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data fallacies to avoid 0 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 8 3580

Large language models' surprise emergent behavior written off as 'a mirage' 2 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 2 5674

Right now, there's no AI. There's just someone else's work. 2 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 4 12231

Just great, first the UFO bullshit and now the old zombie lie of "Cattle mutilations." 3 Archae Apr 2023 May 2023 3 13958

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Screws up on Trans Kids' Care 0 LostOne4Ever May 2023 May 2023 3 4601

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 5463

Creationists at it again in West Virginia, Texas and elsewhere 3 Proud to be Woke Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 5866

David Sedaris on Crystal Balls and other woo 0 progressoid Feb 2023 Feb 2023 3 3645

Who is Andrew Bridgen? Tory MP loses party whip for Covid comments 1 LeftishBrit Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 5556

Remember "Miss Cleo?" 4 Archae Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 3679

Be careful with Artificial Intelligence!. 3 diehardblue Apr 2022 Dec 2022 1 6367

Another conspiracy theory, this one is being pushed on Netflix. 10 Archae Nov 2022 Nov 2022 10 8452

The kind of people who support Elon Musk's Twitter-behaviour: 2 DetlefK Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 6108

I'm so glad that Mehmet Oz lost 9 LeftishBrit Nov 2022 Nov 2022 22 4138

Mick West says Pentagon seems to agree with him on Gimbal and Go Fast 4 BootinUp Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 5639

When a scam destroys entire families... 1 Archae Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 4142

ICYMI, Anne Heche either isn't dead or... 1 progressoid Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 4535

OAN (One America News) puts a total kook on... 8 Archae Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 6221

Russian conspiracy-theory: Russia defeated Napoleon in 1812 with a nuclear bomb. 4 DetlefK Jun 2022 Jul 2022 3 9406

Eric Weinstein Λ Mick West on UAPs, Evidence, Skepticism, and Stigma [Theolocution] 2 BootinUp Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 5856

Fake "psychic" claims to have found missing person... 2 Archae May 2022 May 2022 0 6652

Karol Switalski 0 greyl Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 2541

Alex Jones' Infowars files for bankruptcy after defamation suits 1 LeftishBrit Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 4232

My Gentle, Intelligent Brother Is Now A Conspiracy Theorist And His Beliefs Are Shocking 3 progressoid Jan 2022 Mar 2022 6 8132

Dybbuk box 4 XanaDUer2 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 3688

Mercola and Kennedy sue Sen. Elizabeth Warren for combating their COVID misinformation 1 progressoid Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 4611

The Conspiracy Chart 2021 4 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2022 Jan 2022 9 3518

Djokovic-backed 'biotech' firm's approach likened to homeopathy 3 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 5227

The Mentalist: There's no such thing as real psychics 7 BootinUp Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 5645

Do frauds advertise? 8 Archae Aug 2021 Jan 2022 1 3799

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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Ted Koppel's interview with Scientology's David Miscavige resurfaced. 6 endinequalitynow Jan 2022 Jan 2022 2 7698

The Most Advanced Civilization In The Universe 13 Uncle Joe Sep 2021 Jan 2022 5 6653

Freemasons 1 DetlefK Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 2852

Something I've always known about astrology... 13 Archae Nov 2021 Dec 2021 3 6393

Chakras, crystals and conspiracy theories: how the wellness industry turned its back on Covid scienc 3 LeftishBrit Nov 2021 Nov 2021 8 5058

Funny and sad at the same time: Cops catch sovereign-citizen literally drunk asleep at the wheel. 1 DetlefK Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 5122

Miracle covid cure sold in church turns out to be commercial bleach 5 LeftishBrit May 2021 Oct 2021 6 5569

The Pandemic's Worst Woman: Dr. Christiane Northrup 6 progressoid Sep 2021 Oct 2021 11 12263

Carl Sagan on the Existence of God 6 BootinUp Jul 2021 Aug 2021 17 5813

What Did Einstein Say About Religion? 5 BootinUp Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 4670

Joe Mercola warned by FDA about quack COVID-19 treatments 1 progressoid Mar 2021 Jul 2021 4 7681

Prince - Controversy (Official Music Video) 0 greyl Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 3763

Why do people assume that aliens require mechanical devices to travel? 20 Kaleva Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 8991

