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Here comes the "video games cause school shootings" nonsense. 4 Odin2005 Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2395
The real cause of the Conn shooting: Vaccines!!!! 2 TZ Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 1808
Advent Calendar - Day 19 (big pic) 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1378
Advent Calendar - Day 16 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1549
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Advent Calendar - Day 12 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1706
Interest in UFOs apparently declining 10 InsultComicDog Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 6433
129 recs for a made up press release claiming Fox News viewers' average IQ is 80 12 muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2788
Advent Calendar - Day 11 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1587
Advent Calendar - Day 10 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1583
For my birthday this year I asked for a flu shot. 16 beam me up scottie Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 3201
Mark Cuban, basketball owner and skeptic! 1 TZ Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 2315
Advent Calendar - Day 9 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1442
Advent Calendar - Day 8 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1517
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Advent Calendar - Day 5 4 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2178
Throwing Cold Water On the Singurality Idea 7 toddmiller Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 2729
Woo and BS on history message boards 5 Odin2005 Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 2426
Advent Calendar - Day 4 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 1892
How not to start an article 0 Coyotl Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 1498
If you read Age of Autism, you'd learn 2 Dr. Strange Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 1787
What's up with all the recent sasquatch and yeti DNA "studies"? 1 struggle4progress Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2296
Goodbye everyone 5 salvorhardin Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2143
Advent Calendar - Day 2 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1567
The Skeptic Group Advent Calendar - Day 1 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 3 1638
What's the craziest fucking woo you've ever heard? [View all] 120 laconicsax Jan 2012 Nov 2012 4 37929
Eric Schwartz will be performing in Boston Monday, November 19th 7-9PM at Tommy Doyle's 1 Ian David Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 1618

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Ian David Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1239
"That universe is driven by electromagnetic energy carried on vast plasma currents" 7 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 2522
Acupuncture trial for fatigue lacks placebo group, is positive 2 cleanhippie Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1841
Something really annoying about technophobes I have noticed... 3 Odin2005 Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 2739
The woo-woos are already attacking the Organic food study. 8 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Nov 2012 0 3888
The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe 1 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 1841
Vaccines: opinions are not facts 14 cleanhippie Oct 2012 Nov 2012 5 3254
Baba Brinkman is Back... 0 xocet Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1573
Alfred Russel Wallace, 1907: Is Mars habitable? 1 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 1799
Our favourite "you create your own reality" troll is back 10 Heddi Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2725
Pair of conservative science authors on C-Span 2 (Book TV), on now 5 We People Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 3153
Two Pillars of Skepticism — Leon Jaroff and Paul Kurtz — Died This Weekend 0 struggle4progress Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1618
"Ancient Aliens Debunked" - over three hours of yummy skeptic goodness 5 EvolveOrConvolve Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 3641
can this bee explained 2 left is right Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1730
Okay. I'm thinking I need a bunch of skeptics here. 5 SheilaT Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2322
Study linking GM crops and cancer questioned. 5 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Oct 2012 5 2852
Research suggests that evolution sometimes meant becoming simpler, not more complex 0 Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 1660
Note to tin-foilers, this is what an ACTUAL conspiracy looks like: 1 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2404
Wisdom of Chopra.com 10 onager Sep 2012 Sep 2012 7 3170
I really hate the "It's MY PERSPECTIVE" shit. 32 Odin2005 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 2 7752
Long Island Medium Is Fake (Woo-Woo Song) 1 onager Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 2656
Apparently 40 years of neuroscience research is a lie because... 3 Odin2005 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 1 2809
"Scientist" finds that the Earth isn't rotating. 21 laconicsax Mar 2012 Sep 2012 5 6827
Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary (UK), thinks homeopathy works 3 LeftishBrit Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 2106
Wilhelm Reich and the Sexual Revolution 5 salvorhardin Aug 2012 Sep 2012 0 3356
Wisdom on demand 14 caraher Jun 2012 Sep 2012 4 3488
Personality Disorder begins PRIOR TO CONCEPTION!!!! 17 HereSince1628 Jun 2012 Sep 2012 0 6251
When Woo kills....Woman dies attempting to live on sunlight alone. 12 cleanhippie Apr 2012 Aug 2012 5 4311
The anti space exploration people are so predictable. 3 Odin2005 Aug 2012 Aug 2012 2 2961
Martians, flying saucers discovered on Mars, report extremely unreliable sources (CSM) 0 struggle4progress Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 4762

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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Tales From The Grassy Knoll: a round-up of woo reactions to current events 1 muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 Aug 2012 3 2425
Interesting John Diamond quotes on some alternative medicine proponents 1 LeftishBrit Aug 2012 Aug 2012 2 3704
Don't turn out the light! Terrifying photos of ghosts that will keep you up at night 3 dipsydoodle Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2462
"I don't believe in revolution." 3 trotsky Aug 2012 Aug 2012 7 2688
If I bang my head against the wall 0 Rainforestgoddess Aug 2012 Aug 2012 2 1581
The Influence of Woo on Naval Engineering 1 onager Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 1889
Richard Dawkins Interviews Derren Brown (The enemies of reason series) 0 BootinUp Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 1995
This is where homeopathy stops being a laughing matter - the death of Penelope Dingle 4 backscatter712 Apr 2012 Aug 2012 5 3332
Baba Brinkman - Creationism Hip Hop at Rock Beyond Belief 1 Ian David Apr 2012 Aug 2012 0 2047
Great video about the Placebo Effect..... 1 Logical Jul 2012 Aug 2012 0 1663
Whooping Cough Outbreak: Pertussis and the Death-rattle of Reason 2 Lucy Goosey Jul 2012 Jul 2012 3 2373
12 Steps for Recovering New Agers 3 MadrasT Jul 2012 Jul 2012 2 2327
Why Silk May Be Added To Vaccines Someday 3 TZ Jul 2012 Jul 2012 4 2064
Shoes better than positive thoughts at protecting against fire, study finds 3 Orrex Jul 2012 Jul 2012 2 2089
Step Right Up, Ladies and Gents! 2 MineralMan Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 1933
Hey, remember that recent "HFCS makes you stupid" study? 10 laconicsax Jun 2012 Jul 2012 3 3456
"The 10 Pro-vaccine Commandments According to Anti-vaccinationists" 3 Starry Messenger Jun 2012 Jul 2012 3 2188
LOL, a Paleo Diet spammer in LBN accused me of being a paid Big Pharma shill! 12 Odin2005 Jun 2012 Jul 2012 0 4613
Environmentalism and anti-science, how GMOs prove any ideological extremity leads to anti-science 4 HuckleB Jun 2012 Jul 2012 2 2334
The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal 2 salvorhardin Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 4003
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