Re: [Goanet] Quacks... and quackery!
Isabel Joanes wrote: Re. The Anti-Quackery campaign: 1. Who won the annual Goenchem Prize advertised below, for 2009? 2. Can we have the list of award-winners 2003-2008? 3. If not, is this Prize then, items 2. and 12. below? 4. Where is the money? 5. Why was the 2009 Goenchem Prize not awarded on 09.09.09? Isabel, Above all, I love your silly question number five. As you are aware, it holds the answer to questions two, and both parts of question three. The answer, of course, being nien, nien, nien. The second thing that I find intriguing is your worry of, Where is the money? As all prize winners know, the real reward is the recognition, of the PREVIOUS efforts made by the prize winner. The prize money is only an after thought. Both to the winner and the awarding committee. Your concentration on, Where is the money? tells us a lot about yourself. However, to answer your question, part of the money is in my bank account. Or should I say, it is still in my bank account. I had promised those concerned with this award that I would donate some of the prize money. I was later told that there wasn't a worthy winner for the prize that year. The last comment I will make is that since you have spent all a lot of your valuable time in your quest to get to the bottom of quackery, having gone thru six years of Goanet archives to come up with an 2003 post, I am sure we will hear a lot more from you. On, yes, quacks. Mervyn D'thru Lobo PS. I did a google on you name and could not find a single post with the name, Isabel Joanes, signed on it. Not one. __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
Re: [Goanet] Quacks... and quackery!
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for lease in upscale Campal/Miramar beach area, Panaji, Goa. Contact: goaengineer...@aol.com --- On Thu, 9/10/09, Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org wrote: Even quacks, it would seem, are in distinguished company! FN This is silly. Perhaps, Noronha does not know that the founders of Scientology, Naturopathy and Homeopathy are still regarded as quacks, because none of what they claimed has been substantiated by scientific evidence. Their bogus teachings are respected only by a small cult of believers in each case. Science has relegated them to the dustbin of history. Even the nonsense that the genuine scientist Linus Pauling claimed in his later life has never been able distinguish itself from quackery. Cheers, Santosh Notable historical persons accused of quackery * Thomas Allinson (1858–1918), founder of naturopathy. His views often brought him into conflict with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the General Medical Council, particularly his opposition to doctors' frequent use of toxic drugs, his opposition to vaccination and his self promotion in the press.[20] His views and publication of them led to him being labeled a quack and being struck off by the General Medical Council for infamous conduct in a professional respect.[21][22] * Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843), founder of homeopathy. Hahnemann believed that all diseases were caused by miasms, which he defined as irregularities in the patient's vital force.[23] He also said that illnesses could be treated by substances that in a healthy person produced similar symptoms to the illness, in extremely low concentrations, with the therapeutic effect increasing with dilution and repeated shaking.[24][25][26] * L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) was the founder of the Church of Scientology. He was an American science fiction writer, former United States Navy officer, and creator of Dianetics.[27][28][29]
Re: [Goanet] Quacks... and quackery!
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for lease in upscale Campal/Miramar beach area, Panaji, Goa. Contact: goaengineer...@aol.com My reference was to Louis Pasteur and Lovisa Årberg (the first Swedish female doctor. Årberg was met with strong resistance from male doctors and was accused of quackery) finding themselves on the list of quacks! FN 2009/9/12 Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com: --- On Thu, 9/10/09, Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org wrote: Even quacks, it would seem, are in distinguished company! FN This is silly. Perhaps, Noronha does not know that the founders of Scientology, Naturopathy and Homeopathy are still regarded as quacks, because none of what they claimed has been substantiated by scientific evidence. Their bogus teachings are respected only by a small cult of believers in each case. Science has relegated them to the dustbin of history. Even the nonsense that the genuine scientist Linus Pauling claimed in his later life has never been able distinguish itself from quackery. -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/
Re: [Goanet] Quacks... and quackery!
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for lease in upscale Campal/Miramar beach area, Panaji, Goa. Contact: goaengineer...@aol.com Re. The Anti-Quackery campaign: 1. Who won the annual Goenchem Prize advertised below, for 2009? 2. Can we have the list of award-winners 2003-2008? 3. If not, is this Prize then, items 2. and 12. below? 4. Where is the money? 5. Why was the 2009 Goenchem Prize not awarded on 09.09.09? -Original Message- Santosh Helekar Sent: 01 July 2003 01:51, To: goanet-fpo8gb98ccidnm+yrof...@ Subject: [Goanet] Nomination of Candidates for Goenchem Prize OPEN INVITATION FOR NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES for THE GOENCHEM PRIZE FOR THE PROMOTION OF HONESTY, RATIONALITY AND COMMON SENSE A committee of cyber-Goans invites members of the public to nominate candidates for an annual prize called the Goenchem Prize, established to promote the cause of honesty, rationality, common sense in public service, public policy,public education,public safety, public health. The nominee should be an individual or a group of individuals who are Goan by birth, ancestry,marriage or residence. This prize is intended to educate the public about harms done by the following practices and concerns in today's society: 1. Corruption 2. Financial scams 3. Superstition 4. New age cults 5. New age fads 6. Pseudoscience 7. Quackery 8. Bogus issues in environmental activism 9. Politically motivated historical revisionism 10. Infusion of religion into public policy and education 11. Mass hysteria caused by paranormal phenomena 12. Public deception and disinformation campaigns 13. Unchecked influence of poseurs and frauds The winner will be chosen from nominees who have addressed the above issues by taking actions such as: 1. Publicly exposing a cult, superstition, fad, practice or attitude that continues to cause significant harm in terms of physical, psychological/socioeconomic pain and suffering within the community. 2. Becoming a whistleblower to uncover corrupt practices in any governmental, statutory, autonomous or non-governmental organization supported by public/government funds. 3. Making a significant contribution to educating the public about false claims regarding cures for diseases, bogus health scares, fake environmental threats, phony new age fads, paranormal hysteria and pseudoscientific breakthroughs. 4. Offering a public refutation of politically motivated historical revisionism and infusion of religion into public policy and education. 5. Publicly unmasking a quack, poseur, corrupt professional or organization that is perpetrating a financial or health scam. 6. Presenting in a public forum in Goa an exposé on a public scam, racket, fraud, deception or disinformation campaign. Potential contenders for the prize will be entered into the selection process each year by nomination. The nominating letter should be submitted by the nominee herself/himself or any other person by email to gpcommittee-owner-hhksg33tihhbjbujkae...@xxx It should include a brief description of the specific accomplishment for which the nominee is deemed to be worthy of the prize. The final deadline for submission of nominations this year is the inauspicious fifth Tuesday in July i.e. the 28th of July, 2003. The Goenchem Prize committee of cyber-Goans will vote to choose the prizewinner. The prize will consist of a citation plaque and Rs. 13,666 (Thirteen thousand six hundred and sixty six rupees). This prize amount donated by three anonymous Goans, is chosen because it contains unlucky numbers 13 and 36, and the number of the beast 666. The winner will be announced in Goan newspapers and Goan mailing lists, and the prize will be presented in Goa at an inauspicious time on World Goa Day in August. Sincerely, Rene Barreto, U.K. Dr. Jose Colaco, Bahamas Marina Correia-Afonso, Goa, India Vivian D'Souza, Goa, India and U.S.A. Valmiki Faleiro, Goa, India Dr. Santosh A. Helekar, U.S.A. Dr. Samir Kelekar, Bangalore, India Margaret Mascarenhas, Goa, India Dr. Basilio Monteiro, U.S.A. Niraj Naik, Goa, India Cecil Pinto, Goa, India Tariq Siddiqui, U.S.A. Ramrao Wagh, Goa, India - Message: 8 Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:36:04 +0530 From: Frederick [FN] Noronha * To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! Subject: Re: [Goanet] Quacks... and quackery! My reference was to Louis Pasteur and Lovisa ?rberg (the first Swedish female doctor. ?rberg was met with strong resistance from male doctors and was accused of quackery) finding themselves on the list of quacks! FN 2009/9/12 Santosh Helekar : --- On Thu, 9/10/09, Frederick Noronha
Re: [Goanet] Quacks... and quackery!
--- On Sat, 9/12/09, Isabel Joanes isaj...@rediffmail.com wrote: 1. Who won the annual Goenchem Prize advertised below, for 2009? The Goenchem Prize has not been awarded for 2009. 2. Can we have the list of award-winners 2003-2008? There are only two award winners so far: Roland Martins for 2003 Yagneshwar Nigalye for 2005 There is no requirement that it should be awarded every year. 3. If not, is this Prize then, items 2. and 12. below? Please explain what you mean. 4. Where is the money? The money was donated by individual donors. 5. Why was the 2009 Goenchem Prize not awarded on 09.09.09? Please explain what you mean. Cheers, Santosh
