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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Ron Obvious

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Reply to xocet (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 09:58 PM

Feb 2012

Thanks for the additional information. I always love it when they bring up Newton. First of all, because they can't seem to find a famous religious scientist more recent than 350 years ago, and second, because Newton believed in a whole lot of other rubbish such as Alchemy and Astrology that I'm sure they would rather not be associated with.

Science has moved on a bit since then.

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Found this book in the science section of a local bookstore... [View all] Ron Obvious Feb 2012 OP

Perhaps it's time to stop shopping at a bookstore that carries... MarkCharles Feb 2012 #1

To right-wingers, of course, this *is* amusing. eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 #2

I hadn't heard of them before... Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #10

The History volume insists the Confederacy was right ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 #12

I always hide those or move them to fiction PVnRT Feb 2012 #3

I hate myself for having done that Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #6

How is it censorship? PVnRT Feb 2012 #13

It's still authoritarian Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #14

Love yourself. It's healthy, and it's right. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #16

Did you ask the bookstore owner about this? HuckleB Feb 2012 #4

No. Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #7

Well, it's possible the owner didn't know what was in the book. HuckleB Feb 2012 #8

You're right! Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #11

What HuckleB said. progressoid Feb 2012 #15

That author prefers intelligent design over evolution and is not too sure of special relativity.... xocet Feb 2012 #5

Thanks Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #9

Well, I've seen books about Indigo Children in the developmental psychology sections of bookstores LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #17