Skepticism

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• Botox: A Hit In The Cosmetic World

  
  HEALTHY LIVING TIPS — Authority: 140
  Who would have thought that something that is supposedly poisonous could have so many people clamoring for it?Skepticism proven wrongWhen botox hit the market, many were skeptical on the effects of these newly developed chemical. A protein complex made from a bacterium called clostridium botulinum, many feared that ...
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• Little Kitten - Intelligence Squared Debate: Hitchens And Fry

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 132
  “Debate: The Catholic church is a force for good in the world ” www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNODiU_-CNo This is the first of a five-parter, which you can find in its entirity via AskEgg’s YouTube site and by clicking ‘more after jump’. Part Two www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9EDSKrC8bg Part Three ...
  13 hours ago

• It’s OK for Scepticism to Yield to Humanism

  
  Blog Pseudoaccidentale — Authority: 91
  An excellent post appeared today at the Skepchick blog. The post was authored by Sam Ogden, and it is called “ Biting My Tongue For A Good Cause “. Skepticism has certainly been on the rise lately and there are those of us who think that this is good. Requiring actual evidence before we accept, reject ...
  17 hours ago

• Ageless wisdom gets older

  
  Halfway There — Authority: 113
  One from the vaults Sometimes I describe myself as an archivist. Its a nice cover story. What I really am is a packrat who could easily turn into one of those eccentrics who lives in a tiny corner of his home because the rest of it is packed solid with junk. (In my case, “junk” would be books and papers and ...
  19 hours ago

• Spoon bending

  
  Cubik's Rube — Authority: 125
  There are two methods you can use to bend spoons. (They both work just as well on forks, keys, and a variety of other objects, usually small and metallic. Spoons are traditional.) The first one is to be psychic and use your magic psychic powers. Much distorted cutlery has been presented as the result of claimed ...
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• Developing Emotional and Professional Muscle

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 465
  As a Life Coach, I frequently hear the same rationalizations for not changing behavior. “It is too difficult.” “I can’t do that.” ?I’ve been saying/doing that all my life. ?That is just who I am.” ?I?ve been this way all my life?I wouldn?t know myself if I changed.? Yet, these people desperately [...]
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• Happy Carl Sagan Day!

  
  Pharyngula — Authority: 739
  Today is Carl Sagan Day — I think that means you are officially expected to be filled with awe of the cosmos all day long, while also being thoroughly skeptical of the supernatural. Hang on…I think that means I celebrate Carl Sagan Day every day. If I want to do something different, maybe I should make an apple ...
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• The Mind Boggles… Skeptic Zone At Mind, Body, Wallet Festival!

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 132
  Don’t forget to join the Facebook group for the Skeptic Zone podcast - we have DOZENS of vodcast documentaries and films that we take and we’re always open to having people join us on our adventures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDJ5ME9dZwY ShareThis
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• Emotional != Irrational

  
  Cubik's Rube — Authority: 125
  So I’m in the middle of reading Bruce Hood’s Supersense , and so far it’s looking like a really worthwhile read. I’m going to wait till I’ve followed his reasoning through to the end before deciding exactly what I think of it, but it’s prompted me to think (and subsequently rant) about something that’s ...
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• Harvest From Hell VS USDAs "Biggest Crop Ever"

  
  Market Skeptics — Authority: 493
  The Star Tribune reports about miserable harvest . (emphasis mine) [my comment] Wet weather delays harvest for farmers from the Midwest to the Deep South By BECKY BOHRER , Associated Press Last update: November 5, 2009 - 3:03 AM [Mississippi, Louisiana] NEW ORLEANS - Hartwell Huddleston ...
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• Iraq Army uses magic wands to detect bombs ... instead of physical inspections

  
  Greg Laden's Blog — Authority: 641
  Divining sticks that consist essentially of an antenna not even attached to a radio (which might make it slihgtly useful for listening to music and stuff), and costing between 16 and 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS each, are being used as the main technology for detecting bombs at check points staffed by the Iraqi army. ...
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• Careidolia

  
  Bad Astronomy — Authority: 695
  OK, I know that some people see the face of their religious icons in random things. I’ve written about this a zillion times. And I know that sometimes it’s just pareidolia, our tendency to see faces in random objects. And I know that people will think it’s a miracle, when really it’s the end-product of ...
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• Lets get a few things straight this morning.

  
  Greg Laden's Blog — Authority: 641
  First off, Major Hasan, the Fort Hood Shooter is not dead. Hes in custody, wounded. Interesting how he was dead for much of the day yesterday. Youd think theyd get that straight. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
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• Okay, one thing before I go

  
  Blue Lyon — Authority: 428
  Thanks to Derek of Skepticality for posting this on FB.  As he put it: “Now, here is a case where woo can get people directly killed/dead.”The American military does not use the devices. “I don’t believe there’s a magic wand that can detect explosives,” said Maj. Gen. Richard J. Rowe Jr., who oversees ...
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• Faulty logic: Appeal to Authority

  
  Staring At Empty Pages — Authority: 127
  Continuing the series on faulty logic , today we’ll look at: Appeal to Authority In our society, we hold various people up as authority figures, those we’re inclined to pay attention to. It’s not always clear why we have some folks on that list, really. Political leaders, such as presidents, prime ...
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• The 123rd Skeptics’ Circle up at Blue Genes

  
  Homologous Legs — Authority: 116
  Hosted by Blue Genes , a relatively new science and skepticism blog (yet one that is infinitely more interesting than Homologous Legs – come on, they’re actual scientists!), the 123rd edition of the Skeptics’ Circle blog carnival has exploded onto the Internet. Or… something. Pipetted. It was pipetted ...
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• To err is human; to explode, divine

  
  Staring At Empty Pages — Authority: 127
  Interesting article in Tuesday’s New York Times. Apparently, the Iraqi security forces have taken to using divining rods to search for explosives, against the advice of U.S. trainers and advisors. The small hand-held wand, with a telescopic antenna on a swivel, is being used at hundreds of checkpoints in Iraq. ...
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• Lonnie G. Thompson’s Kilimanjaro Fallacies

  
  The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE — Authority: 470
  Is the Kilimanjaro losing ice because of man-made global warming? Now, that would be a challenging thing to properly demonstrate (never mind it would run against the gist of the IPCC work for example, where no particular weather-related occurrence can be attributed to “Global Warming”, let alone of the ...
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• Phil Plait – Active Skepticism Online

  
  Chris Pirillo — Authority: 578
  Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Phil talked to us about science communication online, and how the “new” (now teenaged, in more ways than one) media has affected it. Specifically how instant info – passed on Twitter – can actually make misinformation spread faster than good ...
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• A Good Quote for Skeptical Bloggers from Ernest Hemingway

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 141
  This Hemingway quote comes from The Writer’s Quotation Book (1985, p. 55): The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in shock-proof shit-detector.
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