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Welcome to the Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Group 0 laconicsax Feb 2012 Dec 2011 8 44660

What's the craziest fucking woo you've ever heard? [View all] 120 laconicsax Jan 2012 Nov 2012 4 51089

Supposedly, elephants trekked to a house to mourn a human [View all] 72 DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 Mar 2012 3 32273

Youtube scientist C0nc0rdance addresses the pseudo-science against flouridation of drinking water. [View all] 53 MarkCharles Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 20710

Michael Pollan as GMO ‘denialist’ dupes credulous New York Times [View all] 53 HuckleB Oct 2013 Jan 2014 2 33481

Scientists say Turin Shroud is supernatural 43 canetoad Dec 2011 Mar 2012 0 14890

Disgusting Book of the Month 43 mr blur Dec 2011 Dec 2011 10 13834

Corrupt quacks find a new way to look "respectable..." 41 Archae Apr 2016 May 2016 4 8185

This message was self-deleted by its author 40 TZ Dec 2011 Jan 2012 3 13841

I thought UFOs was one of the topics excluded from GD 40 edhopper May 2021 May 2021 1 7701

I really hate the "It's MY PERSPECTIVE" shit. 32 Odin2005 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 2 10543

Why are people still talking about or believing alternative theories about the JFK assassination? 29 BootinUp Jan 2024 Jul 2024 8 8966

Why is GD getting so upset about Woo all of a sudden? 26 mr blur Jan 2014 Feb 2014 2 8510

Can we just stop using the term "Woo"? It has become meaningless, imo. 26 yellowcanine Apr 2014 Nov 2014 1 7361

How Susceptible Are You to Misinformation? There's a Test You Can Take - Scientifc American 26 BootinUp Jul 2023 Sep 2023 14 9997

The Ojibwa 7th Fire Prophecy fulfilled? 25 Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 May 2013 0 8255

my son is getting sucked into the woo. 25 mopinko Jun 2013 Aug 2013 2 6484

I give up. Today's experience shows me that DU has gone fully into anti-science mode. 25 HuckleB Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 5629

I've been asked why I am so critical of chiropractic... 24 Archae Jun 2024 Jul 2024 6 5537

And this month's Darwin Award goes to: 23 mr blur Jun 2013 Sep 2013 1 6853

I would like to Host this group 22 TZ Dec 2011 Dec 2011 2 7856

I may have eaten some GMO food today 22 Orrex Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 5576

Why do people hate science? 22 Archae Aug 2016 Mar 2017 2 5011

I've been hanging out in a Flat-Earther-forum for a while. Let me tell you how these people think: 22 DetlefK May 2018 Jun 2018 4 6965

Has anyone else noticed how badly the anti-GMO "crusade" has burned out? 22 Archae Apr 2023 Jun 2023 0 11952

"Scientist" finds that the Earth isn't rotating. 21 laconicsax Mar 2012 Sep 2012 5 8693

This message was self-deleted by its author 21 Nederland Aug 2013 Oct 2013 1 6152

Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites: What Sites Would You Add? 21 HuckleB Nov 2013 May 2014 5 7910

Colour me shocked - "Homeopathy is bunk", study says 21 mr blur Apr 2014 Jul 2014 4 4570

Study: Sugar Industry Secretly Paid Harvard Researchers to Blame Fat for Health Risks 21 kristopher Sep 2016 Nov 2016 2 5132

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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Seriously? 20 TZ Mar 2014 May 2014 1 6698

Do you really understand modern farming? Urbanite examines 10 myths of GMOs and organics 20 HuckleB Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 7372

Dissolving the Fermi Paradox 20 CloudWatcher Jul 2018 Jul 2019 0 7642

I just have to repost this post from a UFO discussion in GD 20 edhopper May 2019 May 2019 4 5725

Why do people assume that aliens require mechanical devices to travel? 20 Kaleva Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 7954

Chairman Mao: The real inventor of “traditional Chinese medicine” 19 HuckleB Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 5380

Massive UFO Near Sun: Nasa Takes Down Website and Blurs Images 19 yuiyoshida Mar 2015 Jul 2015 1 6565

Good article on GMO labeling. 19 Eko Mar 2016 Apr 2016 2 7859

I think the DU3 version of the SSP Statement of Purpose needs to be updated 18 EvolveOrConvolve Dec 2011 Dec 2011 3 6468

