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Post-Soviet strongmen prescribe vodka, hockey and folk medicine against coronavirus 3 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 2879
Apparently it's ok to push woo as a "cure" or "preventative" for the coronavirus if... 9 Archae Mar 2020 Mar 2020 7 5485
New York attorney general to televangelist Jim Bakker: stop touting product as coronavirus cure 2 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 5 2624
Flat-Earther tries to fly in home-built rocket, crash-lands, dies. 10 DetlefK Feb 2020 Mar 2020 5 4211
Guess who's back...yep! Uri Geller! 5 Archae Jan 2020 Feb 2020 2 3128
Really screwy situation in Green Bay... (Yet another update) 4 Archae Dec 2019 Jan 2020 7 2663
So I've been told all the weird weather is caused by a shift in the magnetic poles 5 TrogL Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 2539
Anti-vaxxer arrested in Samoa as measles outbreak claims over 60 lives 2 progressoid Dec 2019 Dec 2019 9 2042
An alien plot has been exposed. 14 5X Dec 2019 Dec 2019 3 3666
"specially developed inner protrusions" 4 greyl Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2625
Anti-Vaxx Woman Dresses Up As The Measles Because It's 'The Least Scary Thing,' 3 progressoid Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2712
AI will take over the world 8 5X Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 3553
Another true...er, woo crime story... 2 onager Jun 2012 Oct 2019 0 4857
Congressman Who Grilled Zuckerberg About Vaccines - Sharing Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theories on Facebook 1 progressoid Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 2049
Just great, we have more anti-vaxx loons here. 5 Archae Oct 2019 Oct 2019 5 2552
Does the CIA influence the media? 1 Archae Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1912
Misleading graphs 2 Ron Obvious Sep 2019 Sep 2019 5 2628
Oh.My.(Ostensible)Deity. Now I've seen everything. 2 eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 2445
There can be times even skeptics can be real horses' asses... 0 Archae Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1887
We have a bunch of "truthers" here. 7 Archae Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 3126
Major Flat-Earth org has harassed and abused critics and is now in serious legal trouble. 6 DetlefK Sep 2019 Sep 2019 7 3022
Kirstie Alley criticized for speaking out against psychiatric drugs: 'Tweet smells like Scientology" 3 progressoid Aug 2019 Sep 2019 1 2153
Gravitational fields, silkworm excrement, and "putor" programs. In a peer-reviewed journal. 1 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 Jul 2019 8 2107
You know what's the single most ridiculous detail in Flat-Earth-theory? 13 DetlefK Oct 2018 Jul 2019 4 4165
Female librarians are satanic portals who refuse to have sex with me. 1 DetlefK Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 2322
Dissolving the Fermi Paradox 20 CloudWatcher Jul 2018 Jul 2019 0 7268
I'm feeling like being mean. I'm gonna destroy your brain. 1 DetlefK Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 2120
The Flat-Earth community is at all-out war with itself. 9 DetlefK May 2019 Jun 2019 2 2705
How long can you make it through this video? 1 DetlefK Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 2169
Full page ad in our local shoppers' weekly... 6 Archae Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 2464

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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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 2327
Just watched a Tyler Henry episode and will admit... 1 TreasonousBastard Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1882
I just have to repost this post from a UFO discussion in GD 20 edhopper May 2019 May 2019 4 5427
What is going on with Boaty McMeaslesFace? 5 RainCaster May 2019 May 2019 0 3111
good (long) how-to article on reading scientific studies 0 Kali May 2019 May 2019 3 1754
Have you or anyone you know had a near death experience? 14 BigmanPigman Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 3833
There are Meghan-Markle-pregnancy-truthers. 4 DetlefK Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 2293
Fearing Their Dogs Will Develop Autism, Some Owners Are Declining Vaccinations 6 progressoid Feb 2019 Apr 2019 7 2636
Flat-Earthers planning expedition to Antarctica. 11 DetlefK Mar 2019 Apr 2019 6 3263
