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A couple of the screwy things people believe... 4 Archae Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1933
I have a serious question about the Flat-Earth theory. 5 DetlefK Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1835
Doctor wins 2017 John Maddox prize for countering HPV vaccine misinformation 1 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1299
Latest conspiracy theory, "The Las Vegas shooter wasn't alone and it's all a big cover-up!" 3 Archae Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 2382
new conspiracy theory linking GMOs with supposed campaign to 'eliminate Africans' 0 progressoid Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 1238
Flat-Earther to announce run for governor after shooting himself 1 mile into the air. 4 DetlefK Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 1577
One very, very important question about the moon-landing hoax... 7 DetlefK Nov 2017 Nov 2017 5 1995
The Flat Earthers had their international conference yesterday and it was jaw-dropping 4 Soph0571 Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 1827
The Moon landing kooks now have "proof!" 6 Archae Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 2091
A lengthy post about "Mindfulness" 13 Orrex Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 2614
Someone needs to come out of the 11th century... 3 Archae Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 1904
I smell a scam here... 6 Archae Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2454
Michigan mom says she could face jail time for not vaccinating her son 2 progressoid Sep 2017 Oct 2017 0 3028
A GoFundMe-campaign to prove that the Earth is flat. 7 DetlefK Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 2529
Whatever happened to Sid Dithers? 2 Codeine Sep 2017 Sep 2017 1 3001
At last, people whose birth really was influenced by the movement of the planets 2 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 Sep 2017 5 2550
Fun article, but then... 6 Orrex Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 2727
Tylenol Releases New Black Bile Gel Caps For People With Unbalanced Humors 1 progressoid Sep 2017 Sep 2017 8 2137
100 Common Myths & Misconceptions: The world's most widespread falsehoods - debunked 11 Mosby Sep 2017 Sep 2017 8 4037
Cells from a woman's belly fat were injected into her eyes. Within months, she was permanently blind 6 progressoid Sep 2017 Sep 2017 5 2384
People are apparently injecting themselves with other people's blood 4 HAB911 Jul 2017 Aug 2017 5 3649
Julian Assange. Solar-eclipse-truther. 11 DetlefK Aug 2017 Aug 2017 5 4279
Flat-Earthers cite solar eclipse as proof why Earth must be flat. 6 DetlefK Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 4232
The Eclipse Conspiracy (something doesnt add up) 10 progressoid Aug 2017 Aug 2017 7 6848
Tonight on PBS' "Frontline," they take on the anti-vaxxers. 2 Archae Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 2925
The anti-vaxxers are bad enough... 5 Archae Jul 2017 Aug 2017 0 3633
"Health" crap sold on TV and the Internet... 1 Archae Aug 2017 Aug 2017 5 3715
Education Week reports on how DeVos' investment in "brain performance" company raises questions 4 HAB911 Aug 2017 Aug 2017 3 2756
Anti-vax movement prompts Brooklynites to withhold inoculations from their pets, vets say 9 muriel_volestrangler Aug 2017 Aug 2017 5 2205
This is the sort of "arguments" the anti-GMO side uses... 1 Archae Aug 2017 Aug 2017 3 1224

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Derek Lowe's reaction to Panera's dopey (and misleading) sodium benzoate ad campaign 2 ProfessorPlum Jul 2017 Jul 2017 5 2244
Article on Midichlorians gets published 5 Dr. Strange Jul 2017 Jul 2017 13 3221
On the subject of UFOs 9 LSFL Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 3284
Freeze-Dried Placenta Pills Linked to Newborns Dangerous Bacterial Infection 3 HAB911 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 4 2717
Wisconsin state congressman wants to give more money to chiro-quacks... 2 Archae Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 1680
"Bio-frequency healing stickers" to put on your skin. $120 for a pack of 24. What a bargain. 6 DetlefK Jun 2017 Jun 2017 3 3648
Pssst... Wanna read some really crazy shit? 8 DetlefK Mar 2017 Jun 2017 2 5445
Oh. My. Word. Negative ion "health" bracelets are made with radioactive materials. 6 eppur_se_muova Jun 2017 Jun 2017 8 4357
Parents convicted in son's death linked to alternative diet 5 HAB911 Jun 2017 Jun 2017 3 2273
