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Full page ad in our local shoppers' weekly... 6 Archae Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1867
Roll up, roll up for Gwyneth Paltrow's great London Goop summit! Need your wallet cleaned out? 4 muriel_volestrangler Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1791
Just watched a Tyler Henry episode and will admit... 1 TreasonousBastard Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1525
I just have to repost this post from a UFO discussion in GD 20 edhopper May 2019 May 2019 4 3782
What is going on with Boaty McMeaslesFace? 5 RainCaster May 2019 May 2019 0 2459
good (long) how-to article on reading scientific studies 0 Kali May 2019 May 2019 3 1393
Have you or anyone you know had a near death experience? 14 BigmanPigman Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 2657
There are Meghan-Markle-pregnancy-truthers. 4 DetlefK Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1725
Fearing Their Dogs Will Develop Autism, Some Owners Are Declining Vaccinations 6 progressoid Feb 2019 Apr 2019 7 1985
Flat-Earthers planning expedition to Antarctica. 11 DetlefK Mar 2019 Apr 2019 6 2392
I've heard people say woo is "harmless..." 1 Archae Apr 2019 Apr 2019 7 1690
Auschwitz Museum Blasts Anti-vaxxers for Donning Yellow Stars in Protest 3 LeftishBrit Mar 2019 Mar 2019 7 1742
Psychics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 1 Ron Obvious Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1743
YouTube aids flat earth conspiracy theorists, research suggests 3 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1651
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is still on the anti-vax wagon. 3 progressoid Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1741
God, no: Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop are oozing onto Netflix 0 progressoid Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1662
Fucking banner ads following me around the intarwebz 4 Codeine Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1746
Officials in anti-vaccination 'hotspot' near Portland declare an emergency over measles outbreak 2 workinclasszero Jan 2019 Jan 2019 7 1574
Dunning Kruger and GMO Opposition 2 progressoid Jan 2019 Jan 2019 7 1648
Rendlesham Forest UFO sightings 'were SAS revenge prank' - claim 2 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1533
Why Your Detox Is Bullsh*t 2 progressoid Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 2128
All aboard the Flat Earth cruise - just don't tell them about nautical navigation 7 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1868
Physicist Kevin Drum questions if Schrdinger's Cat Is Alive! 10 saidsimplesimon Sep 2018 Jan 2019 1 2592
Proof the US has no evidence of Aliens 16 edhopper Jun 2018 Jan 2019 5 3231
Mysterious red lights over Edmonton 0 TrogL Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 2086
San Antonio Sinclair outlet airs anti-vaxx crap... 0 Archae Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1226
India scientists dismiss Einstein theories 6 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1738
How TV shows use serious archaeology to promote bogus history 2 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 4 1655
Americans Spend $30 Billion a Year on Alternative Medicine 7 HuckleB Jun 2016 Dec 2018 2 3136
Meet Knickers, the giant cow that is neither a cow nor a giant 2 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 2021

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Atlantis Found (Again)! And Exasperated Scientists (Again) Raise Their Eyebrows 2 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 5 1671
Flat-Earthers say pictures are all fake... 9 Archae Oct 2018 Nov 2018 2 2129
The anti-vaxx kooks have killed an information program... 5 Archae Oct 2018 Nov 2018 13 2061
dave daubenmire once again shows us his cray-cray... 2 Archae Oct 2018 Nov 2018 0 1751
Bible Museum Gets Conned 4 Hassler Oct 2018 Oct 2018 7 3375
Energy ad 1 bora13 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1512
The Migration of the Skeptic 1 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1586
Yes, this is the dumbest thing I have ever seen - "Akido" 3 Fix The Stupid Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 2033
'New Age' beliefs common among both religious and nonreligious Americans 1 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1687
Just how stupid can people be? 7 Archae Sep 2018 Oct 2018 3 2073
Learn something new every day... 4 Archae Sep 2018 Oct 2018 1 1815
Wanna know why dinosaurs went extinct? 11 DetlefK Jul 2018 Oct 2018 3 2598
Remember Kent Hovind? The creationist who went to jail for cheating on taxes? 8 Archae Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 2124
Joseph Dunninger 0 BootinUp Sep 2018 Sep 2018 3 1624
James Randi - Secrets of the Psychics 2 BootinUp Sep 2018 Sep 2018 3 1761
Some ofthe Freepers are into "Pyramid Power..." 3 Archae Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 2101
On the one hand, I celebrate independence in my students 11 LeftishBrit Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 2113
Here are nine celebrities who have pushed dangerously bad science on the public 4 Archae Jul 2018 Jul 2018 4 2146
Half of Russians believe that a shadowy World Government is out to get them. 4 DetlefK Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 2074
Penis Facials Aren't Backed By Science -- Sorry, Sandra Bullock 8 progressoid Jun 2018 Jul 2018 0 2409
Obscene talc verdict overturned... 0 Archae Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 1734
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 4830
People love watching nature on nest cams -- until it gets grisly 2 Kali Jun 2018 Jun 2018 3 1779
Psychologists have found out where conspiracy-theories come from. 0 DetlefK May 2018 May 2018 7 2076
Andrew Wakefield: How a disgraced UK doctor has reinvented himself in anti-vaxxer Trump's USA 5 LeftishBrit May 2018 May 2018 6 1855
A Load of Ballokis 0 muriel_volestrangler Apr 2018 Apr 2018 1 1658
Because America is Dumb, Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop is Now Worth 250,000,000 Dollars 9 muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 Apr 2018 5 1969
Oprah Winfrey for President? Does anyone remember all the pseudoscience and quackery shes promoted? 12 progressoid Jan 2018 Apr 2018 13 2705
Why Im quitting GMO research 2 progressoid Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1950
So about that 'Alien' 0 uriel1972 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1845

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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National Geographic Sent Crystal Healing Water Bottles To Science Writers 8 progressoid Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 2316
California judge rules for Monsanto in "Roundup causes cancer" case... 4 Archae Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 2180
One of the reasons I distrust the World Health Organization... 2 Archae Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1878
2018 Predictions: The Death Throes of the Anti-GMO Movement 5 progressoid Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 2115
Milwaukee "doctor" still believes vaccines cause autism... 4 Archae Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1794
Flat-Earther's publicity-stunt fails when rocket fails to launch. 5 DetlefK Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1681
Green Bay TV news does a puff piece on a "pet psychic..." 2 Archae Jul 2017 Feb 2018 0 2266
How's this for absolute woo? 8 Archae Jan 2018 Feb 2018 1 2351
Who are hollow Earthers? These conspiracy theorists think aliens and Nazis live inside Earth's core 9 Soph0571 Dec 2017 Feb 2018 0 2059
Death was everywhere at Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop conference 4 progressoid Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 2154
There's a GMO documentary out now, narrated by Neil Degrasse-Tyson. 6 Archae Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1740
Functional Medicine 2 utopian Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1374
"That isn't real." (toon) 1 DetlefK Jan 2018 Jan 2018 6 1990
The Encyclopedia af American Loons has a real dandy this time... 3 Archae Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 2872
More really screwy conspiracy theories... 1 Archae Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1609
Anyone care to critique this website ? 4 steve2470 Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1612
Oh great... 3 Archae Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1764
Some conspiracy theories have real consequences... 0 Archae Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1726
A couple of the screwy things people believe... 4 Archae Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1918
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