This could be helpful, if it wasn’t complete bullshit.
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1) It was founded by a quack.
Daniel David Palmer discovered the power of spinal manipulation by allegedly healing a deaf man by repositioning a vertebrae in his spine. Shortly after, he healed someone with heart trouble through the same technique. Convinced he discovered a new medical technique, he opened the Palmer School of Chiropractic in 1897.
Palmer claimed that 95% of all [...]
Many pseudoscience advocates claim people who reject pseudoscience are not “open-minded.” Yet science promotes and thrives on open-mindedness. Here’s a video that conveys this concept well:
This is hilarious and yet sad. If you must skip, skip to 4:30 where people willingly put snails on their faces in order to remove wrinkles. It’s unbelievable.
Is there anything people won’t do just because someone in a white coat tells them to do it?
If you’re looking for a new, cool organization to join, check out The Institute for Real God. Their goal is to be “an educational organization devoted to making genuine spirituality and spiritual practice accessible to as many people as possible.” Of course “genuine spiritually” is whatever they think it means.
Oh, and be sure to check out [...]
Here is Richard Dawkins interviewing Derren Brown about psychics and cold reading:
If you like Derren Brown, be sure to check out his Trick of the Mind TV series and his awesome book, Tricks of the Mind.
I just noticed that An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural by James Randi and Arthur Clarke is online for free. Lots of great reference material for when you need answers.
A very helpful debunking of homeopathy by James Randi:
Best comment award goes to Julian (#48):
If homeopathy were real, then it could be applied in reverse. I could create poisons with which to kill people simply by repeatedly diluting real medicines in water, then giving said dilution to my victim. And the best part: it would be [...]
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