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• Are We Alone for 11/09/09 - Skeptic Check: Doomsday at the Movies

  
  ASTRO LINK — Authority: 122
  Are We Alone - Skeptic Check: Doomsday at the Movies ENCORE PRESENTATION: Hollywood has a few ideas of how the world will end: killer asteroids … lethal pandemics … deadly ice-ages. These themes have all played out on the big screen. But, hey, they’re only movies, right? We’ll separate the science from the ...
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• On the Radio Tonight

  
  Climate Skeptic — Authority: 460
  For those in Arizona, I will be on the Terry Gilberg show on 550 KFYI talking climate starting at 6:30 or 7:00 to about 8:00.
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• Storm by Tim Minchin (with text)

  
  Health and Wellness — Authority: 147
  Tim Minchin’s brilliant & witty demolition of irrationality in all its many guises - with rolling text from me -all in the medium of a 9-minute beat poem. Audio from the QEH Dec 2008 show with kind permission from Tim Minchin. … Tim Minchin Storm skeptic sceptic beat poem homeopathy psychics aura ...
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• The League of Scientists

  
  Digital Bits Skeptic — Authority: 106
  By Andy KaiserArticle ID: 1344Hi everyone, Andy Kaiser here.The majority of people who visit Digital Bits Skeptic are - you’ll be shocked to know – mostly skeptics. Many of us here have related interests in critical thinking, in science, and in wondering about how the world works. This is just a guess, but it’s ...
  13 hours ago

• Forbes Riley, Newest Member of National Fitness Hall of Fame

  
  Health And Fitness Advice — Authority: 115
  Forbes Riley has made a career of selling the healthy lifestyle.  For the better part of 2 decades Forbes has been responsible for selling over $2 billion worth of in-home fitness and wellness products, including Jack LaLanne’s Juicer and her own product, the Spin Gym.In 2010 Forbes will be inducted in the National ...
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• Reminder: Tuesday, Nov 10 Presentation in Phoenix

  
  Climate Skeptic — Authority: 460
  If you are in the Phoenix area and interested in a scientific discussion of climate issues, and in particular the science behind the skeptic’s position, you will likely enjoy my lecture this coming Tuesday (Nov 10)  in Phoenix.  The presentation is free to the public, and will be from 7-9PM in Dorrance Auditorium ...
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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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• Doomsday Cult Leader Dies, Now what?

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 151
  Oh crap, doomsday sect leader Elizabeth Clare Prophet (“Mother” to those in the know) of  Church Universal and Triumphant fame has died. Hmm, now what? She’s gone and left her followers in friggin limbo now. Oh well, they’ll just have to face the nuclear holocaust alone.Lucky they still have have an ...
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• SOB joins SBM – Shines a Light on Home Birth et al.

  
  SCIENCE-BASED PARENTING — Authority: 127
  Dr. Amy Tuteur is to Rikki Lake as PZ Myers is to Ray Comfort . She’s a pit bull that feeds on helpless soy milk drinking, granola crunching, natural home-birth hippies. Hey, those are my friends (and family) she’s eviscerating with evidence-based arguments!! Dr. Tuteur is a Harvard educated OBGYN who knows her ...
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• Auckland Skeptics in the Pub – November 5

  
  RobiNZ Personal Blog — Authority: 118
  I finally, third attempt, got to the “ Auckland Skeptics in the pub ” meet-up and it was great. About 30-40 people attended. A screening of “Here Be Dragons” was followed by a skeptics quiz and conversion over drinks & pizza. I met some interesting people, including some avid South Park fans, but didn’t ...
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• 86. The Men Who Stare at Goats Science With Jon Ronson

  
  Skeptiko - Science at the Tipping Point — Authority: 480
  Join Host Alex Tsakiris for a discussion with The Men Who Stare at Goats author, Jon Ronson.nbsp; The 35-minute interview explores the science of remote viewing portrayed in the film, and whether skepticism is warranted.Jon Ronson is a British journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker.nbsp; Ronson has a ...
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• Randi on proving negatives, reindeer and the World Trade Center.

  
  The Skeptic: Blog — Authority: 121
  Video courtesy of JREF on YouTube . I would query Randi on one issue from the talk though: the ability to prove a negative. Here’s an interesting article from Steven D Hales, however, who asserts you can prove a negative. Or as Stephen Law has eloquently written: “ You can prove a negative in fact (after ...
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• Skeptic/Science Podcasts

  
  Rainbow of Chaos — Authority: 422
  I started getting into skeptic and science podcasts about a month ago and have tracked down an amazing collection to listen to on the way to and from work. What I am listening to at the moment are: Monster Talk Skepticality Skeptics With A K Skeptoid The Skeptic Zone The Skeptics’ Guide to the ...
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• The 123rd Congregation of the Skeptics Circle

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 612
  The latest Skeptics Circle is finally here, written by yours truly! By way of a teaser, Ill relay the first few words. *Hypnotic voice* As you read them you can feel the need to find out more rise up within you...breathe deeply...relax...and follow the link. Academician: Welcome, one and all, to the 123rd ...
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• Skeptics Circle 123

  
  The Saga of Runolfr — Authority: 128
  The 123rd Skeptics Circle is up at Blue Genes Science News . If youre finding out about it from me, youve probably already read my contribution, but theres plenty more skeptical goodness for you to read.
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• Physics FAIL

  
  Yet Another Web Site — Authority: 424
  (via Pharyngula ) Charlene Werner displays an appalling ignorance of physics (and science in general): This isn’t right. This isn’t even wrong. – Wolfgang Pauli
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• Good Video

  
  Climate Skeptic — Authority: 460
  I enjoyed this video from CO2 Science and the Idso family.   It has much more in-depth science than most climate videos. For those of you who judge scientific issues based on ad hominem factors, the Idso’s are on ExxonSecret’s S-list, having had the temerity to accept Exxon money at some point in the past. ...
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• Fix your PC with a crystal pendulum

  
  Health and Wellness — Authority: 147
  How to fix your PC using a pendulum, channeling the mystical energy field around all electronic things to solve computer problems. … laptop dowsing divining james randi million dollar challenge crystal pendulum alternative therapy computer pc windows linux skeptic skeptical motherboard psychic homeopathy homeopath ...
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• Nobody Expects the Nazi Inquisition

  
  The Skeptic: Blog — Authority: 121
  The recent sacking of Professor David Nutt, head of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, marked a moment of extreme importance in our society, as it provided journalists the perfect opportunity to demonstrate how spectacularly witty they are. Of some secondary importance was the implication that ...
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• Get Into It Like Neil Gaimain - LOMOVEMBER In Perth

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 132
  Neil Gaiman has one - and if you’re in the Perth CBD this weekend, you can learn how to do it too! Firstly, what is it? From the Lolmovember site: A camera originally designed by Russian Professor Radionov for use during the cold war, Lomo’s purpose was for spy games and international espionage. However, ...
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