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Compound Nonsense

Sometimes in the world of Woo, people will call upon pseudosciences or fantasies by introducing another pseudoscience or fantasy to help bolster their claims. For example, we’ve come across people who believe, and have written books about Bigfoot (Bigfeet) being a race of time-shifting extra terrestrials. We are also very familiar with people who consult [...]

Bigfoot Science

In Russia, there are about 30 authorative scientists engaged in the study of abominible snowmen. In fact, they are setting up a university resaerch institute at Kemerovo State University to study the mythical Yeti, according to The UK’s Daily Mail.

You might ask: what scientific evidence for the existence of bigfoot is the driving force [...]

Lest We Forget

Just a quick x-post from Crap Based Medicine. Lest we forget, John Benneth is ”off his remedies”, to put it very kindly.

Want To Play A Game?

Picking stocks in the stock market is both a science and an art best left to the minds of “experts”. At least that is the conventional wisdom in modern times.

“Experts” come in many forms ranging from professionals on Wall Street to astrologers consulting their charts, with a whole lot of steps in between these [...]

Overdosing on Homeopathy: the 10:23 Challenge

This is simply too good not to share.

As part of the battle of wills and search for evidence, the JREF has thrown its support behind the fabled 10:23 Challenge.

Arguably the greatest challenge for skeptics is facilitating critical inquiry and calling out claims of the paranormal. Here is the JREF organizing on six continents [...]