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Revision as of 00:27, 3 January 2007 by Valjean (talk | contribs) (→Concepts and methods: oops!)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Main article: QuackeryThe following is a list of Misplaced Pages articles and categories that are related to the subject of quackery. Inclusion here is not a statement that the subject is quackery or the person is a quack, only that scientific skeptics, debunkers, and consumer protection advocates consider the article to be related to the subject and of possible value when investigating the subject of quackery. Some listed items may be considered by them to be forms of quackery, promoters of quackery, openly against quackery, red flags for quackery, or mechanisms and thought patterns conducive to it. Both sides of the issues are included. See the individual articles for more information.
Concepts and methods
- Academic dishonesty
- Acupuncture
- Acupuncture point
- Ad hominem
- Algae-based therapies
- Alternative medicine
- Amalgam removal
- Amygdalin
- Anecdotal evidence
- Animal magnetism
- Anthroposophical medicine
- Anti-intellectualism
- Antiscience
- Anti-fluoridation
- Anti-vaccinationist
- Applied kinesiology
- Aromatherapy
- Aura (paranormal)
- Auriculotherapy
- Ayurvedic medicine
- Azeztulite
- Bach flower remedies
- Bates method
- Bent Spoon Award
- Bio-geometric integration
- Bioresonance therapy
- Biorhythm
- Buteyko method
- Candidiasis (yeast allergies)
- Chakra
- Chalybeate
- Charlatan
- Chelation therapy
- Chi
- Chi Machine
- Chinese herbal medicine
- Chiropractic
- Chromotherapy
- Codex Alimentarius
- Cognitive dissonance
- Colloidal silver
- Confirmation bias
- Consciousness causes collapse
- Conspiracy theory
- Controversial science
- Coral calcium
- Correlation does not imply causation
- Crackpot index
- Cranial osteopathy
- Craniosacral therapy
- Crank (person)
- Critical thinking
- Cryobiology
- Crystal healing
- Crystal power
- Degree mill
- Delusional parasitosis
- Dental amalgam controversy
- Dermo-optical perception
- Detoxification
- DHEA
- Diagnostic kinesiology
- Dianetics
- Dietary supplements
- Dishonesty
- Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
- Double-blind testing
- Ear candling
- Eclectic medicine
- Electrical quackery
- Electrical sensitivity
- Electromagnetic theories of consciousness
- Electromagnetic therapy
- E-Meter
- Emotional Freedom Techniques
- Energy field disturbance
- Energy (spirituality)
- Ergogenic aid
- Essiac
- Ethics
- Eyology
- Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
- Faith healing
- Falsifiability
- Feng Shui
- Flexner Report
- Folk medicine
- Food faddism
- Fraud
- Fringe science
- Gerovital
- Glucosamine
- Grapefruit seed extract
- Growth hormone treatment
- Hadacol
- Health claims on food labels
- Growth hormones
- Hair analysis
- Hasty generalization
- Health freedom movement
- Herbal medicine
- Herbal therapy
- Holotropic Breathwork
- Homeopathic Materia Medica
- Homeopathy
- Honesty
- Hoxsey Therapy
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Immortality Device
- Innate intelligence
- Insulow
- Integratron
- Intellectual dishonesty
- Ionized bracelet
- Iridology
- Journalism scandals
- Junk science
- Kneipp therapy
- Krebiozen
- Laetrile
- Life-extension movement
- Logical fallacy
- Lunaception
- Magnet therapy
- Medical intuitive
- Megavitamin therapy
- Meridian (Chinese medicine)
- Metaphysics
- Morgellons
- Moxibustion
- Mucoid plaque
- Multiple chemical sensitivity
- NAET
- Natural health
- Natural hygiene
- Natural therapy
- Naturopathy
- Neuro Emotional Technique
- Neuro-linguistic programming
- Neurotheology
- New age
- Nutraceutical
- Nine oils
- Noni juice
- Non-science
- Nuclear crime
- Nutripathy
- Oberon (device)
- Organic food
- Orgone
- Orthomolecular medicine
- Osteopathy
- Parapsychology
- Patent medicine
- Peer review
- Penta Water
- Phrenology
- Pigasus Award
- Placebo effect
- Plagiarism
- Polarity therapy
- Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- Prayer healing
- Prescientific system
- Protoscience
- Pseudoscience
- Pseudoskepticism
- Psychic surgery
- Psychosomatic illness
- Psychotherapy
- Purification Rundown
- Quantum mechanics
- Quantum mysticism
- Quackery
- Radioactive quackery
- Radionics
- Radithor
- Reflex anal dilatation
- Reflexology
- Reiki
- Scientific community
- Scientific consensus
- Scientific method
- Scientific misconduct
- Scientism
- Scientology
- Self-deception
- Snake oil
- Somatotype
- Spinal adjustment
- Straw man attack
- Subtle body
- Superstition
- Theosophy
- Therapeutic touch
- Thiomersal controversy
- Thought Field Therapy
- Traditional medicine
- Traditional Chinese medicine
- Trepanation
- True-believer syndrome
- Truthiness
- Universal Intelligence
- Urine therapy
- Vaccine controversy
- Vega Machines
- Vertebral subluxation
- Violet wand
- Vision therapy
- Vitalism
- Vitamin O
- Wellness
- What the Bleep Do We Know!?
