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As a species we can’t seem to tolerate incomplete pictures. We can’t accept that the ruddy, pitted and incomplete landscape of experience and knowledge is beautiful in its own right, full of potential and possibility. The extent of reality we currently know about, is a mere drop in the ocean when compared to the questions we will be answering in the near and distant future.
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Pass this on to everyone you know! The email you sent me is a hoax. Andy Rooney is an agnostic / atheist!
Filed under: Human Sciences,Side Show
Open your mind, You new-age freak!
I remember when I thought that being a skeptic was a bad thing. Watching the X-Files as a kid, I always thought Scully was a stick in the mud and Mulder was by far the star of the show. Granted, this was just a TV show, but at the time I wondered why Scully couldn’t believe her own stupid eyes! There were space aliens, CHUDS, vampires, teens with super-human speed—the list of extraordinary things goes on and on; yet she always approached every investigation with a grain of salt, and the end of every episode her findings were “inconclusive.” Understatement of the century!
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If there’s one recurring argument out there that really cheeses my wheels, it’s the intelligent design vs. the evolution debates of late. I don’t quite know why one side is attacking the other, since they’re both so far removed from each other. Not one element seems to line up as far as evidence, philosophy and rational thinking will take you.
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I came across this little gem this morning.
http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-narrow-miss-by-space-mass-2010al30,0,5025749.story
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Recently some vitamin supplement scams have been passed off as legitimate news articles from reputable-looking sites. Here are two examples:
http://www.news3news.com/wpo4.html
You may notice that every link you click on takes you to the same product page, regardless of whether you want to check the latest hockey scores or the local weather. This is known as a microsite or landing page. It’s a pretty common practice to have ads pointing to such pages so that companies can market their products in a more enticing way than a puny banner ad allows. Most of the time landing pages present clearly branded messaging so you know you have clicked on the correct ad.
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Well now, isn’t this interesting? It seems like people can get funding for anything these days. I know this video is a couple of years old, but I’m amazed that people are still willing to believe in this type of mystical ‘science’.
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I found this little gem on the skeptoid website. It’s put together by a guy named Doug out of the UK. It’s a really friendly approach to critical thinking. I love the 50′s style animations to describe these concepts. If you’re interested in this style of presentation he has a bunch of stuff available on his YouTube page at QualiaSoup. Enjoy.
