Skeptical About Skeptics: A New Website
Skeptical About Skeptics is a new website devoted to examining the world of ideologue skepticism, (a.k.a. militant atheist pseudo-skeptics.) They describe their mission this way: Skeptical About Skeptics is dedicated … Continue reading
The ABC’s of Dissecting a Controversial Subject
Controversial subjects are all around us. Bigfoot, psychic ability, UFO’s, 9/11 truthers, chem trails, crop circles, cold fusion, free energy, homeopathy and many others. Over time, I’ve had a chance … Continue reading
The Bigfoot DNA: Real Science and a Skeptical Nightmare
Earlier this year there were a flurry of news stories about Bigfoot DNA. The story started to gain steam right around the same time as the TED controversy so that … Continue reading
The Guerrilla Skeptics: Taking Creepy to 11
The Guerrilla Skeptics are an organization dedicated to editing Wikipedia. According to them they have about 90 members total and operate in several countries. Apparently the Guerrilla Skeptics are starting … Continue reading
Ugly, Hateful Bias from the Mainstream Press
The New Republic carried this headline on one of their articles: Pseudoscientist Rupert Sheldrake Is Not Being Persecuted, And Is Not Like Galileo by Jerry Coyne. My jaw dropped. It’s … Continue reading
A New Paradigm: The Growing Rejection of Psi Skepticism
This has been a heck of a year in terms of psi and controversy. And the year isn’t quite over. It seems to be the year things have begun to … Continue reading
Wikipedia: The Only Way to Win is Not to Play
This is the latest on a series of posts about editing on Wikipedia. It begins here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Also, see this article by Deepak Chopra ____________________________ This … Continue reading
Wikipedia: The Dirty Tricks Machine
This is part of a series of posts on Wikipedia: The Battle for Rupert Sheldrake’s biography, The Skeptics Problem, Adult Supervision Required (not incl.), The Trial of Tumbleman Rupert Sheldrake’s … Continue reading
Wikipedia: The Trial of Tumbleman
This is one of a series of articles on Wikipedia: The Wikipedia Battle for Rupert Sheldrake’s Biography The Wikipedia Skeptics Problem Wikipedia: Adult Supervision Required (not incl.) Sandy, a regular … Continue reading