by VorJack
While reading about the Flat Earth Society, I ran across a reference to a little-known contest that took place 140 years ago today. I decided that the coincidence of dates was too good to pass up.
On January 12, 1870, a message ran in the magazine Scientific Opinion, offering a wager of up to [...]
I know this will be a shocker to many of you, but a recent government study has concluded that most alternative medicine doesn’t work:
Ten years ago the government set out to test herbal and other alternative health remedies to find the ones that work. After spending $2.5 billion, the disappointing answer seems to be that almost none [...]
Whereas non-scientific (and potentially dangerous) thinking starts with a premise and then looks for things that support it, scientific thinking constantly tries to disprove itself. That alone makes all the difference in the world.
—Derren Brown, Tricks of the Mind, p. 266
If we start with a premise and only look for things that support it, we [...]
By Daniel Florien on June 10, 2009 in Humor, Paranormal, Prayer, Pseudoscience, Superstition, Weird.Just in case you were wondering, you can immensely improve the quantity of positive energy accessible and decrease interference by negative energies simply by changing your prayer position! Praise Mother Earth!
The sound on this is horrible, but the content is good. James Randi talks about woo, the million dollar challenge, and homeopathy.
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These guys have it all figured out, don’t they? And no, they’re not joking:
I disagree strongly with this. Through my rigorous testing and analysis, I measured 43.5% accessibility of Divine Consciousness frequencies, and 12.97% of Divine Consciousness frequencies transmitted outside the body.
I dare them to show evidence against my claims!
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SoulPancake, a site created by Rainn Wilson, asks “life’s big questions” with a forum for people to respond. A question I recently saw was “Can the dead communicate with the living?”
We’re in the 21st century now, and we’re still asking that question? Sheesh. But get a load of these answers from people:
Definitely. After my Dad died, [...]
Tim Minchin on the danger of opening your mind too much:
4,900 subscribers. 10,000 daily views.
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