Skepticism

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• The 124th Meeting Of The Skeptics’ Circle « Beyond the Short Coat

  
  I Speak of Dreams — Authority: 125
  The 124th Meeting Of The Skeptics’ Circle « Beyond the Short Coat . If you want to play, instructions are at Respectful Insolence .
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• R.I.P.

  
  The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE — Authority: 471
  From an idea by the WSJ via Marc Morano: Posted in AGW, Catastrophism, Climate Change, Culture, Data, Dissent, Freedom, Global Warming, History, Policy, Politics, Science, Skepticism, Warming Tagged: Morano, WSJ
  11 hours ago

• Rupert Sheldrake Correctly Quotes JREF Document – No Bull

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 473
  I’m a little sad and embarrassed for the JREF Swift blog today… A Swift article implied Rupert Sheldrake was a ‘Bull**** artist’, for correctly citing a document they produced at TAM3 … Mostly, [Rupert] Sheldrake seems discomfited by a document passed out by Randi, Andrew Mayne, and Michael Shermer at ...
  12 hours ago

• You shoulda been here

  
  Pharyngula — Authority: 734
  Its strange…I was offline all day yesterday. Ive been at Skepticon II down here in Springfield, Missouri, and unfortunately, I had no internet access while I was in the meeting, which went on all day Saturday late into the evening, and then, once the talks were over, the socializing began. The party went on at a ...
  14 hours ago

• Scientologists ‘Targeting’ Schoolchildren

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 473
  I’ve come across rather dodgy efforts disguised under genuine educational materials getting into schools before… but this is a new one to me, which I think should be better known to people. ABC News reports: The New South Wales Government says the Church of Scientology is targeting Year 6 students using ...
  16 hours ago

• Shaun Tan In The New York Times!

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 473
  From the NY Times: Tan’s work overflows with human warmth and childlike wonder. But it also makes a perfect adult bedtime story, a little something to shake loose your imagination from the moors of reality right before your own dreams kick in. If you have a look through my Skeptical Books for Children series, ...
  1 day ago

• 5 Characteristics of Willful Unbelief MP3 Audio by John MacArthur

  
  Apologetics 315 — Authority: 560
  John MacArthur explores 5 characteristics of willful unbelief in this sermon entitled: Unbelief Investigates a Miracle. This is well worth the listen. Get the Grace to You podcast feed here . Full MP3 Audio here . (20 min) Enjoy. Last years post was about doubt. See here . Apologetics315 is currently ...
  1 day ago

• Re: Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China

  
  The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Forum — Authority: 117
  Aaaaand a large portion of that goes towards providing the US with cheap consumer goods...
  1 day ago

• Re: Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China

  
  The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Forum — Authority: 117
  Thats profoundly disturbing.
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• Re: Woman Disabled by THIS YEARS FLU SHOT?

  
  The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Forum — Authority: 117
  Youre good at attacking the low-hanging fruit, Illusion, but you ignore every substantive post made.  I just provided you with 4 studies (after you had implied there was only 1, and it was paid for by the evil Big Pharma.)  Im assuming youve now com...
  1 day ago

• Promoting healthy skepticism in the news: Helping journalists get it right

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 163
  (Journal of the National Cancer Institute) An editorial published online November 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute discusses the exaggerated fears and hopes that often appear in [...]
  2 days ago

• 124th Skeptics’ Circle

  
  Cubik's Rube — Authority: 124
  I’m not dead! I feel fine! I feel… Well, no, I don’t feel great. Bleh. Recovering after a week of ick. Need a comfier chair. Wouldn’t mind a more waterproof ceiling. Too lazy to write much. I just about have the energy to plug the latest Skeptics’ Circle blog carnival. Not least because the host totally ...
  2 days ago

• The Great 2012 Scare

  
  Illuminati Conspiracy Archive Blog — Authority: 433
  Read: here, here and here.
  2 days ago

• Curious Quantum Questions

  
  The Rogues Gallery — Authority: 113
  We recently received the following email question: I have been studying quantum physics for a bit now and was hoping that Bob could give his explanation of The Uncertainty Principle and Wave/Particle duality. My first question is… Is the drawing of a wave (on paper) just a 2D representation of a more abstract ...
  2 days ago

• Dark Chocolate and Other Tidbits of Goodness

  
  Heaving Dead Cats — Authority: 121
  If you’re like me, and you enjoy dark chocolate, then I have some studies to share with you! I think they’ll be helpful for the holidays as well as generally beneficial throughout the year. If you don’t like chocolate (WTF, just kidding), see below for swine flu info, and other linky goodness. Dark Chocolate ...
  2 days ago

• The Problem Of The Oblivious White Male Skeptic? A Response To Pharyngula And SkeptiFem

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 473
  Firstly, I’d like to thank both PZ Myers and ‘SkeptiFem’ for inspiring what I think I’ll present upon at a conference next year. I think I have something to say on this topic, which is clearly of interest to people. I’ve written about women and skeptics before (in fact, Feministing even responded to ...
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• A New Maximum For Climate Hubris

  
  The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE — Authority: 471
  What should one wisely think upon discovering that 200-year-old remarks sound as if uttered today?within the last 40 or 50 years there has been a very great observable change of climatea change in our climate … is taking place very sensiblymen are led into numberless errors by drawing general conclusions from ...
  3 days ago

• GreenBeat: Steve Westly spreads the Smart Grid gospel, says innovation should fly fast and loose

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 153
  Steve Westly, former California state controller and now founder of the venture firm Westly Group, says he got interested in the Smart Grid and cleantech in order to save the world and make massive amounts of money in the process.During a talk designed to counter Vinod Khosla’s Smart Grid skepticism in the session ...
  3 days ago

• The Wisdom of Crowds

  
  Contrarian Musings — Authority: 134
  From Rasmussen : As the policy debate has unfolded in Washington this year, voters have consistently believed that tax cuts would do more than increased government spending to stimulate the economy and create jobs. Now that the nation’s unemployment rate has reached 10.2%, voters continue to hold that view. The ...
  3 days ago

• Captain Disillusion

  
  Greg Laden's Blog — Authority: 651
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  3 days ago

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