What we imagined the climate deniers would say when the climate catastrophes came vs. what they actually are saying - Tom the Dancing Bug (lemmy.world)
Tell Your Representative in Congress to Reject Pro-Homeopathy Amendment (centerforinquiry.org)
CFI calls on our supporters to help defeat a pro-homeopathy amendment being proposed for the federal appropriations bill H.R. 4368. The homeopathy lobby is pushing hard for this amendment, and we need CFI supporters to voice their opposition to their members of Congress....
The Ohio State Medical Board has finally suspended the medical license of antivax quack Sherri Tenpenny | Science-Based Medicine (sciencebasedmedicine.org)
Shocking. No aliens have been discovered by the Pentagon. (www.washingtonpost.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12885782...
King Charles has appointed a homeopath. Why do the elite put their faith in snake oil? | Martha Gill (www.theguardian.com)
Former Pentagon UFO Investigator [not a kook] Is Pissed Because Congress Believes In Conspiracy Theories (www.vice.com)
So why did he stop hunting for UFOs on behalf of the American government? In short: Because congressional leaders believe in conspiracy theories with absolutely no substantial proof. “Our efforts were ultimately overwhelmed by sensational but unsupported claims that ignored contradictory evidence yet captured the attention of...
[Podcast] You Are Not So Smart #267 - "Do your own research" (youarenotsosmart.com)
Sedona Chinn, a researcher who studies how people make sense of competing scientific, environmental, and health-related claims, has found that the more a person values the concept of “doing your own research” , the less likely that person is to actually do their own research....
Vivek Ramaswamy JAQs off about 9/11 (www.mediaite.com)
Why is the New York Times glorifying the career of lifelong charlatan Uri Geller? (friendlyatheist.substack.com)
[Sources] COMM2240 International Media: Reliable Web Resources | LibGuides (guides.wpunj.edu)
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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)
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?
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)
Decoding the Kensington Runestone (skeptoid.com)
Effective Altruism’s Bait-and-Switch: From Global Poverty To AI Doomerism (www.techdirt.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.
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....
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.
