#pseudoscience


# science    

thanksgiving: awkward family debates edition

The holidays are a time for family, which often means arguments with woo-loving relatives...
thanksgiving: awkward family debates edition

# science    

the man who made a real spectacle of himself

This is what happens when you're told you shouldn't read the comments but do it anyway.
the man who made a real spectacle of himself

# astrobiology    

why you're most probably not part alien

It's not completely impossible that you could have some alien DNA. But the odds are literally astronomical.
why you're most probably not part alien

# health    

how two scientists applied to be homeopaths

Two scientists submit the applications that an opening for a homeopathic doctor deserved...
how two scientists applied to be homeopaths

# oddities    

preparing for hell the pseudo-scientific way

Just because you've been condemned to hell doesn't mean it has to be torture. All you need to do is know how to prepare for your particular damnation.
preparing for hell the pseudo-scientific way

# science    

conservapedia faces off against einstein

Yes, the rumors are true, Conservapedia, the right wing anti-Wikipedia, thinks relativity is a liberal plot to indoctrinate new atheists.
conservapedia faces off against einstein

# science    

how cranks and mad scientists are born

Scientists and engineers don't turn into cranks overnight. It's a process that usually starts by not knowing when to cut one's losses...
how cranks and mad scientists are born

# space    

the daily galaxy's alternative chronology

The Daily Galaxy promotes a paper with demonstratively erroneous conclusions about the age of the universe, and very sketchy origins.
the daily galaxy's alternative chronology

# science    

dear new scientist, are you missing a backbone?

The magazine is allowing an angry crank with a vendetta against an editor to dictate what stories it will publish and pull.
dear new scientist, are you missing a backbone?

# space    

jason lisle wants to show us those tachyons!

Young Earth astrophysicist Jason Lisle is ready to publish a paper with evidence of light traveling faster than science says it does. Well, depending on what you mean by "publish" and "evidence" that is...
jason lisle wants to show us those tachyons!

# health    

australia's hccc wags its finger at anti-vaxers

Australian health watchdogs give the country's most rabid anti-vaxers a scathing rebuke, but doesn't go beyond giving them a slap on the wrist.
australia's hccc wags its finger at anti-vaxers

# science    

when a doctor discovers quantum woo…

Dr. Robert Lanza thinks he's discovered the secret of immortality and it's something very quantum and involving rebooting time loops...
when a doctor discovers quantum woo…

# science    

what krakens can teach us about peer review

Peer review, long seen as a feature of any scientific endeavor, is actually a fairly new idea. And you wouldn't believe the stuff that got published as science before it was put in place...
what krakens can teach us about peer review

# evolution    

and that's why we still have fish…

The only argument creationists have against speciation is deploying arbitrary taxonomical semantics.
and that's why we still have fish…

# science    

answers in genesis tackles logic, fails miserably

Answers In Genesis tries to debate the divine origins of logic as if it was a law of physics with the most illogical drivel they could muster.
answers in genesis tackles logic, fails miserably

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