Jim Bakker must pay $156k for hawking "silver solution" as a Covid cure 3 muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 Jul 2021 9 5473

[CNN Health] They lost their loved ones to Covid. Then they heard from them again 5 Ron Obvious Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 7019

Response to F-16 Pilot Chris Lehto's "De-Debunking" of GoFast and Gimbal 0 BootinUp Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 4814

Keep UFO Reporting Grounded in Reality, Advise Skeptics 5 edhopper Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 4808

Mick West analyzes Navy UFO videos 14 BootinUp May 2021 May 2021 3 6355

UFOs Are Back - And They Are Still Nothing 10 edhopper May 2021 May 2021 5 4983

I thought UFOs was one of the topics excluded from GD 40 edhopper May 2021 May 2021 1 10074

He met real-life aliens. Now he's suing people who corroborate his story for trademark-infringement. 2 DetlefK May 2021 May 2021 3 3927

Fraudsters tried to trick police into shooting their friend, so they could beg online for donations. 0 DetlefK May 2021 May 2021 9 4451

I'm surprised no one has mentioned one of our "saints..." 4 Archae Oct 2020 May 2021 2 4717

I fear, the dissolution of western society is only a few decades away. 4 DetlefK Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 4745

Fore-head protection recommended. ... ... No, seriously. ... ... You have been warned. 11 DetlefK Dec 2020 Feb 2021 9 13325

NicK Cohen: Anti-vaxxers posing as victims has a history - look at Andrew Wakefield 1 LeftishBrit Jan 2021 Feb 2021 5 6630

Kesha Has Joined Demi Lovato in Trying to Use Meditation to Connect With Aliens 6 progressoid Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 5091

An Atheist Christmas Carol 2020 0 greyl Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 2645

Churches (the buildings) are a hoax because mankind did not build them. 2 DetlefK Jul 2020 Dec 2020 3 4740

The movies that turned everything tinfoil (James Oliver, New Europaean) 2 LeftishBrit Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 4593

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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Professional con-men are taking over and weaponizing conspiracy-theory communities. 5 DetlefK Nov 2019 Oct 2020 4 9512

Join the fight against "Big Paleo" 8 LunaSea Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 6573

Tarot in the Schools 10 janterry Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 4782

Reading/watching too much sci-fi? 6 Backseat Driver Aug 2020 Aug 2020 0 5790

This is what we'll be up against, if a vaccine against Covid is found. 7 Archae Aug 2020 Aug 2020 4 5204

Green Bay woman is trying to end adding fluoride to Green bay city water. Again. 11 Archae Aug 2020 Aug 2020 2 5407

Why is the NY Times spreading this bullshit? 11 Archae Jul 2020 Aug 2020 1 5459

No, Wayfair's Industrial Storage Units Do Not Come With Bonus Mole Children 2 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 Jul 2020 3 4256

WTF is this bullshit I'm seeing about the RFID/5G/Bill Gates/COVID-19 ''connection?'' 17 Orrex Apr 2020 Jul 2020 2 7188

With the horror that is 5G, it's a good thing to know you can be protected by a pendant! 7 Silent3 Jun 2020 Jul 2020 0 4824

I have found incontrovertible evidence that we live inside a Hollow-Earth. 2 DetlefK Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 2840

Anyone following this bananas fireworks conspiracy? 6 Loki Liesmith Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 4485

From someone on an FB thread I was on (warning: reading this may seriously damage your sanity!) 17 LeftishBrit May 2020 Jun 2020 2 8123

When Nobel Prize winners embrace woo... 0 Archae Jun 2020 Jun 2020 5 2575

For those of you who think that masks are only for keeping others from getting your illness 11 Chainfire Mar 2020 May 2020 8 5919

pet woo 6 Kali May 2020 May 2020 0 3563

Flat-Earther tries to use medical condition to wiggle out of having to wear a mask inside store. 8 DetlefK May 2020 May 2020 8 5465

Oxford University study shows that one in five people believe that Coronavirus is a hoax 6 LeftishBrit May 2020 May 2020 8 3454

I have an ethical question about how to deal with conspiracy-theorists. 12 DetlefK Apr 2020 May 2020 1 4847

Nomination for sceptic of the year 0 Ron Obvious May 2020 May 2020 0 2504

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