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• Swine flu conspiracy and the role of skepticism

  
  Psyche, Science, and Society — Authority: 130
  Tabatha Southey, in the Globe and Mail , comments on the stupidity of swine flu conspiracy theories percolating around these days. The one thing I disagree with is that the problem isn’t skepticism, but certainty. If only those contemplating swine flu, or 911, or vaccine and autism, conspiracy theories would be ...
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• Retrospectacle: Skeptical Inquirers Vs Jenny McCarthy in Australia’s ‘Women’s Day’

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 427
  What is Retrospectacle? This series of posts are a kind of Thomas Dolby-inspired ‘retrospectacle’ of earlier popular entries from my site, which will fill in during the time that I am busy working for the rest of this month. This is for Sara Jane. Now that I have your attention – let’s have a ...
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• Anti-vaccination and South Africas measels outbreak

  
  Ionian Enchantment — Authority: 421
  South Africa is in the grip of a measles epidemic (luckily confined primarily to the province of Gauteng ), with 2000 cases and 4 deaths . The culprit? Parents not vaccinating their children (among other things) due to the fear that jabs can cause autism. Before getting into a bit more detail, I want to praise ...
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• When John Almost Died of Naturopathy

  
  Greg Laden's Blog — Authority: 641
  Recent discussion of Canadian Naturopathy caused this old memory of mine to surface, regarding a friend who nearly died because he had a treatable illness but was attended to only by a Naturopath. A stupid, badly dressed Naturopath who couldnt drive for shit. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on ...
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• Why we fight

  
  Bad Astronomy — Authority: 698
  Lack of skepticism can kill . [NSFW language and some effects.] See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor .
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• Zeigen’s credo

  
  Zeigen — Authority: 111
  Credo is Latin for “I believe.” These are my personal beliefs. Everyone has different perceptions and beliefs, and I do not offer my credo as an insult or to attack anyone else, but only as an exercise of putting my beliefs into words so that I can better understand myself. I believe in my kids. I ...
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• The singularity is not near

  
  Depressed Metabolism — Authority: 400
  Singularity skeptic Mark Plus drew my attention to the following blog post. The author writes that:Chalmers’ (and other advocates of the possibility of a Singularity) argument starts off with the simple observation that machines have gained computing power at an extraordinary rate over the past several years, a ...
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• 2012

  
  Cubik's Rube — Authority: 125
  This is my Skeptictionary entry on the whole Mayan calendar 2012 apocalypse idea. So, according to some, the Mayans believed that… Actually, you know what? I’m just going to wait this one out. In just over three years, the point’ll be moot, and I think I’ll save myself the effort. It’s not going to happen, ...
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• GreenBeat speaker: Vinod Khosla, the Super Grid skeptic

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 148
  I’m delighted to announce that Vinod Khosla, one of Silicon Valley’s highest profile green investors, will be speaking at our GreenBeat conference next week.Khosla is important for two reasons He’s probably the most prolific investor in the sector around, having backed a company in almost every area of clean ...
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• AI: Piracy! Not the boat and eyepatch sort, arrr.

  
  Skepchick — Authority: 413
  Come to me my fellow geeks, gather round the warmth of the internet and let us discuss a topic so hot it’ll burn your eyes if you read for too long. A couple of news stories to get the debate ball hurtling down the hill into an open can of worms: Microsoft disconnect around 1million X-box owners who have modified ...
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• NO WITCHES NO WIZARDS.....

  
  culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — Authority: 583
  The antiwitchcraft campaign in Africa has been criticized by a pagan religious group in South Africa.See http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=6416194117&topic=14350 and http://www.paganrightsalliance.org/A%20Pagan%20Witches%20Touchstone.pdf A post from someone who appears to be a member this group regards ...
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• Skepchick Quickies 11.13

  
  Skepchick — Authority: 413
  The caveman fallacy – The notion that “whatever humans do in our “natural” state is what is best for us physically, intellectually, and emotionally.” From Matthew. Vaccine waivers for creationists – Print your own and pass them out. Long-term effects of day care – Hint: It will not hopelessly warp ...
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• As if they need help with this

  
  Pharyngula — Authority: 733
  Clearly modeling his strategy after the anti-vaccination campaigns, Stephen explains how to cobble up your own homemade controversy on just about any subject. All you have to do is ignore all the evidence and invent a non-existent danger, and people will believe anything you say. Read the comments on this post...
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• Climate Or Weather? Spot The Difference!

  
  The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE — Authority: 424
  A decade of red wines? “ We’ve benefited from global warming “ Seven years of “ massive losses ” caused by “ parasitical insects “ ? “ The latest example of how climate change is dramatically altering the American West “ Global temperature still lower than the 1998 maximum ? “ Chaotic year-to ...
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• LOL…you’re so cute. :)

  
  Cheshire — Authority: 106
  So y’all are familiar with the New-Age movement where any old bullshit is accepted and respected as a religion, right? Well, some of these loonies think the world’s going to end in 2012 based only on the misinterpretation of a Mayan Calandar . Okay…so there’s a Facebook Group called ‘ Shut Up, The World ...
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• Getting Serious about ADD/ADHD Misdiagnosis

  
  3 Steps To Conquering ADD-ADHD Member\'s Site — Authority: 122
  If you are a regular user of this website you will have noticed that I devote a considerable amount of attention to the problem of ADD/ADHD misdiagnosis. I realize that some people may find this focus a bit strange. Surely there can be no harm in treating someone for ADD/ADHD ‘ just in case ’, right!? Dead wrong! ...
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• All this "New Age" Stuff Isnt Just Hooey--That, or my Therapist Is Bribing Someone

  
  IDiosyntocracy — Authority: 103
  Healthy skepticism is always good--but sometimes you just gotta believe! Feeling low and needing clarity, I decided to book an appointment to have my chakras balanced. The idea is that your personal energy centers can get out of whack, revealing areas you need to work on. A perfect balance is the ideal, but you gotta ...
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• AI: The Celebrated Sneezing Girl of Chesapeake County

  
  Skepchick — Authority: 413
  With the latest update to the backward walking cheerleader story, I admit I made a snap judgement the moment I heard  this story about a 12 year old girl who sneezes between 8 and 20 times a minute, or about 12,000 times a day (see video here ). Seems the machine gun sneezing started a few weeks ago after ...
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• Elizabethan anti-intellectualism

  
  NeuroDojo — Authority: 471
  Over at The Intersection , Chris Mooney reminds me of another academic argument that isn’t really an argument: Who wrote Shakespeare ? While I’ve written much about denialism here, I had completely forgotten about other disciplines. Interestingly, for a movement that contradicts so much scholarship, most of the ...
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• ‘Changing Climate…Changing People’ Hollywood Conference Videos

  
  The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE — Authority: 424
  Changing Climate…Changing People On November 18, 2008, Population Media Center conducted a daylong summit called Changing Climate…Changing People. The summit was held in partnership with the Writers Guild of America West, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Women in Film and the Environmental Media ...
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