Blog on homeopathy, health and related subjects by homeopathic practitioner Wendy Howard http://www.smeddum.net/content/blog.htm Health/News/Society/Science Copyright 2005-08 Wendy Howard http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-gb Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:12:43 +0100 wendy@smeddum.net Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:12:43 +0100 webmaster@smeddum.net Is it any accident just how eloquently the juxtaposition of the myriad colloquial meanings of the word "stuff" expresses the fact that stuffing ourselves has got us well and truly stuffed? http://www.smeddum.net/content/blog.htm#aug2508 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/25082008 Sustainability/Consumerism/Philosophy of Mind http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0808.htm#aug2508 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:12:43 +0100 Aminopyralid herbicide residues in manure are causing havoc in British allotments and gardens, revealing a deeper and more serious underlying problem. http://www.smeddum.net/content/blog.htm#aug2308 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/23082008 Agrochemicals/Ecotoxicology/Soils/Sustainability/Organic Farming http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0808.htm#aug2308 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:17:22 +0100 (With apologies to Latin scholars.) What happens when experts become stuck in the conditioned thinking of their area of expertise. http://www.smeddum.net/content/blog.htm#aug1608 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/16082008 Medicine/Psychology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0808.htm#aug1608 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:58:37 +0100 1,500 more images recently uploaded to this valuable taxonomic resource at London's Natural History Museum. http://www.smeddum.net/content/blog.htm#aug1008 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/10082008 Botany/Homeopathy/Taxonomy http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0808.htm#aug1008 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:37:16 +0100 GPS navbots and the troubled relationship between man and machine. Who needs reprogramming here? http://www.smeddum.net/content/blog.htm#aug0908 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/09082008 Global Positioning System/Psychology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0808.htm#aug0908 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:41:55 +0100 Musings on the difficulties of reconciling conflict and experiencing (rather than intellectualising) the oneness of humanity. http://www.smeddum.net/content/blogarchive0708.htm#jul2208 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/22072008 War on Terrorism/Peace/Philosophy/Politics/New Age http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0708.htm#jul2208 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:58:05 +0100 Another couple of nice optical illusions for your amusement. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0308.htm#mar2008 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/20032008 Sensation and Perception http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0308.htm#mar2008 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:46:19 +0000 The latest early years educational initiative by the UK government which Armando Iannucci (and me!) thinks is about "the stupidest, cack-brained, sherbert-headed nonsense more likely to do more damage to children than a pile of witches." http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0308.htm#mar1008 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/10032008 Education/Politics/Current Events http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0308.htm#mar1008 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:45:19 +0000 A very nicely executed optical illusion has been doing the rounds over the last 3 months or so. It's supposed to be able to tell you whether you're left-brain or right-brain dominant. That seems a bit of an illusion too, but what isn't is the extent to which we mistake "out there" for "in here". http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0108.htm#jan2108 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/21012008 Sensation and Perception http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0108.htm#jan2108 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:49:19 +0000 We seem to be in the midst of a retreat from rationality. At least, so say many commentators in the media at present, and judging by the online comments to their articles, many people appear to agree with them. But as to where the 'new' irrationallism is evidencing itself, well that's another matter entirely. More and more it seems as if the accusatory finger ought to be pointing straight at its owner's own reflection in the mirror. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0108.htm#jan2008 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/20012008 Science in Society/Philosophy/Psychology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0108.htm#jan2008 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:50:19 +0000 Well it's supposed to be that time of year, though with the current thickness and intensity prevailing in many areas of community and inter-community relations the world over, things feel very far from peaceful. This entry takes a look at the current astrological set-up with an eye to the Bali climate conference and the attacks on homeopathy in the UK. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1207.htm#dec2207 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/22122007 Astrology/Politics/Climate Change/Ecology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1207.htm#dec2207 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:45:19 +0000 I was just in the process of thinking about another entry on the loss of our civil liberties when Jenni Russell in the Guardian did it for me. Her piece in today's paper, "Even if you've nothing to hide, there's plenty to fear" should be required reading for every British citizen. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1107.htm#nov2107 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/21112007 Civil Liberties/Human Rights and Liberties/War on Terrorism/Politics http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1107.htm#nov2107 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:31:19 +0000 With the publication of The Lancet's latest edition on homeopathy, including an article by none other than Ben Goldacre who supplemented his comment piece by a more emotive (and much longer) article in the Guardian on the same day, I felt it was high time this handful of detractors stopped having things all their own way and wrote a letter to the Guardian. Whether it's published or not remains to be seem ... http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1107.htm#nov1707 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/17112007 Homeopathy/Science and Society/Media http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1107.htm#nov1707 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:17:19 +0000 Quotes from an Italian literature review of the last decades' worth of research into the efficacy of homeopathy, which presents conclusions at considerable variance with what is presently implied in the British media. Suspicions that The Lancet may have acted unethically in what it published in August 2005. