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Welcome to the Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Group 0 laconicsax Feb 2012 Dec 2011 8 43433
Was on the bus earlier today, saw this in a house window. 6 Archae Thursday Yesterday 5 872
Republicans put anti-vax fraud who hawked autism cures in charge of proving vaccines cause autism 0 muriel_volestrangler Mar 26 Mar 26 4 344
🧪 TODAY I DID THIS: 6 mikelewis Mar 22 Mar 22 5 548
Could Microsoft's Quantum Discovery Be Real? A Theoretical Model for Robust Quantum States 2 mikelewis Mar 19 Mar 19 2 385
The Lewis Drift: 3 Orbs, a Chain and a Gyro 0 mikelewis Mar 11 Mar 11 2 358
RIP Joe Nickell 1 edhopper Mar 6 Mar 6 1 370
The 32 Dimensions to the Shortest Distance Between Two Points 3 mikelewis Mar 3 Mar 3 1 434
Torque vs. Thrust: Understanding mobility in Space #StarTrekNOW! 0 mikelewis Feb 26 Feb 26 1 369
Assorted videos using a physics simulator to explore inertial propulsion and the possibility of alien extremophiles 0 mikelewis Feb 21 Feb 21 1 352
Exploring momentum redirection - Understanding Inertial Displacement 0 mikelewis Feb 21 Feb 21 2 303
How to reverse a square root using the Pythagorean Curvature Correction Theorem 1 mikelewis Feb 19 Feb 19 3 377
The Pythagorean Curvature Correction Theorem - a modified Pythagorean Thereom 5 mikelewis Feb 18 Feb 18 3 545
The fact that RFK Jr was confirmed by the GOP shows how incompetent they are. 10 Archae Feb 17 Feb 17 9 605
The Lewis Ratchet is NOT Closed Loop Pulse Propulsion 0 mikelewis Feb 16 Feb 16 0 354
Italian 'mystic' may face trial after DNA match with blood on Virgin Mary statue 2 Cattledog Feb 14 Feb 16 3 446
Asymmetric Inertial Propulsion - AKA the Lewis Ratchet 11 mikelewis Feb 15 Feb 16 0 740
Factor an entire range of numbers using the Lewis Sieve 0 mikelewis Feb 15 Feb 15 1 390
The Lewis Sieve: a new approach to factorization 0 mikelewis Feb 14 Feb 14 2 386
Figured this was the best place to post this... 6 MiHale Feb 5 Feb 5 6 715
Skeptical discussion of NJ Drones 2 edhopper Dec 2024 Jan 9 0 691
Today is The Epiphany: a Good Day for reflection on the Coming Year (as the excesses of New Year's are past) 1 SorellaLaBefana Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 622
Oxford scientist resigns from the Royal Society over Elon Musk's continuing fellowship 1 LeftishBrit Nov 2024 Nov 2024 20 1045
We now see 1 LeftishBrit Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 806
Why are people still talking about or believing alternative theories about the JFK assassination? 29 BootinUp Jan 2024 Aug 2024 8 4526
Another chiro-quack gets caught... 0 Archae Jul 2024 Jul 2024 15 1276
I've been asked why I am so critical of chiropractic... 24 Archae Jun 2024 Jul 2024 6 2174
Smoke and Mirrors: The 60 Minutes 'Breakthrough' on Havana Syndrome Exposed 0 reACTIONary Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 843
Update on the "psychic" and the professor... 1 Archae Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 661
I'm watching "60 Minutes" recorded yesterday...(stupid ad alert) 5 Archae Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 1018

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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The Cass Report: Anti-science and Anti-trans 1 LostOne4Ever Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 904
Here we go again... 2 Archae May 2024 May 2024 4 1368
Sheri Tenpenny has her license back. 3 Archae May 2024 May 2024 0 1294
"Psychic" who accused a college professor of murder, doubles down. 2 Archae May 2024 May 2024 3 1316
"No catercations this morn, save for MsF growling at LC." What would AL say about this? 4 SorellaLaBefana May 2024 May 2024 2 1431
Woman who claims to "see the future" flips out, resulting in 3 deaths. 8 Archae May 2024 May 2024 1 1871
Pilots are not "trained observers" 14 edhopper Mar 2024 May 2024 8 2703
Is the Hygiene Hypothesis True? 10 BootinUp Oct 2023 May 2024 3 2802
"Psychic" gets a murder case totally wrong, is being sued. 11 Archae Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 2090
The UFO Movie The Don't Want You To See 8 edhopper Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 2618
This guy is a quack. 7 Archae Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 2216
Dragons' Den (UK Shark Tank): BBC defends show after ME criticism of Acu Seeds quackery 1 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 1910
