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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Welcome to the Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Group 0 laconicsax Feb 2012 Dec 2011 8 42963
Why are people still talking about or believing alternative theories about the JFK assassination? 29 BootinUp Jan 2024 Aug 1 8 2874
Another chiro-quack gets caught... 0 Archae Jul 28 Jul 28 14 687
I've been asked why I am so critical of chiropractic... 24 Archae Jun 2024 Jul 27 6 1269
Smoke and Mirrors: The 60 Minutes 'Breakthrough' on Havana Syndrome Exposed 0 reACTIONary Jul 21 Jul 21 4 277
Update on the "psychic" and the professor... 1 Archae Jun 28 Jun 28 0 194
I'm watching "60 Minutes" recorded yesterday...(stupid ad alert) 5 Archae Jun 24 Jun 24 8 557
The Cass Report: Anti-science and Anti-trans 1 LostOne4Ever Jun 15 Jun 15 2 407
Here we go again... 2 Archae May 2024 May 2024 4 929
Sheri Tenpenny has her license back. 3 Archae May 2024 May 2024 0 859
"Psychic" who accused a college professor of murder, doubles down. 2 Archae May 2024 May 2024 3 849
"No catercations this morn, save for MsF growling at LC." What would AL say about this? 4 SorellaLaBefana May 2024 May 2024 2 835
Woman who claims to "see the future" flips out, resulting in 3 deaths. 8 Archae May 2024 May 2024 1 1292
Pilots are not "trained observers" 14 edhopper Mar 2024 May 2024 8 1963
Is the Hygiene Hypothesis True? 10 BootinUp Oct 2023 May 2024 3 2120
"Psychic" gets a murder case totally wrong, is being sued. 11 Archae Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1400
The UFO Movie The Don't Want You To See 8 edhopper Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 1873
This guy is a quack. 7 Archae Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 1659
Dragons' Den (UK Shark Tank): BBC defends show after ME criticism of Acu Seeds quackery 1 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 1470
Some Thoughts on David Grusch - Alien Whistleblower 2 BootinUp Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1693
Belief, when or why it happens? 1 RoeVWade Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1343
Sean Hannity brings on a tarot card reader on his program, doesn't turn out to be a good thing... 2 Archae Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 2275
People think Apollo didn't have enough fuel to get to the moon?-Youtube video. 1 Eko Dec 2023 Jan 2024 6 2229
Skeptilab - Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UFOs) 0 edhopper Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 2164
Isn't That A Balloon? Deflating a DoD UFO Video 6 sl8 Oct 2023 Nov 2023 2 2316
Search Engine Podcast : Guest Ezra Klein. Topic: Is there a sane way to use the internet 2 BootinUp Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 3381
George Takei on recent conspiracy theory being spread. 7 BootinUp Oct 2023 Oct 2023 23 10624
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 BootinUp Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 2389
Dinosaur embryos...on the MOOOOOON! 0 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 1963
NASA clears the air: No evidence that UFOs are aliens 7 BootinUp Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 2551

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
How Susceptible Are You to Misinformation? There's a Test You Can Take - Scientifc American 26 BootinUp Jul 2023 Sep 2023 13 5312
"Tech experts are starting to doubt that ChatGPT and A.I. 'hallucinations' will ever go away..." 3 BootinUp Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 11275
A Utah man accused of peddling silver as a COVID-19 cure led the feds on a 3-year manhunt and spamme 2 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 3021
Apologizing for Uri Geller by Steven Novella 3 progressoid Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 3950
Carl Sagan 1966 Interviewed about UFO's 6 BootinUp Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2531
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY U.S. HAS RETRIEVED CRAFT OF NON-HUMAN ORIGIN 8 Willis88 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 4806
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 clouds Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2686
Don't try to 0 clouds Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2208
Has anyone else noticed how badly the anti-GMO "crusade" has burned out? 22 Archae Apr 2023 Jun 2023 0 8238
Would you take medical advice from a celebrity? 6 Archae Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1858