Gwyneth Paltrow admits she has no idea what she's selling on her site. 0 progressoid Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2642
Science, vs blind belief... 1 Archae Jun 2017 Jun 2017 8 5274
The 5 rules of success for highly effective lifestyle gurus 1 progressoid Jun 2017 Jun 2017 6 4710
Longing for a reason to discriminate other people, Japan simply invents one. 6 DetlefK May 2017 May 2017 7 4509
William Shatners Tweets Are a Classic Case of Misinformation Spread 2 progressoid May 2017 May 2017 0 4680
The unbearable wrongness of Gwyneth Paltrow 3 progressoid Apr 2017 May 2017 6 8608
The Mad King of Juice: Inside the Dysfunctional Origins of Juicero 1 friendly_iconoclast May 2017 May 2017 1 4360
An oldie but a goodie: The Red Flags of Quackery. 2 progressoid May 2017 May 2017 7 4558
San Diego woman dead after turmeric IV infusion 4 progressoid Mar 2017 May 2017 1 5779
(UK) Vegan mother forced by High Court to vaccinate her children 4 progressoid Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4868
Foundation for Reason and Science w/ Robyn Blumner 1 HAB911 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4513
Lie-proof your life with Carl Sagans baloney detection checklist 2 HAB911 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 5 4851
If You Get a Call From a 473 Area Code, Its Probably a Scam 3 HAB911 Mar 2017 Apr 2017 3 3049
Remember back when guys like this stood on streetcorners and yelled at clouds? 2 Archae Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 5928
Guy suing a "naturopath" shoots and kills the quack.. 7 Archae Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 3423
Bizarro Comics Dan Piraro incurs the wrath of anti-vaxers 4 SaintLouisBlues Mar 2017 Mar 2017 14 3083
LTE, Guardian (UK): "No evidence to back idea of learning styles" 2 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1799
Belle Gibson misled public with cancer claims, judge says 3 LeftishBrit Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 1755
"Liberation" Therapy debunked 2 uriel1972 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 2228
No, You Shouldn't Question Everything 4 progressoid Aug 2016 Mar 2017 1 2891
Why do people hate science? 22 Archae Aug 2016 Mar 2017 2 3402

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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Google delists Mike Adams Natural News website. 2 progressoid Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1966
A nice summation 1 Orrex Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1879
A local psychic is on Facebook offering $20 off on psychic readings 6 Orrex Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1701
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Iggo Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 997
The evidence for vaccine safety is abundant. That will be $100,000, please. 0 progressoid Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1511
During one of our arguments on vaccines, I saw this guy and his web site used... 0 Archae Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 1781
Television Signals Are Being Used To Implant Intergalactic Demon Viruses In Americans 9 HAB911 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 4 2240
Did you know that mammographies cause breast-cancer in the first place? 4 DetlefK Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1771
I subscribe to eSkeptic, and 1 frogmarch Jan 2017 Feb 2017 1 3241
Too strange to be coincidence 3 Orrex Jan 2017 Jan 2017 5 3479
Hollow Earth! 6 progressoid Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2144
Trump meets with vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. 5 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2169
A conspiracy theory to befuddle the anti-vaxxers: 2 trotsky Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1960
Fake Medical Journals Are Spreading, And They Are Filled With Bad Science 1 progressoid Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1477
The top science boobs of 2016... 1 Archae Dec 2016 Jan 2017 0 2709
Top 5 Chemistry Fails by the Food Babe 3 progressoid Dec 2016 Jan 2017 4 2775
Essential oils, vaccines 4 gollygee Dec 2016 Jan 2017 0 2746
Top 10 Retractions of 2016 0 kristopher Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2731
Don't miss "Skeptic on a stick"! 1 progressoid Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1309
Abusing Science You Dont Understand 0 progressoid Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 2197
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