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Good Thinking Society

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Alan H
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#1 Post by Alan H » June 3rd, 2015, 5:09 pm

This is another of Simon Singh's organisations and we've been working with them on several projects.

Here's their latest:

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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#2 Post by Alan H » June 9th, 2015, 3:22 pm

Alan Henness

There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#3 Post by Alan H » June 26th, 2015, 1:05 pm

A superb 'state of play' summary by GTS: NHS Homeopathy Spending
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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#4 Post by Altfish » June 26th, 2015, 1:09 pm

Alan H wrote:This is another of Simon Singh's organisations and we've been working with them on several projects.

Here's their latest:

Only just seen this thread Alan.
That video is hilarious, people actually believe this crap

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#5 Post by Alan H » July 28th, 2015, 7:13 pm

More great stuff from Marsh: Good Thinking Investigates: Palmistry (Part 1)

It's his fiancée Nicola I feel sorry for...
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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#6 Post by Tetenterre » July 29th, 2015, 10:05 am

Good Thinking Investigates: Palmistry (Part 2) has now been put up. Bloody parasites!

Not as if that was a learned script or anything... /s
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#7 Post by Alan H » July 31st, 2015, 10:24 am

Alan Henness

There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#8 Post by Compassionist » July 31st, 2015, 12:22 pm

The owl video is really funny. I am shocked that the NHS spends money on homeopathy when it has not cured any illness. Perhaps the whole of homeopathy is no more effective than a placebo? The palmists statements reminded me of the Barnum effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect

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#9 Post by Alan H » July 31st, 2015, 1:28 pm

Definitely the Barnum effect.

At least homeopathy on the NHS is in (terminal?) decline?

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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#10 Post by Nick » July 31st, 2015, 5:56 pm

Does this decline mean homeopathy is becoming more potent than ever?! :shock:

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#11 Post by Alan H » September 24th, 2015, 10:08 am

Alan Henness

There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#12 Post by Dave B » September 24th, 2015, 4:32 pm

And there is a sucker born every minute . . .
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
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#13 Post by Alan H » October 26th, 2015, 1:52 pm

Alan Henness

There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#14 Post by Alan H » November 13th, 2015, 9:42 am

Simon and Marsh will be on various BBC programmes today. They have already chalked up PM on Radio 4 and BBC Breakfast (starting at 08:42).

Homeopathy 'could be blacklisted'

Good Thinking Society welcomes Department of Health consultation on ‘Blacklisting’ homeopathic treatments
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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#15 Post by Alan H » November 13th, 2015, 10:41 am

Alan Henness

There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#16 Post by Alan H » November 13th, 2015, 10:46 am

Watch Marsh discussing this with Dr Peter Fisher on BBC Breakfast:

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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#17 Post by Alan H » November 13th, 2015, 10:52 am

Alan Henness

There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#18 Post by Alan H » November 13th, 2015, 1:42 pm

Alan Henness

There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#19 Post by Alan H » November 13th, 2015, 4:39 pm

An animated gif of Marsh, taken from his BBC Breakfast appearance this morning - universally applicable to any situation where a quack provides 'evidence':

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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#20 Post by Tetenterre » November 14th, 2015, 2:40 pm

^

Excellent.

I thought he was remarkably restrained with Fisher, as was Simon Singh on R5Live earlier (I missed the R4 one).
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