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Climate Change: Countering the Contrarians
Scientific American talks evidence, digging into seven arguments against the reality of climate change that, if not the most frequently-cited in general, are certainly the most frequently cited in BoingBoing comment threads. Personally, I've started...
Scientific American talks evidence, digging into seven arguments against the reality of climate change that, if not the most frequently-cited in general, are certainly the most frequently cited in BoingBoing comment threads. Personally, I've started...
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rvitelli posted a blog entry
Singing The Body Electric (Part 1)
While I'm usually a sober type, I have to confess to one insidious addiction: online auctions. Not that I actually buy things...
While I'm usually a sober type, I have to confess to one insidious addiction: online auctions. Not that I actually buy things...
It's Only Money posted a tweet
@marypilon Blushing! Pleasure to meet you too. Keep up those great ideas & that healthy skepticism & concern for the common man.
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It's Still Too Early to Worry Too Much: Michael SantoliBeware less skepticism. http://tinyurl.com/yjr8faz
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Global warming emails: followup
I think a followup on my earlier post on the climatologists’ emails is called for.The comments in that post have been...
I think a followup on my earlier post on the climatologists’ emails is called for.The comments in that post have been...
Jay G posted a tweet
RT @enviroknow: Group Promoting Climate Skepticism has Extensive Ties to Exxon-Mobil http://ow.ly/166D62 || Whoda thunk it?
Best Green Blogs posted a tweet
Group promoting climate skepticism has extensive ties to Exxon-Mobil. Shocking! Must. Keep. Producing. Petroleum. http://su.pr/1rwbGv
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Chopra Attacks Skeptics
"Deepak Chopra, writing for (of course) the Huffington Post, laments about his critics that, “Most of my stinging darts come from skeptics.” So he has decided to attack skeptics and skepticism – a preemptive strike against his critics....
"Deepak Chopra, writing for (of course) the Huffington Post, laments about his critics that, “Most of my stinging darts come from skeptics.” So he has decided to attack skeptics and skepticism – a preemptive strike against his critics....
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New Agers and Creationists should not be President
New Age beliefs are the Creationism of the Progressives. In Roger Ebert's Journal.
New Age beliefs are the Creationism of the Progressives. In Roger Ebert's Journal.
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The Media Attention Whores
There are two ways to do things:You can talk about the things you’re going to do, and then do them.Or you can just do them.Sadly, people seem to value more the former way of action.The one that makes a big fuss about it.The one that needs selfish...
There are two ways to do things:You can talk about the things you’re going to do, and then do them.Or you can just do them.Sadly, people seem to value more the former way of action.The one that makes a big fuss about it.The one that needs selfish...
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Logical fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions. #skepticism
Wintery Knight Blog posted a blog entry
Did Christians believe in a flat earth during the Middle Ages?
Consider this post from Matt Flanagan of MandM. (H/T Thinking Matters New Zealand)Flanagan cites Jeffrey Burton...
Consider this post from Matt Flanagan of MandM. (H/T Thinking Matters New Zealand)Flanagan cites Jeffrey Burton...
Cubik's Rube posted a blog entry
Skeptics’ Circle #125 is up
Yep, the latest blog carnival is up over at Effort Sisyphus. At least, it starts there. But the journey that ensues may take...
Yep, the latest blog carnival is up over at Effort Sisyphus. At least, it starts there. But the journey that ensues may take...
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...
When it comes to the realm of pseudoscience, there’s no woo quite like Deepak Chopra’s. It’s not necessarily...
Steve posted a tweet
Twitter Family: Please read and RT - The Perils of Skepticism http://bit.ly/6JM4nt (via @Deepak_Chopra)
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...
So yesterday a debate was sparked off on Twitter by the whole Climategate thing. I’m not sufficiently informed on the...
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Huge deployment of troops is President Obama’s vision for quick end to war – Times Online
Telegraph.co.ukHuge deployment of troops is President Obama's vision for quick end to warTimes OnlineAfter 92 days of slow...
Telegraph.co.ukHuge deployment of troops is President Obama's vision for quick end to warTimes OnlineAfter 92 days of slow...
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What you should expect from Ardyss Reviews
I have written plenty of reviews of various multilevel marketing programs through the years. After all my experience I have in...
I have written plenty of reviews of various multilevel marketing programs through the years. After all my experience I have in...
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Deepak Chopra: redefining “wrong”
I am no fan of Deepak Chopra. For years he has gone on TV, in print, and in his books, peddling all manners of nonsense....
I am no fan of Deepak Chopra. For years he has gone on TV, in print, and in his books, peddling all manners of nonsense....
Wintery Knight Blog posted a blog entry
How to respond to postmodernism, relativism, subjectivism, pluralism and skepticism
Four articles from Paul Copan over at the UK site “BeThinking”. Each article responds to a different slogan that...
Four articles from Paul Copan over at the UK site “BeThinking”. Each article responds to a different slogan that...
Cubik's Rube posted a blog entry
Things and happenings
- President Obama’s proclamation for Thanksgiving was unique in that he didn’t mention God, except when quoting...
- President Obama’s proclamation for Thanksgiving was unique in that he didn’t mention God, except when quoting...
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Climate Change: Countering the Contrarians
Scientific American talks evidence, digging into seven arguments against the reality of climate change that, if not the most frequently-cited in general, are certainly the most frequently cited in BoingBoing comment threads. Personally, I've started...
Scientific American talks evidence, digging into seven arguments against the reality of climate change that, if not the most frequently-cited in general, are certainly the most frequently cited in BoingBoing comment threads. Personally, I've started...
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The global warming emails non-event
You’ve probably heard by now that a hacker got into the computer system of some climatologists and grabbed a bunch of...