Some Thoughts on David Grusch - Alien Whistleblower 2 BootinUp Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 2113
Belief, when or why it happens? 1 RoeVWade Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1692
Sean Hannity brings on a tarot card reader on his program, doesn't turn out to be a good thing... 2 Archae Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 2708
People think Apollo didn't have enough fuel to get to the moon?-Youtube video. 1 Eko Dec 2023 Jan 2024 6 2615
Skeptilab - Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UFOs) 0 edhopper Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 2536
Isn't That A Balloon? Deflating a DoD UFO Video 6 sl8 Oct 2023 Nov 2023 2 2812
Search Engine Podcast : Guest Ezra Klein. Topic: Is there a sane way to use the internet 2 BootinUp Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 3845
George Takei on recent conspiracy theory being spread. 7 BootinUp Oct 2023 Oct 2023 23 11830
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 BootinUp Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 2728
Dinosaur embryos...on the MOOOOOON! 0 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 2402
NASA clears the air: No evidence that UFOs are aliens 7 BootinUp Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 3076
How Susceptible Are You to Misinformation? There's a Test You Can Take - Scientifc American 26 BootinUp Jul 2023 Sep 2023 14 6431
"Tech experts are starting to doubt that ChatGPT and A.I. 'hallucinations' will ever go away..." 3 BootinUp Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 11759
A Utah man accused of peddling silver as a COVID-19 cure led the feds on a 3-year manhunt and spamme 2 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 3456
Apologizing for Uri Geller by Steven Novella 3 progressoid Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 4430
Carl Sagan 1966 Interviewed about UFO's 6 BootinUp Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2990
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY U.S. HAS RETRIEVED CRAFT OF NON-HUMAN ORIGIN 8 Willis88 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 5411
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 clouds Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 3025

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Don't try to 0 clouds Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2558
Has anyone else noticed how badly the anti-GMO "crusade" has burned out? 22 Archae Apr 2023 Jun 2023 0 8941
Would you take medical advice from a celebrity? 6 Archae Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2343
Religious kooks in India are going the route of the religious kooks here in the US... 3 Archae May 2023 Jun 2023 2 10213
Tartaria: Are the cool old buildings in your town the repurposed remains of a lost civilization? 7 BluesRunTheGame May 2023 Jun 2023 1 4523
Research skepticism 2 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 2 8807
data fallacies to avoid 0 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 8 2196
Large language models' surprise emergent behavior written off as 'a mirage' 2 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 2 4019
Right now, there's no AI. There's just someone else's work. 2 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 4 9414
Just great, first the UFO bullshit and now the old zombie lie of "Cattle mutilations." 3 Archae Apr 2023 May 2023 3 11040
Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Screws up on Trans Kids' Care 0 LostOne4Ever May 2023 May 2023 3 3346
Here is an interview with the author of the new book in the "A Very Short Introduction" series. 4 xocetaceans Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 3922
Creationists at it again in West Virginia, Texas and elsewhere 3 Proud to be Woke Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 4328
David Sedaris on Crystal Balls and other woo 0 progressoid Feb 2023 Feb 2023 3 2742
Who is Andrew Bridgen? Tory MP loses party whip for Covid comments 1 LeftishBrit Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 4543
Remember "Miss Cleo?" 4 Archae Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 2687
Be careful with Artificial Intelligence!. 3 diehardblue Apr 2022 Dec 2022 1 5441
Another conspiracy theory, this one is being pushed on Netflix. 10 Archae Nov 2022 Nov 2022 10 6850
The kind of people who support Elon Musk's Twitter-behaviour: 2 DetlefK Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 5297
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