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• Bad science about GMOs: It reminds me of the antivaccine movement (revisited)

  
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  I never used to write much about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) before. I still don’t do it that often. For whatever reason, it just hasn’t been on my radar very much. That seems to be changing, however. It’s not because I went seeking this issue out (although I must admit that I first became interested…
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• Heres to The Good Fathers of Strong Women and Tough Cookies

  
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  Id like to add to the celebration of fathers. I offer a tug on the sleeve to say this: bottles of whiskey or wine, sweatshirts with logos, leatherette c.d.-holders, cigars, and books about military history do not cover our debt to our dads. Not when the portraits of fathers in this country leave so much to be desired. ...
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• Labels

  
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  Humans are addicted to labels.  In some ways, this is a good thing.  It’s a shortcut.  It’s a way of lowering the cognitive difficulty of a concept. If you were alive 50,000 years ago, your labels would pretty much be ‘edible’, ‘not-edible’, ‘dangerous’, ‘not-dangerous’.  And that’s fine.  ...
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• Thats Really Cool (The NewAgers Redefined "Thinking")

  
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  After a baby boom dedicated to emptying its mind, youd have to expect their kids wouldnt be familiar with anyone brooding over a problem. Including themselves. But theyre human - and Mommy and Daddy cant keep brain function down forever - resulting in the little imps seeing their own squirreled-up faces for the first ...
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• Stephen King and God

  
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  Share on Facebook! Stephen King and God by Josh Fults I don’t read scary books, but apparently a lot of people do. Stephen King, Mr. Boogyman himself, has sold over 350 million books. In fact, there is a forest strictly devoted to milling paper solely for his books. Okay, maybe I made that bit about the forest up, ...
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• What I Do (Did) For A Living

  
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  I hope that you enjoy reading this post on the weekly Friday Loose Bloggers Consortium where eleven of us write on the same topic. Today’s topic has been chosen by Conrad The Old Fossil. The ten other bloggers who write regularly are, in alphabetical order, Delirious , gaelikaa , Grannymar , Maxi , Maria SF , ...
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• How to respond to postmodernism, relativism, subjectivism, pluralism and skepticism

  
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  Four articles from Paul Copan over at the UK site “BeThinking”. Each article responds to a different slogan that you might hear if you’re dealing with non-Christians on the street. “That’s just your interpretation!” Some of his possible responses: Gently ask, ‘Do you mean that your interpretation ...
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• About 100 billion people have died on earth. So, if ghosts exist, why arent they everywhere?

  
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  More humans have died than you will ever meet, see, or learn about. Since our split from the apes, Earth has been littered with the detritus of human demise—nearly 110 billion bodies. If spirits did live on after death, most of the people you meet will have already met th …
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• Naveena Shine attracts attention with “Proof” of Breatharian claim. Does the “Proof” exist?

  
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  Woman hasn’t eaten since May 3, plans to go on So reads the breathless headline of a United Press International story published on June 10, 2013. Is it true? Naveena Shine of Seattle declares in a press release and a website that: On May 3rd 2013, the Spiritually based endeavor, “Living On Light” ...
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• My episode of the Skeptic Canary Show

  
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  I had a fantastic time on the Skeptic Canary Show today. The hosts, Tom Williamson ( blog / Twitter ), David James ( blog / Twitter ), and Paul Hopwood ( blog / Twitter ), are lovely and intelligent gents who do a great deal of much-needed and important work for the skeptic community, both in the U.K. and online. ...
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• It’s Not Robots, It’s You!

  
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  The above words were said by my not-quite-three-year-old son to his slightly bemused mother this morning. This exchange followed a conversation I had had with my son earlier while getting him dressed which went something like this: [a noise outside very much like a car door slamming] Son: What was that noise? Me: ...
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• It’s Not Robots, It’s You!

  
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  The above words were said by my not-quite-three-year-old son to his slightly bemused mother this morning. This exchange followed a conversation I had had with my son earlier while getting him dressed which went something like this: [a noise outside very much like a car door slamming] Son: What was that noise? Me: ...
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• Privilege and charity

  
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  I like the idea of translating social justice concepts into critical thinking concepts.  Once I wrote about "I" statements , and compared them to anecdotes.  And twice I wrote about the social justice concept of privilege as it relates to the skeptical concept of bias.  Today Im going to talk more about ...
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• Does Science Lead To Atheism?

  
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  Share on Facebook! Does Science Lead To Atheism? Theology and Science in Dialogue For the past few decades atheists have pushed the notion that the scientific worldview requires atheism. Much of this was based on a 1998 survey conducted by the National Academy of Sciences in which they reported “…conventional ...
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• Go-Go-Gadget Chloroplasts!

  
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  Have any of you heard of Breatharians?  They’re people who believe that it’s possible to eliminate food from their diet and instead live on nothing more than water, air, and light. Not just any light, mind you.  Spiritual light. I’m reminded of this crap all over again .  Anyway, we have 65 year old ...
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• I’ll be on the Skeptic Canary Show today!

  
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  Yay! I’m going to be on the  Skeptic Canary Show  today (Wednesday, June 12th). It airs at 7 p.m. BST (which is 11 a.m. PDT/ 2 p.m. EDT/ 6 p.m. GMT, etc.). It’s a fantastic show hosted by Tom Williamson , David James , and Paul Hopwood . From the episode description: For this episode your hosts will be ...
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• 13-06-12

  
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  In this week’s eSkeptic : Upcoming Geology Tour : Skeptics at the Beach Follow Daniel Loxton : See You at The Amaz!ng Meeting 2013! Feature Article : How To Be a Skeptical News Consumer Skeptics at the Beach Blue whales, landslides, and the faulty nuke ↑ Image not showing up? ...
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• The Gospel According to Bart Ehrman

  
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  Share on Facebook! The Gospel According to Bart Ehrman by Robin Schumacher A June 3rd article that appeared on Christianpost contained an interview with Dr. Bart Ehrman who is a noted author and professor of religion. Ehrman is most famous for his criticisms of the New Testament’s reliability, with various books ...
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• Avoiding Criticism: Either Tilted is the Seashore or Wrong we’re Sailing

  
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  Criticism is the wisest way to get out of the imaginative spiral loop you have entered in your opinions about yourselves. Another persons opinions are the ships that will drag you when you are cast aways in the abyss of your minds. But you have put an anchor that lets you move in only predetermined distances. In order ...
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• Belief in God: Its Just Wishful Thinking

  
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  Share on Facebook! Belief in God: It’s Just Wishful Thinking by Jonathan Sherwin “You only believe in God because you want someone to be there. You want your life to have meaning and purpose, you want the comfort of knowing someone is in control of it all. In short, your faith is simply a psychological crutch.” ...
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