Topic: pseudo-science

Greg posted a blog entry

deconstructing the god equation
I swear, PZ Myers gets the most absurd and entertaining spam on the web. Sure, I’ll get something from stark raving...

3 days ago

world of weird things | Topics: science, pseudoscience, skepticism, woo

Not Fooled posted a blog entry

A flurry of honesty– overseas
For the past few years the US news media have been silent as leading climate scientists walked away from the wild claims for...

4 days ago

Cool Heads Prevail | Topics: Falling global..., Faulty..., Midwest, Suppressed...

UglyResearch bookmarked a link

Evidence Soup - Apophenia: The enemy of evidence-based management?

5 days ago

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Greg posted a blog entry

anti-vaxers: to insanity and halfway back again
Suppose you want to start a debate on the safety and efficacy of vaccines, one of the most successful tools for promoting...

5 days ago

world of weird things | Topics: health, anti-vacci..., autism, j.b. handley

jhayter@rogers.com posted a blog entry

This must be a joke... please tell me this is a joke
Nature's laws of shopping: Men hunt, women gatherUniversity of Michigan psychologist Daniel Kruger has found that how we shop...

5 days ago

redjenny - Progressive News, Humour, Art and Politics Blog | Topics: men/women, pseudoscience, psychology, stupidity

Paul S posted a blog entry

Noah's Ark Zoo Farm expelled from British zoo association
After I wrote about the insidious creationism on display at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm near Bristol at the end of the summer, the...

6 days ago

New Humanist Blog | Topics: pseudo-sci..., creationism, Noah's Ark Zoo..., animals

angrydoc posted a blog entry

Quote of the week
In Singapore, TCM complements western medicine and this mixedsystem is best for consumers. The two operates on very different...

6 days ago

Angry Doctor | Topics: pseudoscience, alternative...

Spreadneck shared an item

2012 information is… beautiful?
The cool website Information is Beautiful presents, um, well, information in a beautiful way. They recently posted a good guide to the sense and nonsense of the 2012 phenom, pretty much showing that the major claims of the doomcriers are baloney. I...

6 days ago

Google Reader | Topics: pseudoscience, scams, urban legends, 2012 | Add google reader to your profile

Greg posted a blog entry

sometimes woo isn’t just a noun. it’s a diagnosis.
When it comes to the realm of pseudoscience, there’s no woo quite like Deepak Chopra’s. It’s not necessarily...

7 days ago

world of weird things | Topics: science, pseudoscience, skepticism, skeptics

Cubik's Rube posted a blog entry

Denialism
So yesterday a debate was sparked off on Twitter by the whole Climategate thing. I’m not sufficiently informed on the...

7 days ago

Cubik's Rube | Topics: news, ponderings, science, skepticism

Paul S posted a blog entry

Back from the dead?
You'll no doubt have seen the story, reported around the world this week, of Rom Houben, a 46-year-old Belgian who is said to...

12 days ago

New Humanist Blog | Topics: Rom Houben, pseudo-sci..., health, science

TimK bookmarked a link

This Cruel Farce Has To Stop!

12 days ago

Delicious | Topics: James-Randi, facilitate..., fc, news | Add delicious to your profile

The Armchair Antichrist posted a blog entry

You Can’t Attack What You Don’t Understand
One of the major problems with most religious people who try to launch an offensive against evolution is that they don’t...

12 days ago

The Armchair Antichrist | Topics: Evolution, Religious..., Religious..., anti-religion

Paul S posted a blog entry

Boots' cynical stance on homeopathy
There's something of a backlash taking place online against Boots today, after their professional standards director Paul...

13 days ago

New Humanist Blog | Topics: pseudo-sci..., alternative..., scepticism, homeopathy

Greg posted a blog entry

the unfortunate return of dennis sewell
You might remember Dennis Sewell, the pundit who penned a hackneyed article about the evils of evolution in The Sunday Times,...

