Topic: James Randi

About twice a year, I stand in the “medicine” aisle at Whole Foods and stare at their homeopathic remedy displays, wondering if I could benefit from all those pretty, mystical-looking bottles of herbs and — uh, do you know what’s in those bottles? I don’t, either. But occasionally I put in my natural remedy dues and buy Boiron’s oscillococcinum to knock back when I’m feeling sick, to no noticeable end (other than being out $20). That’s why pseudoscience skeptic James Randi is challenging homeopathy manufacturers to put science behind their claims, offering $1 million to any producer of homeopathic “drugs” who can prove that their products work as stated, and encouraging major drug stores to remove homeopathic products from their shelves. More »