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Does having a college degree affect whether or not you believe in mythical creatures? 10 salvorhardin Feb 2012 Apr 2012 0 4187
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 salvorhardin Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 1354
Amazing Randi's companion pleads guilty to passport fraud 2 salvorhardin Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 2638
The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal 2 salvorhardin Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 4052
Wilhelm Reich and the Sexual Revolution 5 salvorhardin Aug 2012 Sep 2012 0 3439
Goodbye everyone 5 salvorhardin Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2197
What is hypnosis ? 4 Sand Wind Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1925
Skeptical about corporate technology? Think it and science are two different things? 7 saras Apr 2012 Apr 2012 1 2987
The Worst Things For Sale: Morgellons Spray Treatment 14 semillama Apr 2012 Jun 2012 8 5607
Okay. I'm thinking I need a bunch of skeptics here. 5 SheilaT Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2393
Nostradamus: A New Look at an Old Seer 10 SidDithers Apr 2011 Feb 2012 1 4154
The Woo Woo Credo... 7 SidDithers Jan 2012 Apr 2012 2 3324
March Against Myths About Modification... 3 SidDithers May 2015 May 2015 2 1937
Is it just me, or was the breaking of the NSA/Snowden story a big turning point... 9 Silent3 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2996
If you worry about thinking too much 0 Silent3 May 2014 May 2014 3 1452
Sugar vs. added sugar 8 Silent3 May 2014 May 2014 0 2082
How screwed is Israel in right wing Armageddon fantasies? 4 Silent3 Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1839
What does scientific research say about gun ownership, open carry, etc.? 4 Silent3 Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 2802
A GMO labeling analogy I'd make in GD if it wasn't for the inevitable miss-the-point shit storm 0 Silent3 Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1307
With the horror that is 5G, it's a good thing to know you can be protected by a pendant! 7 Silent3 Jun 2020 Jul 2020 0 3595
The sad state of education in critical thinking 4 skepticscott Mar 2012 Mar 2012 8 2701
If anyone ever asks you what the harm is 3 skepticscott May 2013 May 2013 0 1901
Isn't That A Balloon? Deflating a DoD UFO Video 6 sl8 Oct 2023 Nov 2023 2 2736
Proof of God? 3 SoLeftIAmRight Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1847
The Flat Earthers had their international conference yesterday and it was jaw-dropping 4 Soph0571 Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 1894
Who are hollow Earthers? These conspiracy theorists think aliens and Nazis live inside Earth's core 9 Soph0571 Dec 2017 Feb 2018 0 2180
"No catercations this morn, save for MsF growling at LC." What would AL say about this? 4 SorellaLaBefana May 2024 May 2024 2 1331
Today is The Epiphany: a Good Day for reflection on the Coming Year (as the excesses of New Year's are past) 1 SorellaLaBefana Jan 6 Jan 6 0 575
Question on Doubt 7 SoutherDem May 2012 Jun 2012 0 3371
"The 10 Pro-vaccine Commandments According to Anti-vaccinationists" 3 Starry Messenger Jun 2012 Jul 2012 3 2237

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Anyone care to critique this website ? 4 steve2470 Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1709
Here's a good piece on N-rays and several similar cases of apparent self-delusion: 3 struggle4progress Dec 2011 Dec 2011 3 3090
I've got these coils attached to my head to help search for intelligent life in other galaxies! 12 struggle4progress Dec 2011 Apr 2012 1 6030
Police: 'Forest Boy' story is a hoax 0 struggle4progress Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 1740
Martians, flying saucers discovered on Mars, report extremely unreliable sources (CSM) 0 struggle4progress Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 4792
Two Pillars of Skepticism — Leon Jaroff and Paul Kurtz — Died This Weekend 0 struggle4progress Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1645
What's up with all the recent sasquatch and yeti DNA "studies"? 1 struggle4progress Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2330
What do you find most convincing about this article? (Poll) 5 struggle4progress Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2650
>>>> Locking. Thus crap doesn't belong here<<<<< Can I ask why? 8 SwissTony Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 3373
Rodent was found on Mars? 10 Ter May 2013 Jul 2013 0 7410
Anyone here read Michael Shermer's latest book The Believing Brain? 5 Tobin S. Mar 2012 Apr 2012 0 2813
The apocalyptic mind-set 13 Tobin S. Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 4140
Throwing Cold Water On the Singurality Idea 7 toddmiller Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 2802
No, It’s Not Your Opinion. You’re Just Wrong 6 TransitJohn Jul 2015 Jul 2015 5 4121
Just watched a Tyler Henry episode and will admit... 1 TreasonousBastard Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1574
Cancer linked to polio vaccine 7 TrogL Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2830
Mysterious red lights over Edmonton 0 TrogL Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 2153
So I've been told all the weird weather is caused by a shift in the magnetic poles 5 TrogL Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 2014
"I don't believe in revolution." 3 trotsky Aug 2012 Aug 2012 7 2743
Group host needed 16 trotsky Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 3118
Greetings all from your new host! 16 trotsky Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 3030
On Friday the 13th, a 'nurse' with a cure for superstition 1 trotsky Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1775
A question for my fellow skeptics: 7 trotsky Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1978
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind 3 trotsky Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1992
A conspiracy theory to befuddle the anti-vaxxers: 2 trotsky Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2009
This message was self-deleted by its author 40 TZ Dec 2011 Jan 2012 3 10431
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 TZ Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 1313
I'm getting everyone a free autism shot for Xmas 3 TZ Dec 2011 Dec 2011 5 2009
What the acetaminophen-and-asthma story tells us about our tendency to jump to medical conclusions 2 TZ Dec 2011 Dec 2011 3 1987
I would like to Host this group 22 TZ Dec 2011 Dec 2011 2 5815

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This message was self-deleted by its author 9 TZ Dec 2011 Dec 2011 2 2589
Map: Vaccine preventable outbreaks 1 TZ Feb 2012 Feb 2012 1 1900
2009 swine flu outbreak was 15 times deadlier: study 6 TZ Jun 2012 Jun 2012 1 2768
Why Silk May Be Added To Vaccines Someday 3 TZ Jul 2012 Jul 2012 4 2117
Mark Cuban, basketball owner and skeptic! 1 TZ Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 2363
The real cause of the Conn shooting: Vaccines!!!! 2 TZ Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 1847
Did you know that I'm responsible for Sandy Hook? 2 TZ Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2187
US has no monopoly on snake oil merchants... 9 TZ Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 3137
Online communication biases upon the public perception of science 1 TZ Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 1816
FU Andrew Wakefield 7 TZ Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 3187
Dedicated to my "friends" in the Health forum.... 6 TZ Mar 2013 Apr 2013 13 2623
5 Easy ways to Spot a B.S News Story on the Internet 11 TZ Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 4817
Shocking news! 1 TZ Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1770
Vaccines make you homosexual! 5 TZ Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2725
Why Did Obama Make Those Tornadoes? Ask the Tornado Truthers! 3 TZ May 2013 May 2013 1 2084
RFK, Jr is a loathesome idiot 7 TZ May 2013 Jul 2013 1 4842
The Six Most Misused Words in Science 6 TZ Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 2105
Seriously? 20 TZ Mar 2014 May 2014 1 5188
For those of you on FB 4 TZ May 2014 May 2014 3 1693
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