Brain Really Uses Quantum Effects, New Study Finds (youtu.be)
Was Roger Penrose not completely insane when he proposed his Orch OR theory of the mind? Still doesn’t explain the hard problem of consciousness, but a step closer?
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As states loosen childhood vaccine requirements, health experts’ worries grow • Stateline (stateline.org)
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Ariel School (threedollarkit.weebly.com)
The Vatican declares that it can no longer confirm the supernatural... but you can worship it anyway. (apnews.com)
The new norms reframe the Catholic Church’s evaluation process by essentially taking off the table whether church authorities will declare a particular vision, stigmata or other seemingly divinely inspired event supernatural....
The Ideological Subversion of Biology (skepticalinquirer.org)
Excellent essay from Coyne and Maroja that picks apart six widespread examples of biology being corrupted by (often well-intentioned) ideology.
Miniminuteman: Filip Zieba Debunked - TikTok's Worst Conspiracy Theorist | Pt. 1 (www.youtube.com)
This is a super long debunking video, over 90 minutes, but Miniminuteman is always fun.
The children who remember their past lives (www.washingtonpost.com)
Effective Altruism’s Bait-and-Switch: From Global Poverty To AI Doomerism (www.techdirt.com)
Decoding the Kensington Runestone (skeptoid.com)
Soviet-Era Pseudoscience Lurks behind ‘Havana Syndrome’ Worries (www.scientificamerican.com)
More thoughts on a Lost Civilization - Archaeologist Flint Dibble reflecting on his recent debate with Graham Hancock on JRE (www.youtube.com)
Alien corpse was human, stolen by grave robbers (boingboing.net)
Uncovering the Real Story Behind the 'East Bay Mystery Walls' (www.kqed.org)
Unsurprisingly, these ‘mystery walls,’ which have been attributed to everything from lost races to giants to extraterrestrials, were most likely built by European settlers.
Stefan Milo - Atlantis is dead (www.youtube.com)
This is a decent new jumping-on point for archaeology YouTuber Stefan Milo, who devotes a significant amount of time to debunking pseudoarchaeology. But all of his videos are interesting. I highly recommend him.
Dan Dennett died today, RIP (whyevolutionistrue.com)
Brilliant mind. I was lucky enough to meet him at an invited lecture once and he was nice enough to sign Freedom Evolves for me....
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know – The Quackometer (www.quackometer.net)
Seen the “98% of studies were ignored!” one doing the rounds on social media. The editorial in the BMJ put it in much better terms:...
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths Part 2 – The Quackometer (www.quackometer.net)
There is a lot of disinformation flying around about this. The original myth about Cass “dismissing 98% of all data” started because an activist on twitter read the wrong paper....
Why I Talked to Pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan (www.sapiens.org)
Here he is on Rogan if you can stomach it. I cannot....
No, The Internet Hasn’t Gotten Worse: Just Your Outlook (www.techdirt.com)
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Trump and RFK Jr. want to make the world safe again for polio and measles. You should be terrified (www.latimes.com)
Fact Check: No, A New Study Does Not Show "Being Trans Is Just A Phase" (www.erininthemorning.com)
"Don't seek refuge in the false security of consensus" (youtu.be)
The mighty Hitch and one of his great orations. I often wonder what would he think of the world, such as it is, in 2024.
He quit heading the Pentagon’s UFO office. Now a report of his has shaken up ufology (www.theguardian.com)
Wat??