Comments on: Pure, Slick Pseudoscience

By: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:48:49 +0000

@ nybgrus, RyanJLind:
Agreed

By: BillyJoe7

BillyJoe7 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:10:50 +0000

And, believe it or not, there are people who call themselves sceptics who are anythng but.

By: RyanJLind

RyanJLind — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:31:45 +0000

The post serves the exact same purpose whether the email is legit or not.

By: nybgrus

nybgrus — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:53:25 +0000

what does it matter if the email is troll/poe? The product referred to is real and is a scam. Plus, Dr. Novella talks about some generalities in terms of sussing out legit from BS claims along the way as well.

By: jaydubyasee

jaydubyasee — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:32:59 +0000

Whilst I realise that this posting is primarily about the pseudoscience I would like to point out that not all MLMs are scams.

I am part of a business here in the UK which is sometimes described as a multi-level marketing business. However we are endorsed by the office of fair trading, the government office which protects consumers and ensures that businesses behave correctly.

We do extend the opportunity to other people but at no time do we a) take a cut of their business or b) require them to buy products themselves.

I accept that there may be many scams out there but please don’t tar us all with the same brush.

By: elmer mccurdy

elmer mccurdy — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:05:28 +0000

Fine, forget it.

By: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:46:07 +0000

I have to agree, that the email does seem a little hard to swallow. Could be a troll/poe.

By: BillyJoe7

BillyJoe7 — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:40:49 +0000

Sort of funny that you should think so.
Or are you pulling our legs?

By: elmer mccurdy

elmer mccurdy — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:31:20 +0000

Sort of funny that someone who takes such pride in his skepticism can be so clueless when it comes to sussing out that an emailer is pulling his leg.

By: SteveA

SteveA — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:18:59 +0000

nybgrus: “It does blow me away. Like this photo that I took of an anti-oxidant product”

Come on now.

‘Nutraceuticals’

That’s gotta be good for you.

Mmmm…Nutraceuticals.