: csrster

csrster — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:01:37 +0000

Dr. Aust: You think that’s embarassing? My sisters bought us a _star_ to mark our daughter’s birth – a real “International Star Registry” one, no less. To make it doubly embarassing, both my wife and I are PhD astronophysicists. If anyone we knew found out we’d have to kill ourselves. Or, possibly, my sisters.

Needless to say, the certificate was hidden away in our attic and “mysteriously” vanished when we were moving house.

By: Ben Goldacre

Ben Goldacre — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:25:11 +0000

ah wait, no, i get it now: free trial!

By: Ben Goldacre

Ben Goldacre — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:21:08 +0000

grammatical trials?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_grammatical_number#Trial_number

By: Robert Carnegie

Robert Carnegie — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:49:25 +0000

Show trials!

By: doctormonkey

doctormonkey — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:16:55 +0000

Umm, is being ionised good? I thought we used it to kill cancer and Russian spies because it kills them slightly faster than it kills everything else…radiotherapy?

(apologies if anyone is offended by my speaking ill of the dead, it is in jest only and does not reveal a lack of sympathy for family etc)

By: Dr Aust

Dr Aust — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:01:45 +0000

…Or what about making them do their homework next to the Rock Salt Crystal Lamp to purify the air by producing lots of “good” ions?

http://sortlifeout.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=47

The rock salt lamp appeared in Ben’s 2003 Xmas column of Bad Science “Presents to avoid”, back when the Science Museum shop were selling them:

http://www.badscience.net/?p=61.

My mum bought me one for Christmas that very same year because she thought it sounded scientific. It’s sitting wafting “good” ions at me as I type. I feel intensely ionized.

By: abahachi

abahachi — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:35:16 +0000

In a stroke this redeems at least a decade’s worth of sexism, vulgarity and Just Not Being Very Funny. Looks like a useful backlash to me; somehow we need to make sure that any future newspaper reports on the Durham ””trials”” mentions the fact that they’re a laughing stock in popular circles as well as scientifically-informed ones.

A further thought – drawing on my evil and anti-scientific powers as an Arts graduate – is that, rhetorically, it would be most effective if we stop referring to ‘trials’, even in cynical quote marks, and instead constantly describe them in deliberately unflattering terms. It’s obvious that these people are not playing by the rules of evidence, research methodology etc. but are trying to exploit popular respect for the power of Science, so we should stop trying to engage with them sensibly – we’ll just get accused of harrassment again. So, henceforth it’s the Durham Snake Oil Scam; coming up next week, how mystic crystals will elevate our children to a higher plane of consciousness and improve their SATs scores…

By: jackpt

jackpt — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:36:10 +0000

Their mock newspaper articles are genius. They have a pop at pseudo science and quackery often. My humour is maybe easily satisfied, but the Laxaphone stands out, illustrated with a no longer constipated man happily playing the laxaphone while sitting on the toilet. “Is constipation making you feel low?.. then SHIT your pants and HIT THE HIGH NOTES with a Laxaphone”.

By: doctormonkey

doctormonkey — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:25:01 +0000

this is very funny and rather too true sounding… especially about the Daily Wail.

i am surprised as i had not realised that Viz was turning into another Private Eye, good on them