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      Dr Ben Goldacre hits the jackpot, moving from a column on Saturday's
      Guardian to a <a
        href="http://www.badscience.net/2007/11/a-kind-of-magic/">cover story in
        Friday's Guardian</a>.  It's a very balanced and reasoned argument
        against homoeopathy for people who don't understand what a fair trial
        is, how placebo works, or just how stupid homoeopaths sound when they
        try and explain it.  <a
        href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2209998,00.html">It's down
        to permeated nano-particles</a>, apparently.
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    <p>
      I recommend reading the article to anyone who thinks that homoeopathy is
      better than placebo or agrees that homoeopathy has a place in treating
      AIDS and malaria.  Or people like me, who like watching homoeopathy get
      slapped down.  For the medical geeks out there, there is the companion <a
        href="http://www.badscience.net/2007/11/the-lancet-benefits-and-risks-of-homoeopathy/">article in the Lancet</a>
      too.
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