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Mark Cuban, basketball owner and skeptic! 1 TZ Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 2149
Advent Calendar - Day 9 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1351
Advent Calendar - Day 8 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1424
Advent Calendar - Day 3 3 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 1712
Advent Calendar - Day 6 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1562
Advent Calendar - Day 7 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1219
Advent Calendar - Day 5 4 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2080
Throwing Cold Water On the Singurality Idea 7 toddmiller Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 2481
Woo and BS on history message boards 5 Odin2005 Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 2296
Advent Calendar - Day 4 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 1803
How not to start an article 0 Coyotl Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 1403
If you read Age of Autism, you'd learn 2 Dr. Strange Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 1692
What's up with all the recent sasquatch and yeti DNA "studies"? 1 struggle4progress Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2148
Goodbye everyone 5 salvorhardin Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2044
Advent Calendar - Day 2 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1473
The Skeptic Group Advent Calendar - Day 1 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 3 1551
What's the craziest fucking woo you've ever heard? [View all] 120 laconicsax Jan 2012 Nov 2012 4 32362
Eric Schwartz will be performing in Boston Monday, November 19th 7-9PM at Tommy Doyle's 1 Ian David Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 1508
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Ian David Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1153
"That universe is driven by electromagnetic energy carried on vast plasma currents" 7 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 2376
Acupuncture trial for fatigue lacks placebo group, is positive 2 cleanhippie Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1708
Something really annoying about technophobes I have noticed... 3 Odin2005 Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 2596
The woo-woos are already attacking the Organic food study. 8 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Nov 2012 0 3451
The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe 1 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 1717
Vaccines: opinions are not facts 14 cleanhippie Oct 2012 Nov 2012 5 3028
Baba Brinkman is Back... 0 xocet Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1442
Alfred Russel Wallace, 1907: Is Mars habitable? 1 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 1664
Our favourite "you create your own reality" troll is back 10 Heddi Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2561
Pair of conservative science authors on C-Span 2 (Book TV), on now 5 We People Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 3020
Two Pillars of Skepticism — Leon Jaroff and Paul Kurtz — Died This Weekend 0 struggle4progress Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1498

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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"Ancient Aliens Debunked" - over three hours of yummy skeptic goodness 5 EvolveOrConvolve Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 3490
can this bee explained 2 left is right Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1623
Okay. I'm thinking I need a bunch of skeptics here. 5 SheilaT Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2167
Study linking GM crops and cancer questioned. 5 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Oct 2012 5 2576
Research suggests that evolution sometimes meant becoming simpler, not more complex 0 Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 1533
Note to tin-foilers, this is what an ACTUAL conspiracy looks like: 1 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2244
Wisdom of Chopra.com 10 onager Sep 2012 Sep 2012 7 3001
I really hate the "It's MY PERSPECTIVE" shit. 32 Odin2005 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 2 7404
Long Island Medium Is Fake (Woo-Woo Song) 1 onager Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 2529
Apparently 40 years of neuroscience research is a lie because... 3 Odin2005 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 1 2625
"Scientist" finds that the Earth isn't rotating. 21 laconicsax Mar 2012 Sep 2012 5 6554
Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary (UK), thinks homeopathy works 3 LeftishBrit Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 1974
Wilhelm Reich and the Sexual Revolution 5 salvorhardin Aug 2012 Sep 2012 0 3128
Wisdom on demand 14 caraher Jun 2012 Sep 2012 4 3309
Personality Disorder begins PRIOR TO CONCEPTION!!!! 17 HereSince1628 Jun 2012 Sep 2012 0 5763
When Woo kills....Woman dies attempting to live on sunlight alone. 12 cleanhippie Apr 2012 Aug 2012 5 4125
The anti space exploration people are so predictable. 3 Odin2005 Aug 2012 Aug 2012 2 2814
Martians, flying saucers discovered on Mars, report extremely unreliable sources (CSM) 0 struggle4progress Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 4682
Tales From The Grassy Knoll: a round-up of woo reactions to current events 1 muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 Aug 2012 3 2343
Interesting John Diamond quotes on some alternative medicine proponents 1 LeftishBrit Aug 2012 Aug 2012 2 3614
Don't turn out the light! Terrifying photos of ghosts that will keep you up at night 3 dipsydoodle Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2348
"I don't believe in revolution." 3 trotsky Aug 2012 Aug 2012 7 2563
If I bang my head against the wall 0 Rainforestgoddess Aug 2012 Aug 2012 2 1498
The Influence of Woo on Naval Engineering 1 onager Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 1799
Richard Dawkins Interviews Derren Brown (The enemies of reason series) 0 BootinUp Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 1908
This is where homeopathy stops being a laughing matter - the death of Penelope Dingle 4 backscatter712 Apr 2012 Aug 2012 5 3183
Baba Brinkman - Creationism Hip Hop at Rock Beyond Belief 1 Ian David Apr 2012 Aug 2012 0 1954
Great video about the Placebo Effect..... 1 Logical Jul 2012 Aug 2012 0 1562
Whooping Cough Outbreak: Pertussis and the Death-rattle of Reason 2 Lucy Goosey Jul 2012 Jul 2012 3 2200
12 Steps for Recovering New Agers 3 MadrasT Jul 2012 Jul 2012 2 2210

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Why Silk May Be Added To Vaccines Someday 3 TZ Jul 2012 Jul 2012 4 1941
Shoes better than positive thoughts at protecting against fire, study finds 3 Orrex Jul 2012 Jul 2012 2 1964
Step Right Up, Ladies and Gents! 2 MineralMan Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 1839
Hey, remember that recent "HFCS makes you stupid" study? 10 laconicsax Jun 2012 Jul 2012 3 3296
"The 10 Pro-vaccine Commandments According to Anti-vaccinationists" 3 Starry Messenger Jun 2012 Jul 2012 3 2075
LOL, a Paleo Diet spammer in LBN accused me of being a paid Big Pharma shill! 12 Odin2005 Jun 2012 Jul 2012 0 4398
Environmentalism and anti-science, how GMOs prove any ideological extremity leads to anti-science 4 HuckleB Jun 2012 Jul 2012 2 2212
The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal 2 salvorhardin Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 3895
2009 swine flu outbreak was 15 times deadlier: study 6 TZ Jun 2012 Jun 2012 1 2567
Let me start by saying I am a skeptic. 14 russspeakeasy Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 3386
Why do so many still 100% believe in "water witching" 4 Logical Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 2383
The Worst Things For Sale: Morgellons Spray Treatment 14 semillama Apr 2012 Jun 2012 8 5178
A little homeopathic humor for you from Mitchell and Webb 4 progressoid Jun 2012 Jun 2012 5 2760
The Immoveable Earth 0 laconicsax Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 1594
Psychic brainwashed 2 women into stripping & sexual acts at seances to contact their dead realatives 6 Ian David Jun 2012 Jun 2012 1 4357
DNA to shed light on yeti claims 8 xchrom May 2012 Jun 2012 1 4559
Victims In Psychic-Inspired Hoax Sue Police 4 Ian David Jun 2012 Jun 2012 10 2592
Police: 'Forest Boy' story is a hoax 0 struggle4progress Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 1626
Woman in Chinatown hypnotized by thieves 4 drm604 Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 2701
>>>> Locking. Thus crap doesn't belong here<<<<< Can I ask why? 8 SwissTony Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 3008
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