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82. God Knows What…
Reviews and discussions of research on religion and anthropology from a skeptical perspective.
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October 21, 2010 by Chris Kavanagh ... although this form of acupuncture may carry slightly greater health risks. So while killing time on facebook researching new science articles I came across this short Guardian article containing a startling headline announcing that: What makes this figure even less impressive is that the number was obtained from worldwide reports including those from Japan and China. Two deaths a year from a treatment that is performed on millions of people, multiple times every year is really not something which people should worry about. Winning the lottery would appear to be more likely than dying from a botched acupuncture treatment. Tags: Acupuncture Alternative Medicine Guardian Sensationalism
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October 17, 2010 by Chris Kavanagh My plans to get back to blogging while studying have been an abysmal failure ( exhibit A The subtle metaphor of a giant flaming phoenix (in space) Tags: Blogging
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83. Skeptic » Home » The Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine
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84. The Skepbitch
Scathing skepticism and social commentary provided by Dr Karen Stollznow, editor of the Skeptic magazine.
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Goodbye, Ted
Teddy Gwin, age 38, of Joplin, Mo., passed away June 13, 2010, at his residence following an illness. We met online in 2000. It was on a Yahoogroups site called Absinthe, a mailing list for people with unorthodox interests in all kinds of underground topics. On any given day, people would comfortably juggle science and politics with necrophilia and snuff films. I sharped my trolling teeth on that list. And there was one man there who was my teacher. Teddy Frances Michael Patrick Gwin. Ted lured me immediately with his intelligence, his knowledge, his sexy southern accent, his unmatched acerbic wit and his astounding insight. Yet Ted was blind. He truly believed that one day he would see again. He became a brain in a jar. The he found the internet. It became a lifeline for him. He made friends, and made a fantasy world. He was bi-polar. He was on mood stabilizers, antipsychotics and antidepressants. This was a dangerous cocktail, as he was an alcoholic, a chain smoker, a pot smoker, and he lived on the cheapest and fastest of fast food. He would doctor shop to acquire sleeping pills and painkillers, and he had teeth extracted just so he could be prescribed the pain medication. He once lied to me that he had lung cancer to keep me in his life.

85. Untitled Document
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Susan Jacoby: Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
Excellent overview of the prominent role that freethinkers (atheists, agnostics, and deists) played in America's past, including the founding of our country, the abolition of slavery, and giving women the vote. (*****) Sam Harris: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
One of the most frightening books I've ever read. Among numerous other topics, Harris argues that it is almost inevitable that atomic weapons will fall into the hands of religious radicals if not terrorist, then perhaps a nation with religious radicals in charge. (****) Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion
Highly recommended. Despite what you might have heard, Richard Dawkins does not spew venom in this book. Flames do not shoot out when you open it, nor does bile drip from the pages. Far from being an hysterical, rabid diatribe against religion, it is a quite measured, logical explanation of the evidence against God and why religion should not be treated with such reverence. (*****) Daniel C. Dennett: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

87. Skepticblog
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88. The Skeptic Blog
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http://www.skeptic.org.uk/news News, Views, Events, Reviews Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:26:42 +0000 en hourly http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.skeptic.org.uk/news/2010/2851 http://www.skeptic.org.uk/news/2010/2851#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:26:42 +0000 Neil http://www.skeptic.org.uk/news/?p=2851 Continue reading Kat Banyard Kat Banyard is author of The Equality Illusion and is a founder and Director of UK Feminista - an organisation supporting grassroots feminist activism. She is also the founder of FEM Conferences Kat was previously Campaigns Officer at the Fawcett Society Northern Refugee Centre http://www.skeptic.org.uk/news/2010/2851/feed http://www.skeptic.org.uk/news/2010/2847 http://www.skeptic.org.uk/news/2010/2847#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:31:54 +0000 Neil http://www.skeptic.org.uk/news/?p=2847 Continue reading Tracy King and DC Turner , and special guest Tim Minchin Tracy King is the Managing Director of February Marketing is the organiser of TAM London and co-organiser of The Big Libel Gig. She speaks on a range of topics including viral marketing, advertising psychology and using marketing in science communication and critical thinking. She is the Producer of “Storm” movie, a regular writer for

89. S H A M B L O G
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Some right-thinking reasons for voting Left tomorrow.
I'm going to take a brief timeout from my three-part series on "hate speech" to explain why I'm voting Democrat right down the line on Election Day. Not that anyone has asked.
That series is actually relevant in a way, however, because the Republican Party has allowed itself to become the party of hate. Before we go any further, let me clarify that I am not saying that all Republicans are haters, and I am not saying that Republicanism (or even conservatism), at its core, is about hate. My father was a Republican for most of his life , and although Dad did have some of the knee-jerk prejudices that were typical of his generation, he was lauding G oldwater-style conservatism long before the civil-rights movement came along and made millions of people tilt right for all the wrong reasons. Dad voted Republican because of a principle, which was also typical of his generation: the idea that people should stand on their own two feet, make what they can of themselves, and the government should get out of the way. (I think I told you this story, but Dad once refused to file for unemployment, even though he was eligible.) Today's GOP leadership still believes what my Dad believed, but cannot be absolved of blame for what we see happening throughout society. In its eagerness to swell the ranks to just win, baby

90. Skeptico
Critical thinking for an irrational world.
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July 11, 2010
Jon Stewart Epic FAIL
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart is generally a very good interviewer, often asking his political guests some of the more difficult questions while remaining courteous and without making up straw man positions. He often asks the questions (and follow up questions) that many real journalists should be asking, and he clearly demonstrates intelligence and the ability to think on his feet and react to what his interviewees are saying. After watching him interview someone called Marilynne Robinson on The Daily Show Thursday (interview starts at 14.33 in) I have to say that in future he should stick to politics and leave science and/or religion alone. Robinson apparently has a Ph.D. in English and a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and has just released a book called Absence of Mind Absence of Mind challenges postmodern atheists who crusade against religion under the banner of science. In Robinson’s view, scientific reasoning does not denote a sense of logical infallibility, as thinkers like Richard Dawkins might suggest. Robinson starts off the interview with an unsupported assertion (all transcriptions by me from the teevee): ROBINSON: …people on one side of the argument have claimed the authority of science but they have not construed an argument that actually satisfies the standards of science.

