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Advent Calendar - Day 6 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1557
Advent Calendar - Day 7 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1211
Advent Calendar - Day 5 4 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2075
Throwing Cold Water On the Singurality Idea 7 toddmiller Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 2471
Woo and BS on history message boards 5 Odin2005 Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 2284
Advent Calendar - Day 4 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 1796
How not to start an article 0 Coyotl Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 1395
If you read Age of Autism, you'd learn 2 Dr. Strange Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 1684
What's up with all the recent sasquatch and yeti DNA "studies"? 1 struggle4progress Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2137
Goodbye everyone 5 salvorhardin Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2037
Advent Calendar - Day 2 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1466
The Skeptic Group Advent Calendar - Day 1 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 3 1545
What's the craziest fucking woo you've ever heard? [View all] 120 laconicsax Jan 2012 Nov 2012 4 32016
Eric Schwartz will be performing in Boston Monday, November 19th 7-9PM at Tommy Doyle's 1 Ian David Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 1501
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Ian David Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1146
"That universe is driven by electromagnetic energy carried on vast plasma currents" 7 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 2362
Acupuncture trial for fatigue lacks placebo group, is positive 2 cleanhippie Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1700
Something really annoying about technophobes I have noticed... 3 Odin2005 Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 2580
The woo-woos are already attacking the Organic food study. 8 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Nov 2012 0 3419
The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe 1 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 1709
Vaccines: opinions are not facts 14 cleanhippie Oct 2012 Nov 2012 5 3018
Baba Brinkman is Back... 0 xocet Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1433
Alfred Russel Wallace, 1907: Is Mars habitable? 1 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 1653
Our favourite "you create your own reality" troll is back 10 Heddi Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2554
Pair of conservative science authors on C-Span 2 (Book TV), on now 5 We People Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 3010
Two Pillars of Skepticism — Leon Jaroff and Paul Kurtz — Died This Weekend 0 struggle4progress Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1490
"Ancient Aliens Debunked" - over three hours of yummy skeptic goodness 5 EvolveOrConvolve Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 3481
can this bee explained 2 left is right Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1617
Okay. I'm thinking I need a bunch of skeptics here. 5 SheilaT Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2160
Study linking GM crops and cancer questioned. 5 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Oct 2012 5 2556

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Research suggests that evolution sometimes meant becoming simpler, not more complex 0 Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 1523
Note to tin-foilers, this is what an ACTUAL conspiracy looks like: 1 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2229
Wisdom of Chopra.com 10 onager Sep 2012 Sep 2012 7 2994
I really hate the "It's MY PERSPECTIVE" shit. 32 Odin2005 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 2 7380
Long Island Medium Is Fake (Woo-Woo Song) 1 onager Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 2523
Apparently 40 years of neuroscience research is a lie because... 3 Odin2005 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 1 2607
"Scientist" finds that the Earth isn't rotating. 21 laconicsax Mar 2012 Sep 2012 5 6541
Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary (UK), thinks homeopathy works 3 LeftishBrit Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 1962
Wilhelm Reich and the Sexual Revolution 5 salvorhardin Aug 2012 Sep 2012 0 3119
Wisdom on demand 14 caraher Jun 2012 Sep 2012 4 3299
Personality Disorder begins PRIOR TO CONCEPTION!!!! 17 HereSince1628 Jun 2012 Sep 2012 0 5742
When Woo kills....Woman dies attempting to live on sunlight alone. 12 cleanhippie Apr 2012 Aug 2012 5 4114
The anti space exploration people are so predictable. 3 Odin2005 Aug 2012 Aug 2012 2 2801
Martians, flying saucers discovered on Mars, report extremely unreliable sources (CSM) 0 struggle4progress Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 4667
Tales From The Grassy Knoll: a round-up of woo reactions to current events 1 muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 Aug 2012 3 2337
Interesting John Diamond quotes on some alternative medicine proponents 1 LeftishBrit Aug 2012 Aug 2012 2 3608
Don't turn out the light! Terrifying photos of ghosts that will keep you up at night 3 dipsydoodle Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2341
"I don't believe in revolution." 3 trotsky Aug 2012 Aug 2012 7 2554
If I bang my head against the wall 0 Rainforestgoddess Aug 2012 Aug 2012 2 1485
The Influence of Woo on Naval Engineering 1 onager Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 1792
Richard Dawkins Interviews Derren Brown (The enemies of reason series) 0 BootinUp Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 1899
This is where homeopathy stops being a laughing matter - the death of Penelope Dingle 4 backscatter712 Apr 2012 Aug 2012 5 3171
Baba Brinkman - Creationism Hip Hop at Rock Beyond Belief 1 Ian David Apr 2012 Aug 2012 0 1944
Great video about the Placebo Effect..... 1 Logical Jul 2012 Aug 2012 0 1553
Whooping Cough Outbreak: Pertussis and the Death-rattle of Reason 2 Lucy Goosey Jul 2012 Jul 2012 3 2190
12 Steps for Recovering New Agers 3 MadrasT Jul 2012 Jul 2012 2 2204
Why Silk May Be Added To Vaccines Someday 3 TZ Jul 2012 Jul 2012 4 1928
Shoes better than positive thoughts at protecting against fire, study finds 3 Orrex Jul 2012 Jul 2012 2 1952
Step Right Up, Ladies and Gents! 2 MineralMan Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 1832
Hey, remember that recent "HFCS makes you stupid" study? 10 laconicsax Jun 2012 Jul 2012 3 3289

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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"The 10 Pro-vaccine Commandments According to Anti-vaccinationists" 3 Starry Messenger Jun 2012 Jul 2012 3 2065
LOL, a Paleo Diet spammer in LBN accused me of being a paid Big Pharma shill! 12 Odin2005 Jun 2012 Jul 2012 0 4376
Environmentalism and anti-science, how GMOs prove any ideological extremity leads to anti-science 4 HuckleB Jun 2012 Jul 2012 2 2201
The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal 2 salvorhardin Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 3888
2009 swine flu outbreak was 15 times deadlier: study 6 TZ Jun 2012 Jun 2012 1 2558
Let me start by saying I am a skeptic. 14 russspeakeasy Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 3372
Why do so many still 100% believe in "water witching" 4 Logical Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 2375
The Worst Things For Sale: Morgellons Spray Treatment 14 semillama Apr 2012 Jun 2012 8 5163
A little homeopathic humor for you from Mitchell and Webb 4 progressoid Jun 2012 Jun 2012 5 2747
The Immoveable Earth 0 laconicsax Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 1584
Psychic brainwashed 2 women into stripping & sexual acts at seances to contact their dead realatives 6 Ian David Jun 2012 Jun 2012 1 4347
DNA to shed light on yeti claims 8 xchrom May 2012 Jun 2012 1 4544
Victims In Psychic-Inspired Hoax Sue Police 4 Ian David Jun 2012 Jun 2012 10 2580
Police: 'Forest Boy' story is a hoax 0 struggle4progress Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 1619
Woman in Chinatown hypnotized by thieves 4 drm604 Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 2693
>>>> Locking. Thus crap doesn't belong here<<<<< Can I ask why? 8 SwissTony Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 3000
Tim Minchin's Storm the Animated Movie 3 Ian David May 2012 Jun 2012 4 2129
chemtrails? "geo-engineering to control the weather?" 2 IcyPeas Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 1750
Question on Doubt 7 SoutherDem May 2012 Jun 2012 0 3100
"I Was a Truther... What Brought Me Back to Reality?" 9 Ian David Apr 2012 Jun 2012 3 3431
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