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1107.htm#nov1207 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/12112007 Homeopathy/Media/Ethics in Science and Technology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1107.htm#nov1207 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:18:19 +0000 As The Lancet prepares another issue on the subject of homeopathy, I'm republishing a blog from 18 months ago that goes into the highly irregular circumstances out of which the 2005 Shang et al meta-analysis (claiming homeopathy to be no more than placebo effect) arose. The is a scandal that deserves far more publicity than it's received, and reveals that the agenda behind attempts to discredit complementary therapies and restrict health freedoms have nothing to do with evidence-based medicine. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1107.htm#nov1107 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/11112007 Homeopathy/Media/Ethics in Science and Technology/Politics http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1107.htm#nov1107 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:30:19 +0000 As the air throughout the UK blogosphere gets hotter and hotter on the subject of homeopathy, there's one or two pertinent points to be made to both "sides" of the argument. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1007.htm#oct1907b wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/19102007b Homeopathy/Media/Civil Liberties/Ethics in Science and Technology/Skeptical Inquiry http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1007.htm#oct1907b Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:59:19 +0100 A new online database of plant/funghal names in homeopathy and their modern equivalents. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1007.htm#oct1907a wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/19102007a Botany/Homeopathy/Taxonomy http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1007.htm#oct1907a Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:19:57 +0100 Hot on the heels of last Saturday's newspaper article attempting to dismiss homeopathy through ridicule, it's emerged today there is an underhand entrapment campaign at work to discredit homeopathy and homeopaths in the UK. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0907.htm#sep2007 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/20092007 Homeopathy/Media/Civil Liberties/Ethics in Science and Technology/Skeptical Inquiry http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0907.htm#sep2007 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:43:19 +0100 Another newspaper article attempting to dismiss homeopathy through ridicule reveals as much about its author as anything it might say about homeopathy. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0907.htm#sep1607 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/16092007 Homeopathy/Media/Civil Liberties/Ethics in Science and Technology/Skeptical Inquiry http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0907.htm#sep1607 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:41:19 +0100 Maybe it's Saturn's entry into Virgo ... I suddenly got hit by an insane urge to re-code this website. It was, after all, the first site I did and the techniques I used at the time have long since been improved upon. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0907.htm#sep1407 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/14092007 HTML http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0907.htm#sep1407 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:43:19 +0100 Someone sent me a link to this movie, the entire 1 hour and 56 minutes of which can be watched on Google or on the movie's own dedicated website. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0807.htm#aug2407 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/24082007 War on Terrorism/Current Events/Politics http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0807.htm#aug2407 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:38:19 +0100 The Chute Causeway crop circle again. Following the impressions, the analysis, including some interesting findings about the nature of the energy in the formation. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0807.htm#aug0707 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/07082007 Crop Circles/Astrology/Anomalies and Alternative Science http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0807.htm#aug0707 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:21:19 +0100 The Chinese government has issued a decree requiring Tibet's living Buddhas to seek permission before reincarnating. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0807.htm#aug0507 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/05082007 Current Events/Tibet/China/Buddhism http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0807.htm#aug0507 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:37:19 +0100 Impressions from a visit to the crop circle which appeared next to Chute Causeway, discovered on July 26. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0807.htm#aug0407 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/04082007 Crop Circles/Anomalies and Alternative Science http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0807.htm#aug0407 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:02:19 +0100 New research on video games and the children who play them suggests a more common sense and balanced attitude towards them is more appropriate than a lot of the hysterical hype. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0707.htm#jul0507 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/05072007 Video Games/Psychology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0707.htm#jul0507 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:07:19 +0100 'Junk DNA' may not be junk after all. Surprise, surprise. