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Bad Argument of the Week XVI
Glenn Danzig is a man who “does not suffer fools gladly”.
Glenn Danzig is a man who believes in werewolves, homeopathy, occult lore, and baseless conspiracy theories.
Ergo, what Glenn Danzig must detest most is the company of himself. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, opinion
Tagged bad argument, conspiracy theory, Dario Battisti, Glenn Danzig, homeopathy
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Perpetual Poetry in Motion
Our resident New Age values proponent and spiritual thinker, Boris Cockpop, puts forward a daring proposal to run the entire planet on a limitless energy source which has been the passion of perpetual motion machine designers for centuries. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, humour, opinion
Tagged Boris Cockpop, energy, perpetual motion, spirituality
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A Bit of a Turn Off
“Please turn of all electronic devices during take-off and landing.”
But will using your mobile phone or MP3 player really send you and your travelling companions to a violent and fiery death? Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Science
Tagged air travel, electronics, flight, mobile phones, mp3 players, Terry Rodgers
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Aye, Robot
This week’s cartoon from Dario… Continue reading
Posted in cartoons, humour, news
Tagged cartoons, cyberman, Dario Battisti, robots, scotland
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Dorries and Tredinnick Elected to Health Select Committee
One of them is an inept dullard who will happily manipulate real evidence to support her personal prejudices, the other is a rambling crazy-man who will believe quite literally anything, unless it is true.
The main characters from a Chris Morris mockumentary?
No. It’s the new members of parliament’s Select Committee on Health. Continue reading
Posted in headline, news, Scepticism, Science
Tagged dorries, government, health, health select committee, healthcare, Les Ogilvie, nadine dorries, tories, tredinnick
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Critical of Thinking: Stop Jabbing My Brain!
We welcome to the fold one of the co-conspirators behind the upcoming SitP Wales: Dean Burnett.
We very much hope to convince him to become a weekly (or at least semi-regular) contributor… Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Science
Tagged brain, critical of thinking, dean burnett, neuroscience
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Bad Argument of the Week XV
We’re late, we’re late, for a very important Bad Argument award: the winner of which this week is Naomi Klein of the Guardian, for her casting aspersions on scientific inquiry in reference to the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, news, opinion, Science
Tagged bad argument, bp, Les Ogilvie, mexico, naomi klein, oil spill
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Skeptics Darts League
The first installment of the Skeptics in the Pub darts league. Continue reading
Freaky Friday: The Lady on the Stairs
Ashley Pryce explores the infamous Tantallon ghost photo. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Scepticism
Tagged ash pryce, Freaky Friday, ghosts, paranormal, Richard Wiseman
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Costa del Cell
Dario’s cartoon for this week, dealing with the news that Costa Rica have banned experimental stem cell treatments. Continue reading
Posted in cartoons, humour, news
Tagged cartoons, costa rica, Dario Battisti, stem cells
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