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Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife - Eben Alexander 5 yellowcanine Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 3327
5 Easy ways to Spot a B.S News Story on the Internet 11 TZ Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 6368
So my Mom was recently diagnosed with shingles. 6 Rainforestgoddess Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 3194
James Fox to Announce $100,000 UFO Reward for Proof of an ET Spacecraft 6 zappaman Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 4190
The Discovery Institute feels sorry for my students 2 meeshrox Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 3444
The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr 1 mr blur Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2566
FU Andrew Wakefield 7 TZ Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 4274
David “the awesome power of the moon” Tredinnick joins the Commons Science Committee 3 LeftishBrit Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 3014
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Orrex Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1705
My idol is being interviewed on BBC Radio 4! 0 LeftishBrit Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 2298
Pseudoscience: Blue Monday - a depressing day of nonsense science (again) 2 mr blur Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2795
Cancer linked to polio vaccine 7 TrogL Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 3837
Do you have Forer’s Disease? 4 cleanhippie Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 3202
US has no monopoly on snake oil merchants... 9 TZ Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 4365
The apocalyptic mind-set 13 Tobin S. Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 5750
Online communication biases upon the public perception of science 1 TZ Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 2379
EPIC FAIL! Exposing a clairvoyant in 11 seconds. 3 cleanhippie Oct 2012 Jan 2013 8 3485
Homeopathic Scotch Introduced to Market 4 MineralMan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 2980
Did you know that I'm responsible for Sandy Hook? 2 TZ Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2884
Struck off MMR doctor handed award for 'lifetime achievement in quackery' 3 mr blur Dec 2012 Jan 2013 8 2739
I think I understand the anti-psychiatry BS on DU, now 5 Odin2005 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 3927
Advent Calendar - Final Day. This special day, what could possibly be behind the last window but..? 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Jan 2013 2 2701
A message from The Prophet (FBUH) 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2986
This feels bizarre - the infamous Infowars wesbite links to my post to debunk something 3 muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 Dec 2012 3 3160
Celebrities taken to task in annual round-up of scientific nonsense 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2180
Advent Calendar - Day 23 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2221
Advent Calendar - Day 22 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1982
Chuck Hagel is a darwinst! 3 Missn-Hitch Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2435
Advent Calendar - Day 21 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2262
Advent Calendar - Day 20 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2286

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Advent Calendar - Day 17 6 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 3491
Remember Matthew? Well guess who else is cashing in on the suffering in Newtown? 4 beam me up scottie Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 3107
Advent Calendar - Day 15 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2308
Advent Calendar - Day 18 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 2690
Here comes the "video games cause school shootings" nonsense. 4 Odin2005 Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 3252
The real cause of the Conn shooting: Vaccines!!!! 2 TZ Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2466
Advent Calendar - Day 19 (big pic) 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1760
Advent Calendar - Day 16 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2180
Advent Calendar - Day 14 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2737
Advent Calendar - Day 13 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2226
Advent Calendar - Day 12 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2426
Interest in UFOs apparently declining 10 InsultComicDog Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 8210
129 recs for a made up press release claiming Fox News viewers' average IQ is 80 12 muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 4419
Advent Calendar - Day 11 2 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2165
Advent Calendar - Day 10 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2078
For my birthday this year I asked for a flu shot. 16 beam me up scottie Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 5248
Mark Cuban, basketball owner and skeptic! 1 TZ Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 3007
Advent Calendar - Day 9 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2031
Advent Calendar - Day 8 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1939
Advent Calendar - Day 3 3 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2459
Advent Calendar - Day 6 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2210
Advent Calendar - Day 7 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1815
Advent Calendar - Day 5 4 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2922
Throwing Cold Water On the Singurality Idea 7 toddmiller Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 3911
Woo and BS on history message boards 5 Odin2005 Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 3481
Advent Calendar - Day 4 0 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2386
How not to start an article 0 Coyotl Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 1978
If you read Age of Autism, you'd learn 2 Dr. Strange Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 2389
What's up with all the recent sasquatch and yeti DNA "studies"? 1 struggle4progress Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2960
Goodbye everyone 5 salvorhardin Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2926

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Advent Calendar - Day 2 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2074
The Skeptic Group Advent Calendar - Day 1 1 mr blur Dec 2012 Dec 2012 3 2125
What's the craziest fucking woo you've ever heard? [View all] 120 laconicsax Jan 2012 Nov 2012 4 63088
Eric Schwartz will be performing in Boston Monday, November 19th 7-9PM at Tommy Doyle's 1 Ian David Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 2228
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Ian David Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1652
"That universe is driven by electromagnetic energy carried on vast plasma currents" 7 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 3763
Acupuncture trial for fatigue lacks placebo group, is positive 2 cleanhippie Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 2514
Something really annoying about technophobes I have noticed... 3 Odin2005 Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 3546
The woo-woos are already attacking the Organic food study. 8 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Nov 2012 0 5186
The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe 1 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 2441
Vaccines: opinions are not facts 14 cleanhippie Oct 2012 Nov 2012 5 5102
Baba Brinkman is Back... 0 xocet Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2103
Alfred Russel Wallace, 1907: Is Mars habitable? 1 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 2425
Our favourite "you create your own reality" troll is back 10 Heddi Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 4134
Pair of conservative science authors on C-Span 2 (Book TV), on now 5 We People Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 4229
Two Pillars of Skepticism — Leon Jaroff and Paul Kurtz — Died This Weekend 0 struggle4progress Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2136
"Ancient Aliens Debunked" - over three hours of yummy skeptic goodness 5 EvolveOrConvolve Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 4699
can this bee explained 2 left is right Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2327
Okay. I'm thinking I need a bunch of skeptics here. 5 SheilaT Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 3315
Study linking GM crops and cancer questioned. 5 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Oct 2012 5 3941
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