(from the There’s One Born Every Minute dept.) (via email) James Randi’s Swift – September 28, 2007 MORE CABLE NONSENSE Several readers alerted us to yet another hilarious and preposterous situation in the “audiophile” business, which we have referred to frequently simply because if some of their claims were true, they would be paranormal. Here’s … Continue reading “$302 a foot!”
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Any scientists out there want to commit professional suicide?
Opportunity for geologists! If you want to ruin your career, you can always get a job at Answers in Genesis. Check this out from their Statement of Faith page: No apparent, perceived or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the Scriptural record. On their front page, … Continue reading “Any scientists out there want to commit professional suicide?”
New science materials for Kansas classrooms
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DOE Polygraph Program: Counter Intelligence Taken Literally
(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, May 18, 2007) 1. DOE POLYGRAPH PROGRAM: COUNTER INTELLIGENCE TAKEN LITERALLY. A 30 Apr 07 memo notified Los Alamos employees that random polygraph tests of 8,000 personnel in high-risk categories will be conducted by the DOE as part of a new counter-intelligence program. Three years ago, a … Continue reading “DOE Polygraph Program: Counter Intelligence Taken Literally”
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Voodoo Science : The Road from Foolishness to Fraud – Robert L. Park |
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The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins |
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(via Memoirs of a Skepchick) I was wondering if a “psychic” ever chimed in on the Shawn Hornbeck case… Montel: Shawn Hornbeck Reading Psychic’s clues lead to new searches, but no luck By LEROY SIGMAN\Daily Journal Staff Writer RICHWOODS — A segment in which the parents of missing 11-year-old Shawn Hornbeck talked with psychic Sylvia … Continue reading “WRONG”
American political conservatism impedes the understanding of science
(via Pharyngula) (click for larger image)The percentage of respondents believing in human evolution is plotted simultaneously against political view (conservative, moderate, liberal), education (high school or less, some college, graduate school), and respondent’s religious denomination (fundamentalist or not). Belief in evolution rises along with political liberalism, independently of control variables. I’m not terribly surprised by … Continue reading “American political conservatism impedes the understanding of science”
Polygraph: Science Moved On
(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, September 22, 2006) 1. POLYGRAPH: SCIENCE MOVED ON FEDERAL AGENCIES NEVER NOTICED. Eighteen years ago, WN said, “the polygraph can’t tell a lie from the sex act,” (WN 4 Mar 88) . It still can’t, but Monday, the Office of the Inspector General of the the Justice … Continue reading “Polygraph: Science Moved On”
The Future of Education in America?
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Guess what was missing from the Smart Grant list?
(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, August 25, 2006) 2. EVOLUTION: GUESS WHAT WAS MISSING FROM THE SMART-GRANT LIST? The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Tuesday that the list of majors that qualify for Smart grants, prepared by the Department of Education, had a blank line. It turned out to be the … Continue reading “Guess what was missing from the Smart Grant list?”