Religious kooks in India are going the route of the religious kooks here in the US... 3 Archae May 2023 Jun 2023 2 9752
Tartaria: Are the cool old buildings in your town the repurposed remains of a lost civilization? 7 BluesRunTheGame May 2023 Jun 2023 1 4010
Research skepticism 2 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 2 8384
data fallacies to avoid 0 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 8 1834
Large language models' surprise emergent behavior written off as 'a mirage' 2 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 2 3582
Right now, there's no AI. There's just someone else's work. 2 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 4 8996
Just great, first the UFO bullshit and now the old zombie lie of "Cattle mutilations." 3 Archae Apr 2023 May 2023 3 10606
Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Screws up on Trans Kids' Care 0 LostOne4Ever May 2023 May 2023 3 2926
Here is an interview with the author of the new book in the "A Very Short Introduction" series. 4 xocetaceans Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 3451
Creationists at it again in West Virginia, Texas and elsewhere 3 Proud to be Woke Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 3840
David Sedaris on Crystal Balls and other woo 0 progressoid Feb 2023 Feb 2023 3 2366
Who is Andrew Bridgen? Tory MP loses party whip for Covid comments 1 LeftishBrit Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 4004
Remember "Miss Cleo?" 4 Archae Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 2271
Be careful with Artificial Intelligence!. 3 diehardblue Apr 2022 Dec 2022 1 4974
Another conspiracy theory, this one is being pushed on Netflix. 10 Archae Nov 2022 Nov 2022 10 6135
The kind of people who support Elon Musk's Twitter-behaviour: 2 DetlefK Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 4861
I'm so glad that Mehmet Oz lost 9 LeftishBrit Nov 2022 Nov 2022 22 2438
Mick West says Pentagon seems to agree with him on Gimbal and Go Fast 4 BootinUp Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 4267
When a scam destroys entire families... 1 Archae Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 2992
ICYMI, Anne Heche either isn't dead or... 1 progressoid Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 3501

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
OAN (One America News) puts a total kook on... 8 Archae Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 4416
Russian conspiracy-theory: Russia defeated Napoleon in 1812 with a nuclear bomb. 4 DetlefK Jun 2022 Jul 2022 3 7425
Eric Weinstein Λ Mick West on UAPs, Evidence, Skepticism, and Stigma [Theolocution] 2 BootinUp Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 4687
Fake "psychic" claims to have found missing person... 2 Archae May 2022 May 2022 0 5362
Karol Switalski 0 greyl Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 1662
Alex Jones' Infowars files for bankruptcy after defamation suits 1 LeftishBrit Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 3226
My Gentle, Intelligent Brother Is Now A Conspiracy Theorist And His Beliefs Are Shocking 3 progressoid Jan 2022 Mar 2022 6 6605
Dybbuk box 4 XanaDUer2 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 2277
Mercola and Kennedy sue Sen. Elizabeth Warren for combating their COVID misinformation 1 progressoid Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 3348
The Conspiracy Chart 2021 4 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2022 Jan 2022 9 2270
Djokovic-backed 'biotech' firm's approach likened to homeopathy 3 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 3933
The Mentalist: There's no such thing as real psychics 7 BootinUp Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 3980
Do frauds advertise? 8 Archae Aug 2021 Jan 2022 1 2126
Ted Koppel's interview with Scientology's David Miscavige resurfaced. 6 endinequalitynow Jan 2022 Jan 2022 2 5766
The Most Advanced Civilization In The Universe 13 Uncle Joe Sep 2021 Jan 2022 5 4333
Freemasons 1 DetlefK Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 2064
Something I've always known about astrology... 13 Archae Nov 2021 Dec 2021 3 4259
Chakras, crystals and conspiracy theories: how the wellness industry turned its back on Covid scienc 3 LeftishBrit Nov 2021 Nov 2021 8 3919
Funny and sad at the same time: Cops catch sovereign-citizen literally drunk asleep at the wheel. 1 DetlefK Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 4335
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