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The Globe and Mail Fails Again
The Globe continues its descent from decent reporting to tabloid-like fear mongering. The culprit this time is a completely unskeptical article containing a condensed interview with Paul Connet, “a...
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Measles Outbreak Hospitalizes Four Children
Yes, and it could have been prevented. The outbreak happened in the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis. Since measles immunization is highly effective at preventing measles, how is it a that an outbreak...
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Skeptic Skills Review: Pareidolia; The Case of the Kate Middleton Jelly Bean
I was prompted to write about pareidolia, the phenomenon of seeing shapes or patterns in everyday stuff, because of this facepalm-inducing story from The Telegraph. Jelly bean resembling Kate Middleton...
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So Its The End of the World…
Photo by Bart Everson As you are no doubt aware, tomorrow is the rapture. Yes, Jesus is going to return to Earth tomorrow to take all the good people with him to heaven. This has been predicted by a...
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PSYCHE! Rapture is ACTUALLY 5 Months From Now!
Harold Camping in 2011. Photo by ChristReturns2011 But seriously you guys, THIS TIME it’s totally 100% absolutely positively gonna happen! That’s me paraphrasing the disgraced (at least she should be)...
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Psychic Backing Away From $1 Million Psychic Challenge
A prolific Toronto-area psychic named “Psychic Nikki” recently made headlines by saying that she would be interested in taking the ‘Psychic Challenge’ offered by the James Randi Educational Foundation...
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Bad Press For Psychics; I TOTALLY Predicted That!
I recently wrote a post about ‘Psychic Nikki’, a Toronto-area psychic who said she would be interested in taking the $1 million psychic challenge from the James Randi Education Foundation. She has...
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Zombies vs. Psychics
No, its not one of the many horror movies hitting theaters this weekend in time for Halloween. It is actually a demonstration by the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) against supposed psychic...
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Acupuncture: Here, Take a Facepalm
This is a really good comic about the scientific validity of acupuncture. Click on the image to read the whole thing: The study of acupuncture efficacy is a classic example of mis-interpreting results,...
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How To Review Medical Research
Drawing conclusions from medical research is not as easy as you might think. I received a wonderful breath of fresh air this morning. I came into work, sat at my computer and immediately ignored the...
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