Derided by ignorant "academic" critics who probably haven't even read his book, super-genius Victor Senchenko is, quite literally, the next Galileo. Single-handedly, and in spite of having no real scientific qualifications, Senchenko has taken the world by storm with his theory of life, the universe, and everything.

At least, according to Victor.

Well I'm back after three weeks off writing, you know, science. It's nice to see from the stats that a core audience have remained loyal enough to keep reading while I've been away - so I'd like to give a shout out to Stuart "Core Audience" Walton. Anyway, I'll be blogging properly later on a variety of subjects, but on seeing the BBC News website this morning I felt obliged to comment.

The story in question is under the headline "Chocolate 'may cut diabetes risk'". When I clicked the link, I assumed this would be a report on a recent study that linked chocolate with cutting the risk of diabetes.

Erm, no.

At www.wellnessclinics.co.uk, 37-year-old "Dr. Joseph Chikelue Obi, ETC" sells a wide range of ten-dollar eBooks that apparently empower the reader, enabling them to deal with a range of potentially devastating conditions from cancer to AIDs, even the common cold. So if I had AIDS, what would he suggest? Step this way for a review, with selected Obi-isms...

"This particular Self Medication Script is specifically targeted at those in the General Human Population" - Dr. Obi