You’ve probably heard by now that a hacker got into the computer system of some climatologists and grabbed a bunch of...
Cubik's Rube posted a blog entry
The ideomotor effect
I used to believe in some wacky stuff.It didn’t seem all that wacky at the time, of course. When I first started taking...
I used to believe in some wacky stuff.It didn’t seem all that wacky at the time, of course. When I first started taking...
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
SMBC and alt-med woo
Regular readers know of the man love I have for Zach Weiner, who pens the web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. It...
Regular readers know of the man love I have for Zach Weiner, who pens the web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. It...
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SMBC and alt-med woo
Regular readers know of the man love I have for Zach Weiner, who pens the web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. It...
Regular readers know of the man love I have for Zach Weiner, who pens the web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. It...
Mistress Doom posted a tweet
Skepticism – Alloy - The Arrival #funeral #doom good night at all! ♫ http://blip.fm/~h1eb3
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Ironic icon
Sigh. OK, so a woman in Massachusetts thinks she sees Jesus in her iron. If she wants to believe that, it’s fine. It...
Sigh. OK, so a woman in Massachusetts thinks she sees Jesus in her iron. If she wants to believe that, it’s fine. It...
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
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Sigh. OK, so a woman in Massachusetts thinks she sees Jesus in her iron. If she wants to believe that, it’s fine. It...
Sigh. OK, so a woman in Massachusetts thinks she sees Jesus in her iron. If she wants to believe that, it’s fine. It...
Bruce Everett posted a blog entry
ClimateGate! ZOMG! Pull out your hair already!!!
I get back to the blogosphere, and the news, after keeping my head down for a few weeks, and what do I find? Insanity.I...
I get back to the blogosphere, and the news, after keeping my head down for a few weeks, and what do I find? Insanity.I...
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Lateralization of brain function - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Popular psychology tends to make broad and sometimes pseudoscientific generalizations about certain functions (e.g. logic, creativity) being lateral, that is, located in either the right or the left side of the brain. Researchers often criticize popular...
Popular psychology tends to make broad and sometimes pseudoscientific generalizations about certain functions (e.g. logic, creativity) being lateral, that is, located in either the right or the left side of the brain. Researchers often criticize popular...
Cubik's Rube posted a blog entry
Apatheism
Or specifically, why I am not an apatheist.I’m not exactly sure how long the term’s been in common usage (and you...
Or specifically, why I am not an apatheist.I’m not exactly sure how long the term’s been in common usage (and you...
Wintery Knight Blog posted a blog entry
Canadian global warming skeptic comments on leaked CRU e-mails
Canada Free Press has the story. (H/T Gateway Pundit via ECM)Excerpt:Lift up a rock and another snake comes slithering out...
Canada Free Press has the story. (H/T Gateway Pundit via ECM)Excerpt:Lift up a rock and another snake comes slithering out...
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Interview with Ariane Sherine – Dave at the Pod Delusion
Come on over and listen to me interviewing the fabulous Ariane Sherine – thankyou, Ariane! The Pod Delusion is a podcast...
Come on over and listen to me interviewing the fabulous Ariane Sherine – thankyou, Ariane! The Pod Delusion is a podcast...
Cubik's Rube posted a blog entry
Some random trivia, then homeopathy
- In this video, an Episcopal bishop describes religion as being “in the guilt-producing, control business”, and...
- In this video, an Episcopal bishop describes religion as being “in the guilt-producing, control business”, and...
Andy posted a blog entry
Wikileaks Releases Over Half a Million Pager Messages from 9/11
Earlier this morning, Wikileaks began to post pager messages that were sent on September 11, 2001. According to Wikileaks,...
Earlier this morning, Wikileaks began to post pager messages that were sent on September 11, 2001. According to Wikileaks,...
Dsten posted a blog entry
Persistent Vegetative States and the Problem with Facilitated Communication
If you read the print version of the NZ Herald today you would have seen featured on the front page a miraculous case of a man...
If you read the print version of the NZ Herald today you would have seen featured on the front page a miraculous case of a man...
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...
Well, I’m healthy enough to be annoyed, so I guess that’s something.I found this news story this morning, and...
Geoffrey Allan Plauche posted a tweet
Asimov’s Corollary to Clarke’s 1st Law & the Dearth of Scientific Skepticism in the GW Debate http://bit.ly/6h8hAk
rvitelli posted a blog entry
Australian "Shaman" Loses Bid to Keep Name out of Report
A self-styled "North American Indian shaman healer" has failed in his bid to prevent an Australian Health Service...
A self-styled "North American Indian shaman healer" has failed in his bid to prevent an Australian Health Service...
Rose Mis posted a blog entry
Guilt Free Prospecting ~ How To Have Your Pumpkin Pie And Eat It Too !!
If you are anything at all like me… You are GRATEFUL to still be getting invitations to the Family Thanksgiving...
If you are anything at all like me… You are GRATEFUL to still be getting invitations to the Family Thanksgiving...
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Skeptic Zone interview… featuring my mom!
When I was in Florida for Carl Sagan Day, I was happy to see my friend Rachel Dunlop ("Dr. Rachie") from Australia was...
When I was in Florida for Carl Sagan Day, I was happy to see my friend Rachel Dunlop ("Dr. Rachie") from Australia was...
TheBadAstronomer posted a blog entry
Skeptic Zone interview… featuring my mom!
When I was in Florida for Carl Sagan Day, I was happy to see my friend Rachel Dunlop ("Dr. Rachie") from Australia was...
When I was in Florida for Carl Sagan Day, I was happy to see my friend Rachel Dunlop ("Dr. Rachie") from Australia was...
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