pseudoscience
1952 by 2022?
I happened across this online this morning just after reading about the possible return of a full-blown polio epidemic by the year 2022 – possibly even sooner. Recently, in areas of our own medically advanced, first-world country, four cases of polio have been reported this year. That doesn’t sound like much, but it’s four up […]
skepticism
That’s Allstate’s Stand. Are you a Virgo?
There are plenty of reasons to encourage critical thinking among people. There are people who refuse to have their children vaccinated because they have a personal hypothesis – without evidence of any kind – that vaccines cause autism or lower Intelligence Quotients among children. There are grown parents who don’t seek medical attention for their […]
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A Note on ███████ and its █████ to ██████.
I thought today would be a good ████ to █████ and ██████ if only for one reason. The fact of the matter is that empirically █████ has never been ██████ on any ████. ████ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ I mean, can you believe if a person were to actually ██████ to in this way, the consequences could be ██████ ██████████. […]
Rest in Peace, Christopher Hitchens.
As we all know, Mr. Hitchens has been fighting cancer for most of this year, and realistically long before – he just didn’t know it yet. After months of suffering, Christopher Hitchens’ life came to a saddening end today, Thursday, December 15, 2011. Though suffering, there was never a debate to which he would not […]
It Came from Space!!! Well, not so much.
It would almost appear that I’m writing for the Sci-Fi Channel all of a sudden with all of the ghosts and alien stuff as of late, but unfortunately, I saw something earlier on this week that set off my skeptic radar, which I’ve now dubbed the Skadar3. It appears the news media has caught us […]
Ghost Hunters: Not Even Trying Anymore
Is it just me, or are the Ghost Hunters not even trying anymore? I’ve chatted alongside some very famous paranormal investigators, as I’ve chatted at length with those who remain nameless in the paranormal world. All along the lines, they seem to have the same opinion on the Ghost Hunters as I do: Not quite […]
Answers in Genesis Returns with a Whopping Plate of Stupidity
Anyone who has been reading my blogs for a while, or my books for that matter, knows that The Smiling Skeptic and Answers in Genesis go way back. Yeah, we’re old chums, I guess you could say. But by “old chums” what I actually mean is that they are a favorite target of mine. Not […]
Who You Gonna Call? A Smiling Skeptic’s Halloween
Do you remember being a child–if you’re my age anyway–and seeing that one movie that you thought was going to define your life – define you as a person? That one movie that you could watch over and over again as a child, and to this day, you can watch over and over again […]
Rick Perry and His Bible on Climate Change
I’m a little unclear about this: How is the subject of Galileo, Copernicus, and the heliocentric theory of the solar system in any way related to man-made climate change? It seems that Texas governor Rick Perry thinks they’re very related. He had this to say regarding man-made climate change: “The science is not settled on […]
Another Disgusting Fundie on Twitter
Why be skeptical in this world? Here’s a great example of just why. In this man’s hate-filled head is an astounding level of hubris and lack of critical thinking. Right-wing conspiracy theories combined with extreme religious beliefs, and you have JYezman. JYezman is the militia commander for the second Indiana militia. This is redneck for […]
I Can’t Believe Nobody is Talking About This
If I had a word to describe this outside of intentional slander, then I’d insert it here. Unfortunately, I don’t. The one greatest thing about the information age is that if you say something stupid, there will always be someone quick enough with the Windows 7 Snipping Tool to record it […]
Holocaust Denialism
So, this is a nice, happy little conversation I had with a Facebook chum last night. Interesting for sure; scary for sure; pathetic? Oh yes. Beyond pathetic. It’s striking to me to think that after all of these years, after all of the evidence, after all of the speeches from the survivors, that there […]
