Category: Skepticism
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72nd Skeptics’ Circle
Le Canard Noir scolds me at the Quackometer for the 72nd installation of the skeptic’s circle. Check it out!
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Phenomenon: It’s just magic tricks (and not very good ones)
As promised, I watched Phenomenon, and I’ve got to say, I’m unimpressed. The premise of the show is there are 10 people with paranormal abilities vying for a 250,000 prize (they could make more if they tried Randi’s challenge – I wonder why don’t they?). The one that impresses the judges – fraud and huxster…
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Uri Geller makes a comeback!
Watching 30 Rock and the Office tonight I kept on seeing this commercial for a new show called “Phenomenon”. The story goes: The search for the impossible begins…there are those who claim special powers, but only one can be called the greatest. Now, the mind of Uri Geller, and the mastery of Chris Angel will…
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Skeptics’ Circle Number 71
The Infophile has this week’s circle up at Infophilia. He has presented the posts in the context of logical puzzles, practically daring us to use our brains rather than just spoon-feeding us the skepticism. See if you can figure them all out!
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Speaking of making stuff up
Next for “making up disease” files, Ed Brayton brings us news of the latest crank idea from the masturbation-obsessed nuts over at World Nut Daily. It’s the new plague of masturbation-induced impotence. Pornographically Induced Impotence is now a national pandemic, raking in untold billions for pornographers and their satellite businesses as well as from the…
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Preying on the fears of pregnant women
Here’s some woo for you. Via Gizmodo we hear about this wonderful new waste of money, Mummywraps. Designed to protect your baby from “electro-smog”, the non-existent threat of electromagnetic waves from radio and cell phone sources (that we have been exposed to constantly for decades with no discernible effect), these copper “Swiss Shield” garments will…
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Skeptics’ Circle Number 70 – Conspiracy Factory
This week it’s our friend Factition at Conspiracy Factory. However, he makes the poor decision to let the world know about our contacts with the Illuminati as part of our anti-conspiracy disinformation campaign. Traitor!
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Skeptics’ Circle Number 69 – Unscrewing the Inscrutable
At Unscrewing the Inscrutable Brent Rasmussen brings us the 69th skeptics circle with a fun, old west feel. One of the first entries was particularly interesting to me as an example of crank magnetism. The Socratic Gadfly found Lynn Marguilis embracing 9/11 conspiracies, which shouldn’t be surprising given her HIV/AIDS denial – also requiring a…
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Skeptics’ Circle Number 68 – Aardvarchaeology
Everybody head over to Aarvarchaeology for the 68th edition of the Skeptics’ Circle. And while you’re there help me figure out what this picture is all about.