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This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Orrex Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1531
My idol is being interviewed on BBC Radio 4! 0 LeftishBrit Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 2113
Pseudoscience: Blue Monday - a depressing day of nonsense science (again) 2 mr blur Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2466
Cancer linked to polio vaccine 7 TrogL Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 3312
Do you have Forer’s Disease? 4 cleanhippie Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2794
US has no monopoly on snake oil merchants... 9 TZ Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 3654
The apocalyptic mind-set 13 Tobin S. Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 4724
Online communication biases upon the public perception of science 1 TZ Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 2115
EPIC FAIL! Exposing a clairvoyant in 11 seconds. 3 cleanhippie Oct 2012 Jan 2013 8 3073
Homeopathic Scotch Introduced to Market 4 MineralMan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 2581
Did you know that I'm responsible for Sandy Hook? 2 TZ Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2546
Struck off MMR doctor handed award for 'lifetime achievement in quackery' 3 mr blur Dec 2012 Jan 2013 8 2374
I think I understand the anti-psychiatry BS on DU, now 5 Odin2005 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 3447
Advent Calendar - Final Day. This special day, what could possibly be behind the last window but..? 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Jan 2013 2 2364
A message from The Prophet (FBUH) 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2710
This feels bizarre - the infamous Infowars wesbite links to my post to debunk something 3 muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 Dec 2012 3 2756
Celebrities taken to task in annual round-up of scientific nonsense 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 1964
Advent Calendar - Day 23 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 1927
Advent Calendar - Day 22 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1762
Chuck Hagel is a darwinst! 3 Missn-Hitch Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2066
Advent Calendar - Day 21 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2010
Advent Calendar - Day 20 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1990
Advent Calendar - Day 17 6 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2943
Remember Matthew? Well guess who else is cashing in on the suffering in Newtown? 4 beam me up scottie Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2709
Advent Calendar - Day 15 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2047
Advent Calendar - Day 18 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 2361
Here comes the "video games cause school shootings" nonsense. 4 Odin2005 Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2859
The real cause of the Conn shooting: Vaccines!!!! 2 TZ Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2153
Advent Calendar - Day 19 (big pic) 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1588
Advent Calendar - Day 16 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1863

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Advent Calendar - Day 14 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2555
Advent Calendar - Day 13 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2007
Advent Calendar - Day 12 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2095
Interest in UFOs apparently declining 10 InsultComicDog Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 7333
129 recs for a made up press release claiming Fox News viewers' average IQ is 80 12 muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 3581
Advent Calendar - Day 11 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1882
Advent Calendar - Day 10 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1863
For my birthday this year I asked for a flu shot. 16 beam me up scottie Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 4130
Mark Cuban, basketball owner and skeptic! 1 TZ Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 2716
Advent Calendar - Day 9 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1760
Advent Calendar - Day 8 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1756
Advent Calendar - Day 3 3 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2125
Advent Calendar - Day 6 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1949
Advent Calendar - Day 7 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1573
Advent Calendar - Day 5 4 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2555
Throwing Cold Water On the Singurality Idea 7 toddmiller Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 3325
Woo and BS on history message boards 5 Odin2005 Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 2961
Advent Calendar - Day 4 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2166
How not to start an article 0 Coyotl Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 1766
If you read Age of Autism, you'd learn 2 Dr. Strange Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 2124
What's up with all the recent sasquatch and yeti DNA "studies"? 1 struggle4progress Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2635
Goodbye everyone 5 salvorhardin Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2503
Advent Calendar - Day 2 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1838
The Skeptic Group Advent Calendar - Day 1 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 3 1905
What's the craziest fucking woo you've ever heard? [View all] 120 laconicsax Jan 2012 Nov 2012 4 45553
Eric Schwartz will be performing in Boston Monday, November 19th 7-9PM at Tommy Doyle's 1 Ian David Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 1946
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Ian David Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1475
"That universe is driven by electromagnetic energy carried on vast plasma currents" 7 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 3134
Acupuncture trial for fatigue lacks placebo group, is positive 2 cleanhippie Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 2201
Something really annoying about technophobes I have noticed... 3 Odin2005 Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 3211

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
The woo-woos are already attacking the Organic food study. 8 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Nov 2012 0 4518
The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe 1 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 2180
Vaccines: opinions are not facts 14 cleanhippie Oct 2012 Nov 2012 5 4073
Baba Brinkman is Back... 0 xocet Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1871
Alfred Russel Wallace, 1907: Is Mars habitable? 1 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 2151
Our favourite "you create your own reality" troll is back 10 Heddi Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 3401
Pair of conservative science authors on C-Span 2 (Book TV), on now 5 We People Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 3711
Two Pillars of Skepticism — Leon Jaroff and Paul Kurtz — Died This Weekend 0 struggle4progress Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1900
"Ancient Aliens Debunked" - over three hours of yummy skeptic goodness 5 EvolveOrConvolve Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 4171
can this bee explained 2 left is right Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2064
Okay. I'm thinking I need a bunch of skeptics here. 5 SheilaT Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2848
Study linking GM crops and cancer questioned. 5 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Oct 2012 5 3430
Research suggests that evolution sometimes meant becoming simpler, not more complex 0 Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 1947
Note to tin-foilers, this is what an ACTUAL conspiracy looks like: 1 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2777
Wisdom of Chopra.com 10 onager Sep 2012 Sep 2012 7 3805
I really hate the "It's MY PERSPECTIVE" shit. 32 Odin2005 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 2 9814
Long Island Medium Is Fake (Woo-Woo Song) 1 onager Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 2996
Apparently 40 years of neuroscience research is a lie because... 3 Odin2005 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 1 3334
"Scientist" finds that the Earth isn't rotating. 21 laconicsax Mar 2012 Sep 2012 5 8254
Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary (UK), thinks homeopathy works 3 LeftishBrit Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 2532
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