I've heard people say woo is "harmless..." 1 Archae Apr 2019 Apr 2019 7 2133
Auschwitz Museum Blasts Anti-vaxxers for Donning Yellow Stars in Protest 3 LeftishBrit Mar 2019 Mar 2019 7 2272
Psychics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 1 Ron Obvious Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 2197
YouTube aids flat earth conspiracy theorists, research suggests 3 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 2141
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is still on the anti-vax wagon. 3 progressoid Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 2336
God, no: Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop are oozing onto Netflix 0 progressoid Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 2080
Fucking banner ads following me around the intarwebz 4 Codeine Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 2336
Officials in anti-vaccination 'hotspot' near Portland declare an emergency over measles outbreak 2 workinclasszero Jan 2019 Jan 2019 7 1996
Dunning Kruger and GMO Opposition 2 progressoid Jan 2019 Jan 2019 7 2141
Rendlesham Forest UFO sightings 'were SAS revenge prank' - claim 2 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1999
Why Your Detox Is Bullsh*t 2 progressoid Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 2559
All aboard the Flat Earth cruise - just don't tell them about nautical navigation 7 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 2596
Physicist Kevin Drum questions if Schrdinger's Cat Is Alive! 10 saidsimplesimon Sep 2018 Jan 2019 1 3719
Proof the US has no evidence of Aliens 16 edhopper Jun 2018 Jan 2019 5 4478
Mysterious red lights over Edmonton 0 TrogL Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 2493
San Antonio Sinclair outlet airs anti-vaxx crap... 0 Archae Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1628
India scientists dismiss Einstein theories 6 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 2408
How TV shows use serious archaeology to promote bogus history 2 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 4 2098
Americans Spend $30 Billion a Year on Alternative Medicine 7 HuckleB Jun 2016 Dec 2018 2 3935
Meet Knickers, the giant cow that is neither a cow nor a giant 2 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 2599
Atlantis Found (Again)! And Exasperated Scientists (Again) Raise Their Eyebrows 2 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 5 2148

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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Flat-Earthers say pictures are all fake... 9 Archae Oct 2018 Nov 2018 2 2993
The anti-vaxx kooks have killed an information program... 5 Archae Oct 2018 Nov 2018 13 2680
dave daubenmire once again shows us his cray-cray... 2 Archae Oct 2018 Nov 2018 0 2229
Bible Museum Gets Conned 4 Hassler Oct 2018 Oct 2018 7 4281
Energy ad 1 bora13 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1870
The Migration of the Skeptic 1 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1986
Yes, this is the dumbest thing I have ever seen - "Akido" 3 Fix The Stupid Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 2492
'New Age' beliefs common among both religious and nonreligious Americans 1 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 2142
Just how stupid can people be? 7 Archae Sep 2018 Oct 2018 3 2885
Learn something new every day... 4 Archae Sep 2018 Oct 2018 1 2365
Wanna know why dinosaurs went extinct? 11 DetlefK Jul 2018 Oct 2018 3 3530
Remember Kent Hovind? The creationist who went to jail for cheating on taxes? 8 Archae Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 2906
Joseph Dunninger 0 BootinUp Sep 2018 Sep 2018 3 2012
James Randi - Secrets of the Psychics 2 BootinUp Sep 2018 Sep 2018 3 2205
Some ofthe Freepers are into "Pyramid Power..." 3 Archae Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 2624
On the one hand, I celebrate independence in my students 11 LeftishBrit Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 2848
Here are nine celebrities who have pushed dangerously bad science on the public 4 Archae Jul 2018 Jul 2018 4 2688
Half of Russians believe that a shadowy World Government is out to get them. 4 DetlefK Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 2676
Penis Facials Aren't Backed By Science -- Sorry, Sandra Bullock 8 progressoid Jun 2018 Jul 2018 0 3181
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