re NHS Tayside’s decision to sack 500 staff, but still advertise a £68,000 per year post for a homeopath.

Dear Sir / Madam

I think I have exactly the personal qualities, skills and attributes you may be looking for the post of Specialty Doctor in Homoeopathy.

I have an honours degree in biochemistry and genetics. I studied in the 1970s so I was out of my head on drugs most of the time and didn’t really take much in when they talked about the Avogadro constant and dose dependent effects and all that shit. I don’t think my science studies would present any obstacle to my carrying out the duties of this post with a straight face.

Later I did a BA in philosophy and a PhD in the philosophy of science. I realize that this does not really make me [...]

From Bad Reason
http://badreason99.blogspot.com/2010/08/job-application-for-speciality-doctor.html
8/16/2010 8:42:00 AM
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I really should stop doing this, I've tried it twice already.
But then, NHS Taynside (or possibly Dundee in this case, it's not clear, Scotland at any rate) are persisting with squandering the ever-diminishing supply of public funds on homeopathy which, I think it may have been mentioned elsewhere, has a limited degree of effectiveness, shall we say.

From Science Digestive
http://sciencedigestive.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-third-application-for-job-as.html
11/2/2010 8:27:00 AM
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(What follows are some musings on the consequences of immediate emotional responses)

When I was in Comprehensive school, one of the more enthusiastic teachers in the maths department attempted to encourage more enthusiasm for his subject by putting up a poster in his classroom window saying ‘MATHS IS FUN!’ A decent attempt, but lacked any supporting evidence (and before any mathematicians read this and start raving, this was no-doubt the fault of the curriculum)

The English department in the building opposite, seemingly under the impression that pupils [...]

From Science Digestive
http://sciencedigestive.blogspot.com/2010/09/knee-jerks.html
9/12/2010 2:15:00 AM
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A story in the Daily Express has been doing the rounds on twitter, regarding NHS Tayside’s decision to sack 500 staff, but still advertise a £68,000 per year post for a homeopath. Whilst I discussed this over dinner with my wife, Natalie, she suggested that I should apply for the position — she then suggested [...]

From XtalDave's Blog O'Science
http://xtaldave.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/in-which-i-apply-for-a-job-as-a-homeopath/
8/15/2010 7:51:50 AM
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Dan Burnett needed a job and he recently spotted a help wanted ad that sounded great on the blog of David Briggs. The job was that of a homeopathic doctor, promising convenient hours and great pay, about £68,000 per year. Funny fact was that this post was coming at the expense of 500 real doctors [...]

From weird things
http://worldofweirdthings.com/2010/08/28/how-two-scientists-applied-to-be-homeopaths/
8/29/2010 3:31:43 AM
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Having recently been fired from Ofquack, the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC). I found I was missing the constant dribble of double-speak, Then, as luck would have it, a friend emailed me to draw my attention to a lucrative job at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.  On August 11th I put out a tweet, just in [...]

From DC's Improbable Science
http://www.dcscience.net/?p=3339
8/16/2010 2:12:59 AM
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I have to say Amanda Brown's information about Homeopathic Flu "Vaccines" was among the most disturbing things I've seen since I started blogging.  As a result, I have this real urge to continue to point out the stupidity of homeopathy - so...

After writing the last blog entry about Amanda Brown "CHom", I sent her an email to see if she had anything to add.  She has yet to respond.  I'm doubtful that she ever will.

A comment on my blog referred to a Science Based Medicine article on Homeopathic Vaccines that appeared shortly after I posted my blog entry.  I happen to be a big fan of Mark Crislip's writings and his podcast (http://www.quackcast.com/) so I was happy to see him cover the topic.  [...]

From Small Town Skepticism
http://sarniaskeptic.blogspot.com/2010/11/amanda-brown-and-power-of-nothing.html
11/9/2010 6:28:00 AM
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Just when I thought I wouldn’t have to worry about Homeopathy again any-time soon I discover that next week (April 10-16) is World Homeopathy Awareness Week. In theory I am right behind an initiative such as this as homeopaths do a surprisingly poor job of educating the public about what homeopathy actually is. I suspect though [...]

From Scepticon
http://scepticon.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/world-homeopathy-awareness/
4/9/2010 11:54:36 AM
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Regular readers of sceptical blogs will no doubt be aware of a raft of applications from blog authors for the position of Specialty Homeopathic doctor in Tayside, Scotland.

I have decided to throw my hat into the ring.

However, I am not going to lodge an actual application since I feel the presence of an application might dilute my chances of winning the position. So I filled out an application then destroyed it so it no longer exists. For the same reason, I will also keep my supporting documentation here on this blog rather than sending it in to Tayside.

I'd appreciate it if you could shake your computer monitor as you read this so as to increase its potency. Be warned that your monitor will forever remember its contact with this page and might work differently after such succussion. Indeed, if your screen seems to be operating a little worse than usual, that's a [...]

From Thinking is Real
http://thinkingisreal.blogspot.com/2010/08/im-fully-qualified-homeopath-really.html
8/19/2010 7:43:00 PM
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Homeopaths are still lying about homeopathic remedies for malaria.

These charlatans should be jailed for putting lives at risk.

From Leaving the land of Woo
http://www.leavingthelandofwoo.com/home/57-homeopaths-still-lie-about-malaria
1/6/2011 12:14:23 AM
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While my wife and I were watching television last night, a commercial came on about CBC Marketplace (Cure or Con) and I almost fell out of my chair - it is going to be an investigation into pure stupid Homeopathy.

I did a quick search to find out more information about the show - I entered "Marketplace Homeopathy" into the google search and the first 5 or 6 links (for me) were for Homeopaths and those sympathetic to pure stupid Homeopathy. (Note: a blog follower asked why I capitalize the first letter in Homeopathy since it is so dumb when I often will not capitalize the "g" in "god".  There is only one pure stupid Homeopathy - there are over 2500 [...]

From Small Town Skepticism
http://sarniaskeptic.blogspot.com/2011/01/homeopaths-have-rallied-troops.html
1/14/2011 3:29:00 AM
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My siblings and I have never been vaccinated. My mother has been completely against vaccinations, and insisted on homeopathic 'immunizations' for us. I just turned 18 and it wasn't until about 5 months ago that I realised just how stupid this was and decided to get myself vaccinated... only, the HPV vaccine isn't free anymore. Now we have to pay $450 for something that was completely free FOR YEARS. She doesn't even have a job and we aren't very financially well off, yet she has spent thousands on 'alternative remedies'.

In addition, when I was a child I had severe eczema to the point of having constant scars and scabs from scratching my arms and legs. Instead of getting regular treatment for it, she took me to a homeopath for YEARS and it did NOTHING. Then in 2009 I got myself some eczema cream, and it was gone within 3 weeks.

Parents should NOT be able to do this to children, I genuinely feel that this is tantamount to child [...]

From Skeptic's Subreddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic/comments/lp9y8/furious_at_antivaxalternative_medicine_mother/
10/26/2011 2:27:22 PM
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