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bpdlr
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Brotherton on Crichton
I have issues with Michael Crichton. When I was a kid I loved The Andromeda Strain, and thought it was a cool movie. It wasn’t until much later, after seeing Jurassic Park, I think it was, that I became aware of the clear antiscience — literally,...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Playing you for a SAPS
Alison Smith runs the Skeptical Analysis of the Paranormal Society where she and others put the hammer down on fake ghost...
9 days ago Bad Astronomy | Topics: Antiscience, Humor, Skepticism
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Skepticism on TV? Yup.
For all the people who doled out grief to my friend Richard Saunders for being on a TV show in Australia looking for psychics,...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Astroblurbs
Man, it’s hard keeping up with the news. Well, to be more specific, it’s hard to keep up with the news and still...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Because 2012 can’t get any dumber…
UPDATE: Oh criminy. I misread the date on the linked article; it’s actually from last year, so the movie I’m...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
DI and ID vs. GR
I think Intelligent Falling from The Onion was funnier, but Intelligent Motion is still pretty good.Tip o’ the...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Dick Cheney, enemy of reality
The liberal blogosphere is starting to burn up with news that Dick Cheney’s office worked to suppress some testimony to...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Amazing spoon bending
It’s incredible to me that some people still buy into psychic spoon-bending. This silliness was promulgated by the...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
That’s no moon… oh, wait, yes it is.
A UK woman called the police recently. He wanted to report a large object hovering over the trees for quite some time. The cops...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Oot and aboot
It’ll take a few days for the Canadian accent to fade away… anyway, here are some short things to be aware of.1)...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
I agree with astrologers?
Well, not really. But a really dumb article from ABC news says that astrologers predict Obama will win in November. Why?In...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Richard Saunders, superstar
>I’ve written about my friend and fellow skeptic Richard Saunders many times before. Most recently, I mentioned he has...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Some states are embracing reality!
It’s a happy day for reality: many state governments are rejecting funding for abstinence-only education.Cool. As has...
 
Rich H
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North pole ice to disappear this year?
I don’t know what to make of this report. We’ve had so much shrieking about global warming that I am actually a bit gun shy when someone predicts dire consequences. But The Independent is claiming that the northern ice cap on the Earth — this...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
North pole ice to disappear this year?
I don’t know what to make of this report. We’ve had so much shrieking about global warming that I am actually a bit...
28 days ago Bad Astronomy | Topics: Antiscience, Politics, Science, ui
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Sylvia Browne, still exposing herself
Oh, I’ve written about Sylvia Browne before, the woman who preys on the gullible people, vulnerable people who need some...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Louisiana. Well, that’s it then.
Bobby Jindahl, creationist/exorcist governor of Louisiana, has signed the academic freedom bill into state law.So that’s...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Lava Madonna and Cheeses of Nazareth
A couple of pareidolisms for you today.One is this cartoon from the very oddly named blog Greasy Belches. It’s funny and...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Newsweek embarrasses itself
What the heck has happened to the media? Have they lost their minds?Newsweek has an article online about a psychic who charges...
 
Hezy
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Republicans more likely to be wrong about Universe, but not by much
So a new Gallup poll was released saying that 60% — sixty percent — of Republicans polled believe humans were created as is 10,000 years ago.But before you Dems get all smug about this, note that 38% of you guys think the same thing. So Republicans...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
God hates Mars
I sometimes wonder just how messed up some people’s logic can be.The answer, in many cases, is none. None more messed...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Republicans more likely to be wrong about Universe, but not by much
So a new Gallup poll was released saying that 60% — sixty percent — of Republicans polled believe humans were...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
How to handle hoaxers
I am, by nature, a nice guy. When I encounter an antiscientist, I prefer not to insult them, or yell at them, or stab them in...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Astrology? Sure! Crop Circles! Yeah! Holocaust denial? Buh bye.
If this news article is accurate, then I have now seen everything. I can close down the blog.Why, you ask? Because of this...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
TAM 6. Best. Ever.
I’m back from The Amaz!ng Meeting 6. After 9+ hours of sleep last night (and still in the red by about 7 hours),...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
IDing Astrology
I am at TAM and exhausted. I’ll post about it later. Until then…This video is pretty funny.It’s obviously...
34 days ago Bad Astronomy | Topics: Antiscience, Astronomy, Humor, Science
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Wanna be a Presidential advisor?
As we all know, the Bush Administration has been extremely aggressive about stamping out any real science whenever it can. This...
36 days ago Bad Astronomy | Topics: Antiscience, Science
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Psychics and gullible people do REAL harm
Note: I had held off posting this until a confirmation came up, and now The Toronto Sun is carrying it as well. And since...
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Crop circularity
It’s really hard to find anything dumber than crop circles. I don’t usually use words like that, but c’mon!...
37 days ago Bad Astronomy | Topics: Antiscience, Debunking, Humor, Science
 
TheBadAstronomer
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Louisiana needs our help! NOW!
I just received an urgent email from Barbara Forrest on behalf of the Louisiana Coalition for Science: the education bill that...
 
Ron B
Ron B posted a blog entry
Responding to an ID-Sympathizing Blogger
On his blog Vere Loqui - which I like the title of, Martin Cothran wrote:L. Ron Brown at “The Frame Problem” takes...
 
Ron B
Ron B posted a blog entry
Intellectual Volunteering Opportunities Available Here!
Hi all. When I started this blog my intent was to engage every debate that comes my way regarding my posts - with little regard...
 
Ron B
Ron B posted a blog entry
Ben Stein and Glenn Beck: Ignorance, Deceit and Stupidity, OH MY!
Nothing I say short of quoting them directly could prepare you for the profound levels of ignorance you are about to hear....
 
Ron B
Ron B posted a blog entry
Anti-Defamation League Condemns Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
From the official ADL website:New York, NY, April 29, 2008 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued the following...
 
Ron B
Ron B posted a blog entry
Evolved Rationalist reviews Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
The Evolved Rationalist, in an act of self-sacrifice, has subjected herself and her brain cells (a few thousand of which are...
 
Ron B
Ron B posted a blog entry
Crash this poll!
A poll is being hosted on a Pro-ID Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed MySpace page. The poll, which is found down the page on...
 
Ron B
Ron B posted a blog entry
So, I was Expelled from a Pro-Expelled Blog…
Initially, I wasn’t going to post on this out of consideration for the blogger that took my posts down - or didn’t...
 
Ron B
Ron B posted a blog entry
Have you been expelled from pro-Expelled media (e.g., blogs)?
I was recently prevented from expressing dissent on a pro-Expelled blog. I know that I am not the first person to have been...
 
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