The drug DCA was brought to my attention on a recent podcast from The Skeptics Guide to the Universe (although none of their shownotes specifically list this as a topic of discussion I believe it was Podcast #101 (6/20/2007), if that’s not correct someone correct me and I’ll edit this post).
The basic (or most important) [...]
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I know this has been out there for awhile and yes it’s on Huffington Post but I just read this, Forget God: What’s So Great About Atheism?, again and don’t even know where to start so I will just focus on a representative and absurd section that I think highlights several of many logical fallacies that [...]
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Funny concept but a total misapplication of Darwin’s theories, Darwin Dating. I don’t even know what to file this under.
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I’m a regular lurker over on the JREF forums and came across the following post, More Great Books for Skepkids, regarding a brief list of books on skeptical thinking for kids of differing ages.
I did end up getting Dan Barker’s book, Maybe Yes, Maybe No - A Guide for Young Skeptics, which was perfectly written for 8-10 [...]
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A pretty well balanced article on InsideBayArea.com, ‘Born again skeptics’ preach gospel of atheism. Although most atheists probably cringe at the mixing of religious terminology with a decidely non- or even anti- religious group.
I do have to say when the author discusses the number of “sub-groups” of atheists they say the following:
- a new addition [...]
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There is a cool Discovery News article, Flying Pterosaurs Hunted Like Dinos?, about some recent research on the hunting habits of flying pterosaurs.
Anyway, the most prominent theory about how flying pterosaurs hunted was that they would swoop down and skim the water for fish. However some recent research suggest that the drag that this behavior would [...]
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Apparently I go on vacation for a few days and this idiot has to go and open up his big mouth. The president of ACORE allegedly sent a letter to a global warming expert telling him that he would ruin this guys career. If this turns out to be true I hope this guy is [...]
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Apparently I suffer from Chronic Skepticism (and so does Michael Shermer). I wonder if there is a pill for that?
The author writes about the recent Larry King Live free-for-all Are UFOs Real? She bemoans that fact that anytime a paranormal or UFO crazy gets themselves on TV whether for some ratings stunt like this or one of them [...]
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I was going to introduce this post but I believe that Faithfool has done an excellent job summarizing how this post came about. I will however say that I have enjoyed this immensely and hope to do something similar to this in the future. Please make a point to visit Faithfool’s blog on a regular [...]
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Rebecca Watson has posted her Top Ten “Moments of Science” video responses and is asking you to vote on who you like the best. I might note that there are 2 adorable boys who made a lemon battery in the Top Ten (they are very excited about being in the Top Ten).
Just remember to vote [...]
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