- Misplaced Pages:Scientific peer review
- Yin and yang
Organizations, journals, books, etc.
- American Council on Science and Health
- Australian Skeptics
- Center for Inquiry
- Christian Science
- Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
- Cosmic Circle of Fellowship
- Federal Trade Commission
- Food and Drug Administration
- International Association for New Science
- Journal of Scientific Exploration
- Life Extension Foundation
- National Anti-Vaccination League
- National Council Against Health Fraud
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
- Quackwatch
- Skeptical Inquirer
- Skeptic's Dictionary
- U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- The Weston A. Price Foundation
Persons
- Albert Abrams
- James Adair
- José Arigó
- Ana Aslan
- Robert Atkins
- David Ayoub
- Stephen Barrett
- Jacques Benveniste
- Almon Glenn Braswell
- John R. Brinkley
- Sylvia Browne
- Dan Burton
- Edgar Cayce
- Deepak Chopra
- Alex Chui
- Hulda Regehr Clark
- C. Alan B. Clemetson
- George Combe
- Ernesto Contreras
- Richard Dawkins
- Lorraine Day
- Kurt Donsbach
- Mary Baker Eddy
- Edzard Ernst
- Dean Faiello
- Moshé Feldenkrais
- William Fitzgerald
- Patrick Flanagan
- Dr. Fritz
- Martin Gardner
- Mark Geier
- Michael Guillen
- Samuel Hahnemann
- David R. Hawkins
- Greet Hofmans
- L. Ron Hubbard
- Ray Hyman
- Bernard Jensen
- Jomanda
- Philip J. Klass
- Paul Kurtz
- Benedict Lust
- Joseph Mercola
- Earl Mindell
- Gary Null
- Alex Orbito
- B. J. Palmer
- Daniel David Palmer
- Linus Pauling
- Penn and Teller
- Elisha Perkins
- Michael Persinger
- James Randi
- Wilhelm Reich
- Jeff Rense
- Royal Rife
- Carl Sagan
- Viera Scheibner
- Herbert Shelton
- Rudolf Steiner
- Victor J. Stenger
- Andrew Taylor Still
- John Taylor (oculist)
- Russell Trall
- Kevin Trudeau
- Marcello Truzzi
- Andrew Wakefield
- Joel D. Wallach
- George de la Warr
- Andrew Weil
- Edward Yazbak
See also
- Consumer protection
- Debunkers
- Evidence-based medicine
- Glossary of alternative medicine
- History of alternative medicine
- List of branches of alternative medicine
- List of famous people in alternative medicine
- List of pseudosciences and pseudoscientific concepts
- List of pseudoscientific theories
- List of terms and concepts used in alternative medicine
- List of vaccine topics
- Medical ethics
- Pseudoscience
- Quackery
- Scientific skepticism
- Skeptic groups
- Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Alternative medicine
- Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Alternative medicine/Classification Systems
- Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Pseudoscience
- Misplaced Pages:Wikiproject Rational Skepticism
- Misplaced Pages:Wikiproject Rational Skepticism/Skeptic watchlists
Related categories
- Category:Ailments of unknown etiology
- Category:Alternative medical systems
- Category:Alternative medicine
- Category:Biologically based therapies
- Category:Chiropractic
- Category:Confidence tricks
- Category:Consumer fraud
- Category:Controversies
- Category:Deception
- Category:Early scientific cosmologies
- Category:Energy therapies
- Category:Homeopathy
- Category:Internet fraud
- Category:Logical fallacies
- Category:Medical lists
- Category:Obsolete biological theories
- Category:Obsolete medical theories
- Category:Propaganda
- Category:Propagandists
- Category:Pseudoscience
- Category:Scientific skepticism
- Category:Skeptical Wikipedians
- Category:Skepticism
- Category:Skeptic organisations
- Category:Supernatural healing
- Category:Wikipedians who oppose quackery
Further reading
- The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions (Paperback) by Robert Todd Carroll, Robert T. Carroll (2003 Edition). John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-27242-6.