New Age Fraud & Conspiracy Nonsense
Over the past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend CSICon in Nashville, Tennessee. The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (“CSI”) combats all sorts of pseudoscience,
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November 1, 2012 // 0 Comments
Even before the winds of Hurricane Sandy began to moderate, conspiracy theorists of a variety of bents got busy explaining the real meaning of the storm. Because, of course,
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October 31, 2012 // 0 Comments
A little more than 2,000 years ago, the Maya were creating spectacular works of art and erecting massive stone buildings across what is now southern Mexico, Guatemala,
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October 18, 2012 // 0 Comments
JUST over a week ago, a handful of Senator Scott P. Brown’s supporters gathered in Boston to protest his opponent, Elizabeth Warren. The crowd — making Indian war whoops
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September 30, 2012 // 3 Comments
Flu season is upon us. If there is such a thing as flu season. H1N1 started at the furthest point in time you could get from the traditional start of the flu season. It is an
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September 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
The end of the world is near—December 21, 2012, to be exact—according to theories based on an purported ancient Maya calendar. Scientists, though, are tripping over
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August 27, 2012 // 0 Comments
*Mexikaresitance.com Note: Excellent analysis and discussion of the FARCE that is “alternative medicine.” Expert doctors Steven Novella, Harriet Hall, David
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August 24, 2012 // 0 Comments
*Mexikaresistance.com Note: Turns out people who believe in one crazy, unsubstantiated thing will believe in them all! The conspiracy theory regarding the recent Colorado
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July 29, 2012 // 0 Comments
Last year, a balding, 46-year-old man slipped quietly into the men’s rooms of three Orlando, Fla., area biker bars, where he warily pasted “Bring Our Troops Home”
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July 23, 2012 // 0 Comments
Inaccurate and misleading reports that President Obama has signed a “Internet kill-switch” order allowing him to take over the Internet and all communication systems in
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July 16, 2012 // 0 Comments