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Science degrees without the science

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Some UK universities offer science degrees in complementary medicine. David Colquhoun argues that these are not science but anti-science, and asks who is to blame.

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I am grateful to P. Williams of the QAA for information and help.

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  1. David Colquhoun is in the Department of Pharmacology at University College London, UK.,

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Colquhoun, D. Science degrees without the science. Nature 446, 373–374 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/446373a

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