Trick or Treatment?
The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine
by Simon Singh, Edzard Ernst · first published 2008
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2010–2026first – last mentioned
33% recommend67% neutral
Provides an examination and judgement of more than thirty of the most treatments in alternative medicine, such as acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, reflexology, chiropractic and herbal medicine.
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I've updated my bookshelf to include Simon Singh's "Trick or Treatment" which sparked his involvement in libel reform when he was sued by the Chiropractor's association. Given the impact on his life for the past few years he deserves recompense. Plus his earlier works were…
on “UK Defamation Act 2013” ↗Three? Which are you missing? The Code Book, Fermat's Last Theorem, Big Bang or Trick or Treatment (with Edzard Ernst)?
on “Author Simon Singh Puts Up a Fight in the War on Science” ↗I agree that that sentence could give that impression but I think it's a little out of context. If you read Simon Singh's stuff (particularly Trick or Treatment, the book which lead to the article which lead to the libel case) it's really not what he advocates - he advocates having a robust evidence base for what you're saying. I think what he was trying to…
on “Author Simon Singh Puts Up a Fight in the War on Science” ↗…Francois Chollet and Matthew Watson Recently read books by Anthony Doerr (Shell Collector, About Grace, Memory Wall, All the Light We Cannot See) and Simon Singh (Code Book, Fermat's Last Theorem, Trick or Treatment, The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets).
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