Skeptophilia
Fighting Gullibility with Sarcasm, 6 days a week
Monday, April 11, 2011
Roswell redux
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Today, I'm going to present you with the same UFO story, told two different ways. Sort of Rashomon for the flying saucer crowd. Rece...
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Sunday, April 10, 2011
The case of the telepathic trees
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In my AP Biology class, we were discussing a peculiar phenomenon in certain plants; when under attack by herbivores, some species seem to be...
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Another New Direction For Education
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In breaking news from the "Correlation Implies Causation" department, New York State Commissioner of Education David Steiner and N...
Friday, April 8, 2011
Grading the teachers
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Our school district had a district-wide faculty meeting a couple of days ago to discuss the new requirements coming down from the state educ...
Thursday, April 7, 2011
ESP (Extra-Sexy Perception)
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Daryl Bem, an experimental psychologist of some standing, has an obsession; proving that ESP exists. He's been at this for decades. He...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Ear candles and carrot dances
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Just when I thought "alternative medicine" couldn't get any weirder, I came across a practice I'd never heard of before: ...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Cheerleaders for Miskatonic University
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New from the "Let's Review The Definition Of Fiction , Shall We?" department, apparently there are people who think that whole...
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