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New York attorney general to televangelist Jim Bakker: stop touting product as coronavirus cure 2 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 5 2195
Djokovic-backed 'biotech' firm's approach likened to homeopathy 3 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 4338
A Utah man accused of peddling silver as a COVID-19 cure led the feds on a 3-year manhunt and spamme 2 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 3380
I think the DU3 version of the SSP Statement of Purpose needs to be updated 18 EvolveOrConvolve Dec 2011 Dec 2011 3 4622
"The Money Masters" - is there anyone who's debunked this pile of shit? 2 EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2012 Oct 2013 1 10638
"Ancient Aliens Debunked" - over three hours of yummy skeptic goodness 5 EvolveOrConvolve Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 3713
Moon Hoax Not - great video about how we didn't have the technology to fake the moon landing 11 EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2013 Apr 2013 6 3598
Difference(s) between Skepticism and Denialism 2 Expat in Korea Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 2346
GOP war on science continues: Investigating NOAA Climate Science 2015 0 ffr Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1275
Yes, this is the dumbest thing I have ever seen - "Akido" 3 Fix The Stupid Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 2089
This 1 chart exposes climate change deniers as frauds. 0 Fred Sanders Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1586
The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense 3 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2013 May 2013 6 2662
Iridologist 'wrong to treat cancer patient' 3 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2221
A 3-Year-Old Girl with Eye Pain (Child endangerment via nutrition woo) 7 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2013 Oct 2013 3 4763
Fox-style homophobia from anti-vaccine Facebook page vactruth.com 5 friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 2295
'Wellness Guru' Belle Gibson lied about having brain cancer, profited from lying about bogus cancer 5 friendly_iconoclast Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 2436
Sail (Far) Away: At Sea with America's Largest Floating Gathering of Conspiracy Theorists 4 friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1935
"An A-to-Z Guide to Bullshit Alternative Medicine on YouTube" 2 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2016 Mar 2016 6 2287
Spoon-bending workshop, widely ridiculed online, pulled by university 8 friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 Jun 2016 2 1802
Vaccine-caused illness cured by hidden TV cameras 2 friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 Jun 2016 2 1708
LTE, Guardian (UK): "No evidence to back idea of learning styles" 2 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1872
The Mad King of Juice: Inside the Dysfunctional Origins of Juicero 1 friendly_iconoclast May 2017 May 2017 1 4428
Post-Soviet strongmen prescribe vodka, hockey and folk medicine against coronavirus 3 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 2389
I subscribe to eSkeptic, and 1 frogmarch Jan 2017 Feb 2017 1 3277
From the depths of an argument in the Religion Group... 6 gcomeau May 2015 Jun 2015 0 2296
Essential oils, vaccines 4 gollygee Dec 2016 Jan 2017 0 2815
Gregg Braden - debunking repository 6 greyl Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 42565
"specially developed inner protrusions" 4 greyl Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2089
An Atheist Christmas Carol 2020 0 greyl Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 2143
Prince - Controversy (Official Music Video) 0 greyl Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 3237

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Karol Switalski 0 greyl Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 1945
Trump Transition Team Is All Tied Up With Anti-Gay Pseudoscience 2 HAB911 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1974
Television Signals Are Being Used To Implant Intergalactic Demon Viruses In Americans 9 HAB911 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 4 2329
If You Get a Call From a 473 Area Code, Its Probably a Scam 3 HAB911 Mar 2017 Apr 2017 3 3133
Lie-proof your life with Carl Sagans baloney detection checklist 2 HAB911 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 5 4908
Foundation for Reason and Science w/ Robyn Blumner 1 HAB911 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4562
Parents convicted in son's death linked to alternative diet 5 HAB911 Jun 2017 Jun 2017 3 2350
People are apparently injecting themselves with other people's blood 4 HAB911 Jul 2017 Aug 2017 5 3704
Freeze-Dried Placenta Pills Linked to Newborns Dangerous Bacterial Infection 3 HAB911 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 4 2796