63% percent of registered voters in the U.S. buy into at least one political conspiracy theory 18 mr blur Jan 2013 May 2014 0 5294

Deepak denies that HIV causes AIDS 18 cleanhippie Jan 2015 Feb 2015 5 5173

Found this book in the science section of a local bookstore... 17 Ron Obvious Feb 2012 Feb 2012 3 6520

Personality Disorder begins PRIOR TO CONCEPTION!!!! 17 HereSince1628 Jun 2012 Sep 2012 0 7539

Wikipedia founder responds to woo petition 17 LostOne4Ever Mar 2014 Jun 2014 8 17447

Once again, some DUers think science is a democratic proposition. 17 HuckleB Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 3721

WTF is this bullshit I'm seeing about the RFID/5G/Bill Gates/COVID-19 ''connection?'' 17 Orrex Apr 2020 Jul 2020 2 6482

From someone on an FB thread I was on (warning: reading this may seriously damage your sanity!) 17 LeftishBrit May 2020 Jun 2020 2 7177

True story about multiple choice Rorschach tests. 16 MineralMan Jan 2012 Mar 2012 3 9276

the WHO fucked up on the Swine Flu pandemic, and so it's a Big Pharma shill! 16 Odin2005 May 2012 Jun 2012 1 6883

For my birthday this year I asked for a flu shot. 16 beam me up scottie Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 4516

Group host needed 16 trotsky Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 4282

Greetings all from your new host! 16 trotsky Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 4166

"Raw milk" woo ditwits are trying to get the courts to let them die... 16 Archae Oct 2014 Jan 2015 0 5077

Newsflash, foodies: Organic crops use carcinogenic pesticides 16 HuckleB Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 3699

Proof the US has no evidence of Aliens 16 edhopper Jun 2018 Jan 2019 5 4713

Believing the Impossible and Conspiracy Theories 15 OKIsItJustMe Jan 2012 Jan 2012 1 6169

Time Travel - John Titor story? 15 cbdo2007 Jan 2013 Mar 2013 1 8037

Aricle (*NOT* from Monsanto!) shows most GMO critics are full of it. 15 Archae Apr 2014 Aug 2014 2 5636

Any Sci-Fi Fans In This Group? 15 HuckleB Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 4452

Where the hell do the anti-GMO hysterics keep getting this? 15 Archae Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 4427

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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Marin School District Goes GMO-Free, Fails Basic Science 15 HuckleB Aug 2015 Sep 2015 0 3925

Holy. Freaking. Hell. Now I have seen it all. 15 eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 Nov 2015 4 5121

This is not good. Democrats should not be pushing creationist type nonsense. 15 HuckleB Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 4888

Another quack who was dispensing woo (and lots of pills) gets taken down... 15 Archae Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 5325

Just great. A thread about Steven Druker's bullshit anti-GMO screed. 15 Archae Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 3765

Latest woo in some states... 15 Archae Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 5863

Personality tests, are they BS? 14 Aberwic Dec 2011 Jan 2012 0 7110

An alternate view of the universe 14 pnorman Feb 2012 Mar 2012 1 7101

Note to woo-woos, St. Johns Wort is just another SSRI! 14 Odin2005 Apr 2012 Aug 2014 2 9378

The Worst Things For Sale: Morgellons Spray Treatment 14 semillama Apr 2012 Jun 2012 8 6869

Let me start by saying I am a skeptic. 14 russspeakeasy Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 4662

Wisdom on demand 14 caraher Jun 2012 Sep 2012 4 4644

Anybody else get fucking annoyed by the "Organic" and "Natural" labels on foods? 14 Humanist_Activist Sep 2012 May 2013 1 9234

Vaccines: opinions are not facts 14 cleanhippie Oct 2012 Nov 2012 5 4452

This message was self-deleted by its author 14 red dog 1 Feb 2013 Mar 2013 2 5099

California farmers hire dowsers to find water 14 William Seger Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 4128

The Evidence Supports Artificial Sweeteners Over Sugar 14 LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 Aug 2015 4 4769

Neil DeGrasse Tyson, "There are certain aspects of science denial that are squarely in the left" 14 progressoid Jun 2016 Jul 2016 6 3808

The Greatest Conspiracy Theory of All Time 14 progressoid Jul 2016 Jul 2016 3 3656

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