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0607.htm#jun1507 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/15062007 Genetics/Science in Society/Scientific Method/Philosophy of Science http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0607.htm#jun1507 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:44:19 +0100 Two men who broke into RAF Fairford on the eve of the Iraq invasion with a collection of nuts and bolts to sabotage the engines of US B-52 bombers have been unanimously acquitted by a jury who accepted the mens' defence that they were acting to prevent the US air force planes from committing war crimes. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0607.htm#jun0207 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/02062007 War on Terrorism/Current Events/Activism http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0607.htm#jun0207 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:32:19 +0100 Following last month's essay (Does it matter?) new evidence has been discovered which lends more weight to the proposal that black holes have no mass. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0607.htm#jun0107 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/01062007 Black Holes/Cosmology/Astrophysics http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0607.htm#jun0107 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:58:19 +0100 An examination of the nature of faith in authority and the origin of general assumptions about the nature of truth. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0507.htm#may1307 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/13052007 Philosophy/Psychology/Politics http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0507.htm#may1307 Sun, 13 May 2007 17:25:19 +0100 More and more publicity is being given to the alarming collapse in bee populations in the US and Europe. While alarming, the publicity is also sensationalist and a closer examination of what's going on reveals an all-to-obvious cause ... http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0407.htm#apr1607 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/16042007 Bees/Farming/Sustainable Agriculture/Ecology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0407.htm#apr1607 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:36:19 +0100 At last! Science is finally starting to talk sense about our completely irrational societal attitudes in discriminating between legal and illegal drugs. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0407.htm#apr1207 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/12042007 Politics/Substance Abuse/Drugs and Medications http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0407.htm#apr1207 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:28:19 +0100 Amidst various rationalisations of what's really going on the corridors of power, this entry looks at some of the less widely discussed aspects of the nature of government and corruption. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0407.htm#apr0207 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/02042007 War on Terrorism/Political Philosophy/Global Elite/Jungian http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0407.htm#apr0207 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:48:19 +0100 Nature magazine has just published an article by Prof David Colquhoun criticising British universities for offering science degrees in complementary medicine and accusing them of being "anti-science". Yet a closer look at his argument shows it to be self-reflective and flawed. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0307.htm#mar2507 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/25032007 Media/Education/Science in Society/Civil Liberties/Complementary and Alternative http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0307.htm#mar2507 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:48:19 +0100 The Royal London Homeopathic Hospital is being threatened with closure. This appears to have very little to do with any falls in underlying patient demand or levels of satisfaction with the services offered by the hospital and rather more to do with politically-motivated agendas to undermine complementary therapies and restrict patient choice. Find out more and what you can do to help. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0307.htm#mar2107 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/21032007 Homeopathy/Lifestyle Choices/Health/Politics http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0307.htm#mar2107 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:56:19 +0000 The annual inhumane slaughter of hundreds of dolphins by the people of Taiji, Japan, has now been caught on video. The video has inspired more than 828,000 people so far to sign an international petition to end this practice. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0307.htm#mar1907 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/19032007 Animal Welfare/Conservation/Animal Rights/Activism/Japan http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0307.htm#mar1907 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:34:19 +0000 The latest piece of cutting-edge scientific analysis to hit the headlines informs us that drinking a cup of coffee in the morning doesn't actually pick us up at all. It just short-circuits the 'withdrawal symptoms' from the previous cup. This pointless nonscience took the best efforts of a professor and his team from the University of Bristol, and made front page news on the BBC website today ... http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0307.htm#mar06b07 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/0603b2007 Politics/United States/Bush, George Walker/Hurricane Katrina http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0307.htm#mar06b07 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:19:19 +0000 Introduction to the new Astrology section of the website. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0307.htm#mar06a07 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/06032007 Astrology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0307.htm#mar06a07 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:53:19 +0000 The text of a speech by Martin Luther King Jr concerning the madness of war which is no less relevant today than the day it was spoken. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0207.htm#feb1107 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/11022007 War on Terrorism/Anti-War Movement/Iraq/King, Martin Luther, Jr. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0207.htm#feb1107 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:11:19 +0000 As the irrational hysteria over the spectre of some super-flu virus potentially jumping species and wiping out 150 million of us continues to show no sign of coming to its senses, this piece looks at the huge profits just announced by Roche Pharmaceuticals and the astrology of the original announcement. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0207.htm#feb1007 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/10022007 Astrology/Viral: Influenza: Avian/Psychology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0207.htm#feb1007 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:21:19 +0000 So now, following the appearance of a comet in the sky, we have a virgin birth ... http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0207.htm#feb0507 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/05022007 Comets/Varanus komodoensis http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0207.htm#feb0507 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:04:19 +0000 Author Dan Hurley's recent high-profile essay in the New York Times claimed an increasing number of adverse reactions, hospitalisations and deaths are linked to vitamin and mineral dietary supplements and herbal and homeopathic remedies. The data, sourced from the American Association of Poison Control Centers, made for disquieting reading. But it turns out that Hurley's presentation of the data is grossly misleading. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0207.htm#feb0307 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/03022007 Analysis and Opinion/Vitamins and Minerals/Ethics in Science and Technology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0207.htm#feb0307 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:34:19 +0000 Having spent a fair bit of my spare time in the last 2 years gathering and analysing statistics on the correlation between CVD mortality and nitrate fertiliser use, I've now been able to add more supporting data to my June 2005 article on the subject. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0107.htm#jan0607 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/06012007 Heart Disease/Fertilizers http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0107.htm#jan0607 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:30:19 +0000 New Year's revolutions, global warming, and old stories. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0107.htm#jan0107 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/01012007 Earth Changes/Climate Change/Weather Phenomena/Philosophy http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0107.htm#jan0107 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 13:44:19 +0000 Response to yet another denouncement of homeopathy, this time targeting children. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1206.htm#dec0706 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/07122006 Homeopathy/Skeptical Inquiry/Media http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1206.htm#dec0706 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:30:17 +0000 A response to Prof George Vithoulkas writing on the subject of what does and does not constitute a homeopathic proving symptom. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1106.htm#nov1306 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/13112006 Homeopathy/Philosophy of Science/Scientific Method http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1106.htm#nov1306 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:13:17 +0000 The extraordinary near death experience of Mellen-Thomas Benedict. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1006.htm#oct0606b wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/06102006b Near Death Experiences/Religion and Spirituality http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1006.htm#oct0606b Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:06:17 +0100 With the flu jag season working up to full swing, a pertinent article to consider. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1006.htm#oct0606a wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/06102006a Vaccination/Immunizations/Alternative http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1006.htm#oct0606a Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:16:53 +0100 Following the naming of the solar system's largest dwarf planet for Eris, the Greek goddess of discord, and its moon for Dysnomia ('lawlessness'), her daughter, comment from astrologers seems to have been generally rather less than positive. This entry redresses the balance somewhat by taking a close look at the myths combined with a direct apprehension of her energies. What emerges is much more fun. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0906.htm#sep1706 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/17092006 Eris/Astrology/Discordianism/Myths: Classical http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0906.htm#sep1706 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:23:17 +0100 Thoughts on Pluto's demotion and why it seems a backward step for humanity. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0906.htm#sep0706 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/07092006 Pluto/Dwarf Planets http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0906.htm#sep0706 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:44:17 +0100 Irrational behaviour in computer systems. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0806.htm#aug0706 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/07082006 Human-Computer Interaction http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0806.htm#aug0706 Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:24:17 +0100 A new study which claims to demonstrate irrational behaviour in a group of test subjects is perhaps rather irrational itself. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0806.htm#aug0606 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/06082006 Scietific Method/Psychology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0806.htm#aug0606 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:23:17 +0100 Who and what are professionals and professionalism these days? Should we dispense with the whole idea? http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0706.htm#jul1706 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/17072006 Sociolinguistics/Philosophy of Language http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0706.htm#jul1706 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:59:17 +0100 As the Orwellian nightmare becomes ever more real, some thoughts on health, freedom and immunity. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0606.htm#jun2806 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/28062006 War on Terrorism/Civil Liberties/Politics/Conspiracy: Big Brother http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0606.htm#jun2806 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:54:17 +0100 Link to an article by George Monbiot in The Guardian exposing the latest developments in the dirty tricks department of marketing -- so-called 'viral marketing' -- where personalities invented by corporations pose as 'experts' to destroy the credibility of scientists opposing their agenda. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0606.htm#jun0206 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/02062006 Ethics in Science and Technology/Media http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0606.htm#jun0206 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 18:56:17 +0100 Michael Baum and 12 other doctors have written to 476 primary care trusts urging them to discontinue the funding of complementary therapies. Never mind that an estimated 50% of GPs recommend their patients for complementary treatment, these 13 people clearly believe they have the right to dictate national policy on the matter. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0506.htm#may2306 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/23052006 Ethics in Science and Technology/Media/Homeopathy/Civil Liberties http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0506.htm#may2306 Tue, 23 May 2006 15:34:17 +0100 Links to a brief exposition by Fritjoff Capra on the Santiago Theory of Cognition and to Orwell's 1984 in action here in the UK. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0506.htm#may2106 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/21052006 Civil Liberties/Health: Alternative/Immune System http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0506.htm#may2106 Sun, 21 May 2006 20:15:17 +0100 Link to interview with Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0506.htm#may2006 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/20052006 Civil Liberties/War on Terror http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0506.htm#may2006 Sat, 20 May 2006 18:23:17 +0100 Momentary lapse into geekdom in praise of my new Apple Mac. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0506.htm#may1906 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/19052006 Apple: Macintosh http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0506.htm#may1906 Fri, 19 May 2006 19:17:17 +0100 Some thoughts on the article Beyond Hope by Derrick Jansen from Orion Magazine's May-June 2006 issue, how it connects to April 22nd's subject (Classical clashes) and how it relates to von Bönninghausen's concept of the genius of remedies. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0506.htm#may0306 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/03052006 Psychology/Philosophy/Creativity http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0506.htm#may0306 Wed, 03 May 2006 21:34:17 +0100 Some thoughts on the never-ending factional disputes within homeopathy about what is and isn't considered to be "classical" homeopathy. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0406.htm#apr2206 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/22042006 Homeopathy/Psychology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0406.htm#apr2206 Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:38:17 +0100 A contribution to the debate on Darwinian evolution versus "intelligent design". http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0306.htm#mar2406 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/24032006 Christianity: Perspectives: Origins and Creation: Intelligent Design/Culture, Cognition, and Evolution/Evolution http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0306.htm#mar2406 Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:41:17 +0000 Questionable conclusions from a study on mobile phone use and cancer incidence and the scandal surrounding the hijacking of the Swiss PEK study into the effectiveness of complementary medicines. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0306.htm#mar1806 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/18032006 Ethics in Science and Technology/Scientific Method/Homeopathy/Alternative http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0306.htm#mar1806 Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:00:17 +0000 When truth is stranger than fiction ... http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0306.htm#mar1406 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/14032006 Public Health and Safety/Environmental Health/Drugs and Medications/Health Policy http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0306.htm#mar1406 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:23:17 +0000 A link to a Lannan Foundation podcast which anyone with concerns about the times we live in, the war in Iraq, and the global political situation would be well advised to listen to. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0306.htm#mar1206 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/12032006 War on Terrorism/Iraq/Psychology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0306.htm#mar1206 Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:04:17 +0000 A brief rant on the subject of the UK's Terrorism Bill currently being discussed by Parliament and some of the wider issues it touches on. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0306.htm#mar0206 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/02032006 War on Terrorism/Politics http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0306.htm#mar0206 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:48:17 +0000 On the nature of mirrors. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0206.htm#feb2606 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/26022006 Psychology/Jungian http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0206.htm#feb2606 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:54:17 +0000 On the nature of spin. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0206.htm#feb2106 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/21022006 Philosophy/Psychology/Physics http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0206.htm#feb2106 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 23:22:17 +0000 The rapidly escalating furore over the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's publication of cartoons illustrating and in some cases satirising the prophet Mohammed and the nature of respect. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0206.htm#feb1106 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/11022006 Current Events/Islam/Media http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0206.htm#feb1106 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:42:17 +0000 Proving-induced musings on the Jungian Shadow and the way in which the underlying state gives rise to its outward manifestations. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0106.htm#jan3006 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/30012006 Psychology/Jungian/Homeopathy http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0106.htm#jan3006 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:35:17 +0000 Corporal punishment, respect, and a very British disease. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0106.htm#jan2706 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/27012006 Education/Parenting/Violence and Abuse/Discipline http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0106.htm#jan2706 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:32:17 +0000 On alchemy, animism and the inner vs. outer manifestation of the spiritual dimension of existence. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0106.htm#jan1006 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/10012006 Alchemy/Pantheism/Psychology/Philosophy/Epistemology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0106.htm#jan1006 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:23:17 +0000 Disappearing household items and 'wee folk'. Daft as a brush? http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0106.htm#jan0506 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/05012006 Anomalies and Alternative Science/Traditions: Faery http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0106.htm#jan0506 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:47:17 +0000 How a good homeopathic cure is so easily forgotten. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0106.htm#jan0306 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/03012006 Homeopathy http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0106.htm#jan0306 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:39:17 +0000 A visit to Rosslyn Chapel. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1205.htm#dec2705 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/27122005 Churches: Gothic: United Kingdom http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1205.htm#dec2705 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:41:17 +0000 Wherever and however you celebrate, a very happy Solstice, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year! http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1205.htm#dec2605 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/26122005 Current Events/Christmas http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1205.htm#dec2605 Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:27:17 +0000 On the nature of authority. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1205.htm#dec1905 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/19122005 Religion and Spirituality/Professions http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1205.htm#dec1905 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:42:17 +0000 The contempt of indigenous peoples for our ham-fisted and 'sophisticated' attempts to conserve environments we know next to nothing about, while side-lining the real experts, seems all too often richly deserved. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1205.htm#dec1105 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/11122005 Earth Sciences/Ecology/Conservation/Indigenous People http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1205.htm#dec1105 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:28:17 +0000 According to a study by Gary Null et al, the American medical system is the leading cause of death and injury in the US. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1105.htm#nov2805 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/28112005 Medicine/Healthcare Industry/Death http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1105.htm#nov2805 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:22:17 +0000 Peter Duesberg's challenge to the establishment view on AIDS causation. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1105.htm#nov0805 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/08112005 Medicine/Healthcare Industry/Ethics in Science and Technology/AIDS http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1105.htm#nov0805 Tue, 08 Nov 2005 11:43:17 +0000 The 'bird flu' scare. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1105.htm#flu wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/05112005 Drugs and Medications/Viral: Influenza: Avian/Psychology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1105.htm#flu Sat, 05 Nov 2005 23:02:17 +0000 Review of a 2-day seminar. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1105.htm#mangialavori wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/01112005 Homeopathy//Anxiety Disorders/Psychology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1105.htm#mangialavori Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:06:17 +0000 Dubya's delusions. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1005.htm#oct1105 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/11102005 Current Events/Bush, George Walker/Hurricane Katrina http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1005.htm#oct1105 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:05:17 +0100 Fragmentation, integrity and David Bohm's Wholeness and the Implicate Order. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1005.htm#oct0105 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/01102005 Physics/Psychology/Philosophy http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive1005.htm#oct0105 Sat, 01 Oct 2005 22:38:17 +0100 The cat's berry bugs and Richard Nolle's astrological weather predictions. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#sep2605 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/26092005 Astrology/Mammals: Cats/Homeopathy http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#sep2605 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:44:17 +0100 The UK Society of Homeopaths have now published their critique of last month's much-publicised Lancet meta-analysis (Shang et al. Are the clinical effects of homeopathy placebo effects? Lancet 2005;366 (9487):726-733) purporting to be the "final word" on the validity of homeopathy as a "real" therapeutic intervention. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#lancet wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/22092005 Media/Homeopathy/Skeptical Inquiry/Scientific Method http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#lancet Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:30:17 +0100 The cat's berry bugs return. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#sep1905 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/19092005 Mammals: Cats/Homeopathy http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#sep1905 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:47:17 +0100 Exerpts from the experiences of Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky, two paramedics attending a conference in New Orleans at the time Katrina hit. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#sep1305 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/13092005 Current Events/Hurricane Katrina http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#sep1305 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:38:17 +0100 It's as if the hurricane has ripped into America's underbelly and exposed the rot from the guts to the heart, and by extension, the rot in the heart of all societies buying into the greed and exploitation brandname. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#sep0705 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/07092005 Current Events/Hurricane Katrina http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#sep0705 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:43:17 +0100 Success in the treatment of the cat's berry bug infestation homeopathically. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#sep0605 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/06092005 Mammals: Cats/Homeopathy http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#sep0605 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:42:17 +0100 The cat has berry bugs. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#sep0105 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/01092005 Mammals: Cats/Homeopathy http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0905.htm#sep0105 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:20:17 +0100 Today's announcement of the latest meta-analysis of trials into homeopathy's effectiveness proclaim "the end of homeopathy". Unlikely. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0805.htm#lancet wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/26082005 Media/Homeopathy/Skeptical Inquiry/Scientific Method http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0805.htm#lancet Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:55:17 +0100 An extraordinary design to end the season. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0805.htm#aug1805 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/18082005 Crop Circles/Anomalies and Alternative Science http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0805.htm#aug1805 Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:05:17 +0100 This question was the subject of the Soil Association Scotland's Lady Eve Balfour Memorial Lecture last month (July 13) in Edinburgh. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0805.htm#aug0605 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/06082005 Sustainable Agriculture/Organic farming/Ecology/Conservation/Earth Sciences http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0805.htm#aug0605 Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:16:17 +0100 Perhaps it's just the effect of temperatures soaring up the Fahrenheit scale here – it's not often Scotland forgets itself long enough to remember it's July – but the remarkably instantaneous attribution of Thursday's London bombings to al-Qaeda, sourced from some statement "discovered" on the internet, seemed just that little bit too suspiciously slick for comfort. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0705.htm#jul0905 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/09072005 War on Terrorism/Current Events/Media/Politics http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0705.htm#jul0905 Sat, 09 Jul 2005 11:44:17 +0100 NASA's mission to collide a probe with Comet Tempel 1 which blasted a hole in the comet on July 4th and the lawsuit being brought by a Russian astrologer who is suing NASA for the same amount as the cost of the mission, claiming they may have endangered the future of civilisation. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0705.htm#jul0705 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/07072005 Comets/Astrology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0705.htm#jul0705 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:43:17 +0100 Last month's essay (Time for a Change of Heart?) suggested that there may be a single underlying factor at work in the global epidemic of cardiovascular disease (and in many types of cancer and a whole range of modern "syndrome"-type conditions into the bargain). http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0705.htm#jul0305 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/03072005 Heart Disease/Fertilizers http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0705.htm#jul0305 Sun, 03 Jul 2005 17:31:17 +0100 Well, there've been a few replies to all the emails I've sent. Brief, polite, non-committal. I've also been reading about Mark Purdey's experiences in pursuit of the cause of BSE. Enough said. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0605.htm#jun2305 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/23062005 Heart Disease/Fertilizers http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0605.htm#jun2305 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:15:17 +0100 There really is no such thing as coincidence. The very same day I posted the last blog entry, Mike Adams, the 'Health Ranger' at newstarget.com, posted this story. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0605.htm#jun2105 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/21062005 Drugs and Medications/Medicine/Healthcare Industry/Ethics in Science and Technology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0605.htm#jun2105 Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:11:17 +0100 It does actually look as if our global disruption of the Earth's Nitrogen Cycle is responsible for cardiovascular disease (and a few other things besides). http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0605.htm#jun1905 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/19062005 Heart Disease/Fertilizers http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0605.htm#jun1905 Sun, 19 Jun 2005 23:25:17 +0100 If making a connection between the changes in the national psyche over the last few decades and increases in nitrate consumption is valid, we should be able to find equally close correlations between the pathology of the nitrates and the pathology of the nation. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0605.htm#jun0805 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/08062005 Heart Disease/Fertilizers/Psychology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0605.htm#jun0805 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:29:17 +0100 The proving of Stangeria eriopus, the Natal Grass Cycad, and its appearance in stone. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0505.htm#may2205 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/22052005 Homeopathy/Philosophy http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0505.htm#may2205 Sun, 22 May 2005 22:59:17 +0100 Review of a 2-day seminar in Edinburgh. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0505.htm#lanthanides wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/18052005 Homeopathy/Elements: Lanthanides http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0505.htm#lanthanides Wed, 18 May 2005 19:58:17 +0100 As the latest proving progresses, somewhere amongst all the gyrations around vortices, recursions, guys and goodness knows what else, someone mentioned that a dragon had paid them a visit and encountered them with depth, darkness and other scariness. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0405.htm#apr0505 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/05042005 Homeopathy/Math: Logic and Foundations/Myths and Folktales http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0405.htm#apr0505 Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:05:17 +0100 "Turning and turning in the widening gyre ..." Yeats keeps coming around again. It's that spiral effect. Another aspect of this proving has been the recurring dreams. Over and over again the same theme. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#recursion wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/28032005 Homeopathy/Math: Logic and Foundations http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#recursion Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:32:17 +0100 Today is Good Friday. And again no accident that I was responding to one of the many emails I've had on the subject of 9/11 and got into the darker aspects of what's going on. After all, the sky turned black on Good Friday. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#nineeleven wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/25032005 War on Terrorism/Politics?Psychology/Jungian http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#nineeleven Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:19:17 +0000 Seems more than just a little strange to be touting George W Bush as the cure for cancer, but in a funny kind of way it appears to be what he's all about! http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#bush wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/23032005 Bush, Geaorge Walker/Cancer/Psychology http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#bush Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:26:17 +0000 Someone wrote to me puzzled about yesterday's quote from Fred Alan Wolf in the movie What the #$BLEEP*! Do We Know!?, "There is no out there out there!" and asked if there's no "out there", what's really happening? http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#mar2205 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/22032005 Psychology/Philosophy/Buddhism http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#mar2205 Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:17:17 +0000 W B Yeats' poem The Second Coming has been coming up again and again (Third Coming? Fourth Coming?) in the way that raw onions have a habit of repeating on you. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#gyre wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/21032005 Homeopathy/Math: Logic and Foundations/Fluid Mechanics and Dynamics http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#gyre Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:49:17 +0000 Autism and our assumptions about what constitutes "healthy" and "normal" and about how apparent deviations from these states should be defined and treated. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#mar0805 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/08032005 http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#mar0805 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:21:17 +0000 Here's a story, posted by BBC News last Tuesday, that sums up nicely what makes me so incredulous about what passes for "science" these days. Not quite nonsense perhaps. Nonscience? http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#mar0105 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/01032005 http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0305.htm#mar0105 Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:30:17 +0000 Good reason to ponder the meaning of the word 'patient' yesterday after a visit to the local A&E department. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0205.htm#feb2205 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/22022005 http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0205.htm#feb2205 Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:56:17 +0000 An article in today's UK Times describes journalist John Arlidge's trip to Chicago to discover – for a mere $1,500, no less – how old he is! What's perhaps even more surprising is that more than 4 million Americans have already shelled out this amount to learn the same thing. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0205.htm#feb1905 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/19022005 http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0205.htm#feb1905 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:38:17 +0000 Welcome to the new version of my site! http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0205.htm#feb1805 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/18022005 http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0205.htm#feb1805 Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:22:17 +0000 Anybody noticing a lot of sulphurous energy about? The current astrological overview. http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0205.htm#feb1305 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/13022005 http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0205.htm#feb1305 Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:13:17 +0000 How on earth did we get to the place that divorces mind from body to this extent to begin with? Twenty years after physics demonstrates pretty incontrovertibly the non-separability of the entirety of existence, medicine is still labouring under the delusion of the separability of a single human being! http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0205.htm#feb1005 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/10022005 http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0205.htm#feb1005 Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:18:17 +0000 Isn't it funny that while (in some quarters at least) acknowledging the oneness of existence, we continue to conceptualise it as something we're separated from? http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0205.htm#feb0105 wendy@smeddum.net http://www.haloscan.com/comments/wendyhoward/01022005 http://www.smeddum.net/archives/blogarchive0205.htm#feb0105 Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:39:17 +0000