discussion post on Fri, December 18, 2009 - 11:10 AM
"Why people believe strange things"
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Re: Ardi: Missing link or new species which God Created?
(in Evolution/Creation Debate)
Why am I not surprised.
Science’s Breakthrough of the Year: Uncovering “Ardi”
(in Evolution/Creation Debate)
www.aaas.org/news/releas...hrough.shtml
"Science and its publisher, AAAS, the nonprofit science society, recognize the Ardipithecus ramidus fossils, including the partial skeleton named “Ardi,” as 2009’s Breakthrough of th... read more discussion post on Fri, December 18, 2009 - 7:28 AM
Re: Oh, What A Tangled Web We Weave
(in CONSPIRACY)
You could at least get the quote right:
Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Canto vi. Stanza 17. Scottish author & novelist (1771 - 1832) discussion post on Wed, December 16, 2009 - 7:26 AM
Re: RDF TV - Baloney Detection Kit - Michael Shermer
(in Skeptic Talk)
>Soon after that I left that group. The last thing I heard was that they were selling mandalas to a friend who had trouble coping because she was a single mother. Her problems were mostly of a financial nature, and they sold her "prosperity mandal...
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discussion post on Tue, December 15, 2009 - 10:02 AM
Re: RDF TV - Baloney Detection Kit - Michael Shermer
(in Skeptic Talk)
Also when I lived in San Rafael CA my local coffee shop had stacks of all the local free papers including the one from the Berkley Psychic Institute. A quick glance at one copy shows that they accept and promote most of the beliefs you describe.
... read more discussion post on Tue, December 15, 2009 - 8:14 AM
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The Pigasus Awards for 2008 have been announced.
Sat, April 4, 2009 - 7:27 AM
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They include such luminaries as: Category #1: To the scientist or academic who said or did the silliest thing related to the supernatural, paranormal or occult: Dr. Colin Ross, a psychiatrist in Texas. He is a lettered man, having published many articles in peer-reviewed journals, and you might think he would be the last person to earn a Pigasus... until you look a bit deeper. Dr. Ross claims that he can send electromagnetic beams o... read more
That intellectual giant Jenny McCarthy is the latest to use her celebrity status to foist dangerous ideas on a gullible public.
Sat, April 4, 2009 - 7:18 AM
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She continues to advocate against childhood immunization against the mountains evidence to the contrary. Her basic argument is the usual one in these cases - I'm right because I'm well known. All those scientists and there well controlled studies must then be wrong. Just because she has been on Oprah dosn't mean she knows what she is talking about folks. No... read more
Subject: Apology
Tue, January 27, 2009 - 8:11 AM
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We, the United States of America, a top quality supplier of the ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service. We located the technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage, and we have been working on the software since November 4, 2008. On January 20, we launched our new version. Early tests of the newly installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly. We sincerely apologize for the ... read more
I make this a separate entry because the thoughts Iwish to express are so contrary to that post - even contrary to how I feel at the moment.
Tue, January 20, 2009 - 9:48 AM
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Our nightmare ends today. The Bush presidency will go down as perhaps the greatest failed presidency in history. As I write the neo cons and the far right pundits attempt to re-write history. They are using phrases like "The Obama Recession" and "The Bush Recovery Plan". It wont work. It wont work because Bush is not a failure for the t... read more
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