Sceptic Schism | Issue 16

Posted 2:19pm Sunday 19th July 2015 by Howard Yuno

If you tune into the History Channel, you get anything but history. Instead, outrageous pseudo-archaeological documentaries about aliens and Atlantis tend to take up the programming. One of the new darlings of the pseudo-archaeological scene is a man named Graham Hancock. Hancock’s theory Read more...

Sceptic Schism | Issue 15

Posted 2:37pm Sunday 12th July 2015 by DK MF

A sick mother is taken to a shaman who, through the tradition of rituals, uses the power of the ancients and spirits of the realm to heal. The shaman appears to take out the patient’s guts, chanting and channelling energy into the affected area, before returning them into the patient, who Read more...

Sceptic Schism | Issue 14

Posted 2:41pm Sunday 5th July 2015 by Wee Doubt

Acupuncture is a practice in ancient Chinese medicine that involves sticking needles into the skin along the body’s natural “meridian lines” where “qi”, or “life-force”, is traditionally said to flow. The qi flow is redirected to improve the health of the Read more...

Sceptic Schism | Issue 13

Posted 1:54pm Sunday 24th May 2015 by Wee Doubt

Lies can be deadly. Last month a story broke in the world of alternative medicine about Belle Gibson, an Australian woman who had made a living from her account of having cured herself of supposed terminal brain cancer with healthy eating. She said the cancer had spread to her liver and kidneys, and Read more...

Sceptic Schism | Issue 12

Posted 2:40pm Sunday 17th May 2015 by Wee Doubt

David Icke has convinced hundreds of thousands of people that the world is run by something called the “Babylonian Brotherhood”, a race of seven-foot-tall reptilian aliens who squeeze into human-sized suits and rule the world. They have brainwashed humans into believing they are human in Read more...

Sceptic Schism | Issue 11

Posted 2:27pm Sunday 10th May 2015 by Wee Doubt

“Detox” diets make out the liver is like a dirty old sponge that needs to go through the washing machine. Actually, the liver is an organ that filters harmful or unneeded substances from the blood to be excreted as urine. It is self-regulating and will replenish its own cells at the same Read more...