UPDATE: 1:12pm: Andy Lewis wrapping up and taking questions.
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UPDATE: 12:37pm: Andy Lewis on stage. Live streaming audio. Apologies for the slight distortion, it’s not possible to rectify while Andy is talking.
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UPDATE: 11.48am: Singh continuing to fight libel case because:
“I think I am right.
It is important (child health)
It is doubly impoitant (free speech).
I might win?!”
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Also thankful for the support shown.
UPDATE: 11:43am: When the BCA filed suit against Singh, the Guardian was also apparently being sued by Matthias Rath, Tesco & Elton John. Guardian also apparently still £175,000 out-of-pocket from Rath case, despite Goldacre winning.
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UPDATE: 11:32am: Discussing chiropractic, and Daniel Palmer.
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UPDATE: 11.29am: Singh talking about a systematic review of acupuncture.
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UPDATE: 11:27am: Placebos in acupuncture – needles in wrong locations, needles not inserted deeply enough, even retracting needles which deceptively appear to penetrate the skin.
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UPDATE: 11:23am: Singh moving on to James Lind’s clinical trials on scurvy and controlled testing.
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UPDATE: 11:18am: Simon Singh currently on stage talking about acupuncture and its representation in the media.
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UPDATE: 10:54am: We have permission to stream Andy Lewis’ talk. Currently it looks to be audio only but I’ll try to find a way to stream video too. Andy is scheduled to talk at 12pm. The stream will be below.
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UPDATE: 10:44am: Unfortunately we couldn’t find a stable internet connection through which we could stream the 10:23 event, though the event itself went smoothly (excepting a lone protest from a black car sporting large flags and loud music).

We are instead hoping to potentially stream talks from CFI UK’s alternative medicine event today, again below. Announcements will be made here and via our Twitter account if we can gain the appropriate permission.

This article will be posted online automatically at 9:45am on Saturday 30th while we are trying to engineer the feed. If successful, the video will go live at 10:23am when the event starts. If not, here’s a low-quality copy of a lecture given by Prof. Chris French on the myths and methodology of the placebo effect instead.

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The accolade is called the ‘Pigasus Award’ and in 2007 one of its recipients was Rupert Sheldrake for his work on telephone telepathy through morphic resonance.

After the interview was published, Rupert wrote a letter to The Skeptic asking why Chris French did not challenge Randi on Rupert’s Pigasus Award, when, in fact, Chris has and is working on research with Rupert on this very phenomena.  Rupert’s letter also contained criticism levelled at Randi for a document that was used in a TAM3 workshop, which stated that becoming an expert media sceptic was as easy as “tell[ing] people you’re an expert. After you do that, all you have to do is maintain appearances and not give them a reason to believe you’re not.”

In the spirit of fostering open debate and discourse, we’ve given Randi the opportunity to reply to Rupert’s letter.  Chris French has also written a reply to the original letter.  All three letters can be viewed here.

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