13 days ago

world of weird things | Topics: evolution, politics, creationism, pseudoscience

metavalent posted a blog entry

The field is the sole governing agency of the particle
Is it merely cheesy pop pseudo science …“The field is the sole governing agency of the particle.” Since Einstein...

13 days ago

metavalent * stigmergy | Topics: metavalent, neuro-cogno, Epigenetics, Pseudoscience

metavalent posted a blog entry

The field is the sole governing agency of the particle
Is it merely cheesy pop pseudo science …“The field is the sole governing agency of the particle.” Since Einstein...

13 days ago

metavalent * stigmergy | Topics: metavalent, neuro-cogno, Epigenetics, Pseudoscience

Venci shared an item

2012 information is… beautiful?
The cool website Information is Beautiful presents, um, well, information in a beautiful way. They recently posted a good guide to the sense and nonsense of the 2012 phenom, pretty much showing that the major claims of the doomcriers are baloney. I...

14 days ago

Google Reader | Topics: pseudoscience, scams, urban legends, 2012 | Add google reader to your profile

Cubik's Rube posted a blog entry

Shock news: entire media talking total crap
Well, I’m healthy enough to be annoyed, so I guess that’s something.I found this news story this morning, and...

14 days ago

Cubik's Rube | Topics: news, science, skepticism, bad science

Squillo bookmarked a link

Autism treatments: Risky alternative therapies have little basis in science -- chicagotribune.com

18 days ago

Delicious | Topics: autism,, pseudoscie... | Add delicious to your profile

ZeNeece posted a blog entry

Dark Chocolate and Other Tidbits of Goodness
If you’re like me, and you enjoy dark chocolate, then I have some studies to share with you! I think they’ll be...

19 days ago

Heaving Dead Cats | Topics: Atheism, Science, Skeptical, Study

Paul S posted a blog entry

Free anti-vax conspiracy theory with every tube journey
On the way home from work last night, as I sat on London's Piccadilly Line, a man briefly sat next to me who seemed a little...

22 days ago

New Humanist Blog | Topics: conspiracy..., Aids-denial, pseudo-sci..., denial

mondojohnson posted a blog entry

2012-o-rama
This past week I have drank deeply from the 2012 Kooky Kool-Aid Kauldron, which was brewed up and served hot thanks to the...

24 days ago

mondojohnson | Topics: Book Reviews, Movies, scifi, 2012

Greg posted a blog entry

the sunday times gets an egg on its face
British pundit Dennis Sewell has drunk deep of the creationist elixir and cobbled together a terrible wreck of an article in...

27 days ago

world of weird things | Topics: evolution, charles..., creationists, pseudoscience

EmettS posted a blog entry

Hydrogen – Oxygen Generator (HHO, Hydroxy Gas, Brown’s Gas)
Producing hydrogen / oxygen mixed gas for the purposes of heating, cooking, and absorption refrigeration.There’s a lot...

33 days ago

Unpollute | Topics: Uncategorized, 6v batteries, absorption..., Brown

Greg posted a blog entry

the priest will charge you now
Hey, did you hear this one? So a priest walks into a hospital room and hands a patient an invoice for services rendered. What,...

33 days ago

world of weird things | Topics: government, health, medicine, pseudoscience

ZeNeece posted a blog entry

Your Tax Dollars Teaching Medical Students Pseudoscience
I read an AP article titled Medical schools add alternative remedies to curriculum the other day. The article was pretty...

35 days ago

Heaving Dead Cats | Topics: Insidious, Science, Skeptical, health

AainaA posted a blog entry

Re-Thinking the Future, Re-designing The Past
As envisaged in the 11th century, the future is not something you thread on lightly – it is a science, and like all proven...

36 days ago

AainaA | Topics: techneus, €uro, applications, Consciousness

teddlesruss posted a tweet

ZEN: Pseudo Science, Wired Style: Quick thoughts when reading this article.A) Since that's obviously NO.. http://bit.ly/4u3QMr

36 days ago

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Greg posted a blog entry

for ufologists, hope springs eternal
Quick question to whom it may concern. Why would any publication hire someone who claims to be an expert in a discipline that...