91. ScepticalBanter.com
A British skeptic and atheist writes on topics including alternative medicine and religion.
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92. Relatively Interesting
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Time traveler on a cell phone... in Chaplin footage from 1920s?
cell phones occam's razor ... time travel A filmmaker by the name of George Clarke is claiming that an extra in Charlie Chaplin's "The Circus" is talking on a cell phone. The film was released in the 1920s. Looking at the picture, and at the video (which has over 3 million views already), Clarke has come to the conclusion that the person must be a time traveler
He's screened it in front of about 100 people, and no one can give an explanation. "I want to try to get this out there, because right now the only conclusion is ... a time traveler." Clarke says in the video.
The time traveling woman in the film appears in a bonus scene included on the DVD release of "The Circus," a 1928 silent film starring Charlie Chaplin. The footage itself is from 1923. The woman is shown outside Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood where the film premiered. She does appear to have something in her hand... but what is it?
For the sake of argument (sigh...), let's assume it is a cell phone. How could she actually be using it? What about the network towers, satellites, and infrastructure required to operate a cell phone network? I guess those would have to have traveled with her through time.

93. Living Better Skeptically – The Blog Of The Jackson Skeptical Society | Facts
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Posted on July 8, 2010 by jacksonskepticalsociety 7 Comments Or, quisnam planto anser sonitus procul anser vigilo? goose? Quackwatch Robert Dowling came to town. I recall that, when Dowling found out that one of our members had put the above article into a flier-form and left a stack near the door, that he exploded, said that Barrett was being sued for libel and slander and defamation, rightfully so! FEAR! And there is a lawsuit in the air, the fetid scent like a feotid spring in the estuaries of Mississippian coastlines after a spill of oil on crab-spawn tides. DD is a testing lab of questionable quality, allowing your local peddler of high quality serpent lipid extracts to utilize a fascinating technique, described in crude terms here by PZ Myers here Orac explains it better , of course, while adding that peculiar blend of respect and insolence that only an unemoting box of blinking lights can command. In that particular post, Orac explains how the provocative test is, well, bogus. this offering from Science-Based Medicine.

94. Sci-faux.com
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95. DC S Improbable Science
Investigations of dubious and dishonest science by David Colquhoun.
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96. The Former Fundie
Blog by a group of people who have studied, thought, questioned, strolled or clawed their way out of a strict fundamentalist view of the world.
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97. How Do You Think?
An exploration of science, skepticism and erroneous thought processes including an ongoing discussion of the interplay between thoughts and happiness as well as the relationship between science and thought.
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98. Fledgeling Skeptic
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Skepticon 3 Here I Come!
October 21, 2010 at 7:30 am ( Uncategorized
In just a little less than a month the third annual Skepticon will be underway. This year promises to be really good. There will be such luminaries as PZ Myers, Rebbecca Watson and The Amazing One himself, James Randi. Along with the big kids in the skeptical pond yours truly will also be there splashing about. The schedule I have some very strong convictions that we as skeptics need to make room for everyone who is willing to attempt critical thinking in at least SOME aspects of their lives. While a hard-core approach can be effective on occasion, letting people come to their own conclusions is MUCH more effective and will grow the community more efficiently. It will be interesting to hear the other side. THAT is the kind of person we should be accommodating. Leave a Comment
Honeybee Deaths: A Garden Plot
October 12, 2010 at 7:37 pm ( Uncategorized
Please visit Randi.org for the full article. I am aware that correlation does not equal causation. The autism/vaccine fiasco is a vivid example of that fallacy in action. With that said, I have to wonder if there is any relation between the honeybee fungus and the fungus Geomycis destructans, the cause of White Nose Syndrome in Little Brown Bats, beyond the relationship as fungi.

99. Leavingthelandofwoo.com
Blog about getting away from irrational ideas about health, food, religion and the paranormal.
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100. Mission: Critical (Home Page)
Tutorial for critical thinking.
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Mission: Critical is an interactive tutorial for critical thinking, in which you will be introduced to basic concepts through sets of instructions and exercises. Formal instructional materials have been kept to a minimum, in order to take advantage of Mission: Critical's interactive format. Through immediate reinforcement for right and wrong answers to a series of increasingly complex exercises, you will begin to utilize the essential tools of intellectual analysis. Mission: Critical has gone through several major revisions since it first came online in January, 1996. Below are three links: to the original version (1996-1998), to the first version as an online course (1998-99), and to the current version (1999-2000). Though the original is probably the most accessible for the casual user, from its Main Menu , it has not benefited from some of the revisions and additions of subsequent iterations.
For a brief overview of Mission: Critical , you are invited to take a tour, (originally constructed for the 1998 GII Awards). You may also do a keyword search of the tutorial sections.

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