Bob Brockie

Dr Bob Brockie is a noted biologist and cartoonist.

Bob Brockie

At last year's NZ Skeptics conference Bob Brockie reflected on his career as a newspaper columnist and explained why he has no future with the Mormon Church. After spending most of my life as a ... (2073 words)

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- acupuncture - creation science - health scares - media reporting - prayer - humour - alternative medicine -
Bob Brockie

You can't break the laws of thermodynamics, says Bob Brockie Next time you visit the US don't miss the Museum of Unworkable Devices, the brainchild of physics Professor Donald Simanek from the ... (414 words)

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- pseudoscience - testing claims - hoaxes -
Bob Brockie

Bob Brockie samples a health food that saw the dinosaurs come and go We've all seen the claims - Spirulina! Nature's Health Solution! The World's Healthiest Superfood! Soulfood! "Spirulina - the ... (410 words)

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- alternative health treatments - health industry - homeopathy -
Bob Brockie

Bob Brockie thinks he can explain why the Skeptic editor gets woken up at 2am every Saturday morning Doctors have a name for impulsive, over-energetic, risky, unpredictable, posturing, defiant ... (420 words)

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- biology - genetics - history -
Bob Brockie

Bob Brockie gets himself a qualification in acupuncture Last year a healthy anaesthesiologist, Dr Kinsinger, visited nine chiropractors in Oklahoma, claiming that his chest or back were playing up. ... (430 words)

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- acupuncture - alternative health treatments - placebo effect -
Bob Brockie

Bob Brockie considers the enduring influence of the founder of Anthroposophy Down on the farm, Rudolf Steiner taught that our forbears lived on the continents of Atlantis (which sank beneath the ... (412 words)

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- biodynamics -
Bob Brockie

Bob Brockie looks at the link between genius and eccentricity When the Californian surfer Kary Mullis was introduced to the King of Sweden he said, "I believe you're having problems with your ... (427 words)

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- human nature - rewards -
Bob Brockie

Should we trust psychologists and psychiatrists, especially as expert witnesses in court cases? This is an important question because, depending on their opinions, a person can inherit vast sums of ... (412 words)

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- court hearings - psychology - experiments -