Education Week reports on how DeVos' investment in "brain performance" company raises questions 4 HAB911 Aug 2017 Aug 2017 3 2808
Bible Museum Gets Conned 4 Hassler Oct 2018 Oct 2018 7 3536
I read this the other day and it made me chuckle: 1 Heddi Feb 2012 Feb 2012 4 1791
OMG!WTF?LOL!BBQmmm 5 Heddi Dec 2011 Dec 2011 4 2510
Our favourite "you create your own reality" troll is back 10 Heddi Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2825
Personality Disorder begins PRIOR TO CONCEPTION!!!! 17 HereSince1628 Jun 2012 Sep 2012 0 6393
Wanna read a story about how anti-vaxxers are frauds? 7 hotrod0808 Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 2571
Republicans reject climate change fears despite rebukes from scientists 1 houston16revival Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 1772
The Chicago Tribune Digs In To The Wasted Money Spent Via NCCAM 3 HuckleB Dec 2011 Dec 2011 2 2654
Environmentalism and anti-science, how GMOs prove any ideological extremity leads to anti-science 4 HuckleB Jun 2012 Jul 2012 2 2385
20 points of broad scientific consensus on GE crops 5 HuckleB Oct 2013 Jun 2014 3 2883
Michael Pollan as GMO ‘denialist’ dupes credulous New York Times [View all] 53 HuckleB Oct 2013 Jan 2014 2 28427
Chairman Mao: The real inventor of “traditional Chinese medicine” 19 HuckleB Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 4068
Regarding those mistakes made by science… 1 HuckleB Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1611
I give up. Today's experience shows me that DU has gone fully into anti-science mode. 25 HuckleB Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 4035
GMO Labeling Fights: Corporation vs. Corporation. 1 HuckleB Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1701
Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites: What Sites Would You Add? 21 HuckleB Nov 2013 May 2014 5 6442
Petition For "Those concerned about food safety and GMOs" ... 2 HuckleB Nov 2013 Jan 2014 0 2029
About Those Industry Funded GMO Studies . . . 8 HuckleB Feb 2014 Aug 2014 5 3857
A question regarding pseudoscience believers. 4 HuckleB Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 2015
The Harvard Study on Neonicotinoids and CCD 13 HuckleB May 2014 Jul 2014 0 3942

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Organic pesticides aren’t necessarily more sustainable than synthetic 0 HuckleB Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1365
Drug cartel boss: our products are GMO free. 2 HuckleB Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1725
A couple of Facebook pages that might be of interest to folks in this group. 0 HuckleB Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1546
Whole Fools Will See Their Food Costs Rise, Just Because, You Know, Fear! 3 HuckleB Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1971
EFSA rejects French move to ban GM crop in Europe 0 HuckleB Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1867
A mildly interesting point about the "non-GMO" shakedowns going on these days. 1 HuckleB Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1387
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 HuckleB Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1144
Do you really understand modern farming? Urbanite examines 10 myths of GMOs and organics 20 HuckleB Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 5856
The Reality of Ancient Wisdom: Acupuncture and TCM Weren’t So Great 2 HuckleB Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1965
As state GMO labeling laws are proposed, critics wonder about logistics and costs 11 HuckleB Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2586
Any Sci-Fi Fans In This Group? 15 HuckleB Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 3265
Organic industry confused by GMO vaccines 0 HuckleB Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1489
Don’t Silence Science: An Open Letter 1 HuckleB Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1692
Good New Science/Skeptic Forum. 1 HuckleB Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 1485
Killer (RAW) Milk: Health Alert After Children Struck Down (in Australia) 1 HuckleB Dec 2014 Dec 2014 2 1410
Is DU Edging Toward A More Science Based Understanding Of GMOs? 6 HuckleB Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1931
Bill Nye says science changed his anti-GMO views 0 HuckleB Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1308
The anti-GMO DUers are going full blast with the woo attacks today. 12 HuckleB Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 2546
Bringing light in the discussion about GMOs? 4 HuckleB Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1679
The Naturopathic Diaries: Confesssions of a Former Naturopath 1 HuckleB Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1635
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