41 days ago

world of weird things | Topics: aliens, conspiracy..., astrobiology, conspiracies

Cubik's Rube posted a blog entry

A little knowledge is a hilarious thing
Here’s a fun drinking game.Watch this video of some homeopathic woo-merchant talking about mass-energy...

42 days ago

Cubik's Rube | Topics: random, science, chemistry, homeopathy

Jessica Sideways posted a blog entry

Here’s a News Flash NARTH: Reparative Therapy Does Not Work!
I just got an e-mail today from NARTH, an organization that has the psychotic belief that gay people can be...

44 days ago

The Adventures of Jessica Sideways | Topics: General, APA, Christianity, con

angrydoc posted a blog entry

Dr Tan, I presume?
Google is a wonderful thing.This letter on the ST Forum today did not come as a surprise to angry doc:Dispel concerns about...

48 days ago

Angry Doctor | Topics: pseudoscience, Clearthought, letters

Greg posted a blog entry

the great vaccine apocalypse cometh…
Maybe it’s just me, but isn’t it a bit disconcerting when comedians become the best source for news while the mass...

48 days ago

world of weird things | Topics: health, anti-vacci..., fear..., pseudoscience

Cubik's Rube posted a blog entry

9/11
One day I will write up an actual conspiracy theory article myself. I’ve made a start on a couple, but with the case of...

48 days ago

Cubik's Rube | Topics: science, skepticism, skeptictio..., 9/11

State of Protest posted a blog entry

Everyday Astrology?
Book Review: Gary Goldschneider’s Everyday AstrologyFill the VoidWhen I was young, I wanted to believe in God and...

48 days ago

State of Protest | Topics: Review, astrology, book review, Everyday...

Cubik's Rube posted a blog entry

Simon Singh and libel reform – how you can help
I hope I’m not too late with this.I was only just alerted to this post by Simon Perry, encouraging UK residents to write...

49 days ago

Cubik's Rube | Topics: news, science, alternative..., bca

Greg posted a blog entry

when the laws aren’t there for your protection
Every nation, no matter how progressive or conservative, has some form of censorship. In Germany, denying war crimes of the...

51 days ago

world of weird things | Topics: politics, science, libel laws, pseudoscience

Cubik's Rube posted a blog entry

Therapeutic touch
People have been doing magic for thousands of years. It’s never worked.A bold and sweeping claim, perhaps, but no-one...

54 days ago

Cubik's Rube | Topics: science, skepticism, skeptictio..., alternative...

mondojohnson posted a blog entry

Balloon Boy Hoax: I Called It
Just for the record, I was watching live online when the notorious “balloon boy” craft landed, and immediately...

54 days ago

mondojohnson | Topics: Assholes, TV, balloon boy, hoaxes

mondojohnson posted a blog entry

Simon Singh’s Bogus Journey: Right to Appeal Granted
The latest news on the Simon Singh libel case in the UK has arrived from Sense About Science, and it’s encouraging. ...

56 days ago

mondojohnson | Topics: Politics, Science, chiropractic, pseudoscience

Steven Foley posted a tweet

#tcot The Religion of Pseudo-Science: In Monty Python's The Life of Brian, the main character named Brian .. http://bit.ly/1kMc9d

57 days ago

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angrydoc posted a blog entry

Medium Register
An interesting piece of news here:Mediums to be regulatedTaoist Federation aims to weed out unskilled tang kiBy Yen Feng THE...

58 days ago

Angry Doctor | Topics: pseudoscience, Clearthought, in the news

Greg posted a blog entry

answers in genesis takes on black holes
What could possibly be more shocking than finding a brutal maiming of some of the simplest scientific facts on a website ran by...

58 days ago

world of weird things | Topics: science, answers in..., astrophysics, pseudoscience

Greg posted a blog entry

a brief science abuse roundup
This morning, NASA will send a kinetic impactor into a lunar crater to study how much water we might find on the Moon for...

61 days ago

world of weird things | Topics: science, space, pseudoscience, science abuse

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