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I do not confine myself to examining the conduct of alternative medicine. The conventional medical literature also presents rich examples of foolish and fanciful activity. Have a look at bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7527/1231?etoc which has the title, Randomised controlled trial of animal facilitated therapy with dolphins in the treatment of depression. Surely there are more important research topics than this nonsense. Another recent favourite of mine was an MRI scan of two people having sex inside the scanner. One finding was that the penis is boomerang shaped during coitus. bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/319/7225/1596