Can WiFi shake up your molecules?
Category: pseudo-science
"I view it with dread, fear and panic," he said. "I don't want to grow food under those conditions."
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 12:13 PM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Island of Doubt
An irregular exploration of the struggle between the power of rational discourse and the scientific method on one hand, and the forces of superstition and dogma on the other. Mostly regarding climate change, though.
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James Hrynyshyn is a freelance science journalist based in western North Carolina, where he tries to put degrees in marine biology and journalism to good use.
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- Science is not a religion
- Limbaugh listeners need to do some soul-searching
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- Isn't that special?
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The Demon-Haunted World:
Science as a Candle
in the Dark,
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--- H. L. Mencken
By doubting we come to inquiry; and through inquiry we perceive truth.
--- Peter Abelard
Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
-- Richard Dawkins
As for evolution, it happened. Deal with it.
-- Michael Shermer.
"There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things
which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand.
Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving, and
tiny blasts of tinny trumpets, we have met the enemy, and not only may
he be ours, he may be us."
--Walt Kelly
pseudo-science:
Roger Pielke Sr. wades into the deep end
Category: climate
I just don't understand how someone with his level of experience can assert that long-term trends are invalidated by short-term variation.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 10:10 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Signs the world is coming to an end
Category: climate
Which of these recent developments raises your eyebrows the highest? Russia is planning a fleet of floating and submersible nuclear power stations to exploit Arctic oil and gas reserves, causing widespread alarm among environmentalists. (The Guardian, May 3, 2009) Gov....
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 8:31 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Aliens oppose wind power
Category: pseudo-science
Well, how do you explain it? Some strange lights observed at the time of the incident have been explained. But the physical damage remains an X-file....
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 1:06 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Dissin' Yoga: You can almost hear the gnashing of teeth
Category: pseudo-science
The real problem sets in when yoga is offered as part of a larger program of alternative care.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 4:14 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Can celebrities save the world?
Category: pseudo-science
So Leonardo DiCaprio is picking up where Al Gore left off in the battle to keep Earth habitable. Is this a good thing?...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 2:53 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Cell phone fever: it's all in your head ... so to speak
Category: pseudo-science
A new study that shows people who say radio waves from cell phone towers are making them sick are exhibiting a purely pyschosomatic reaction won't be the last nail required to seal this particular coffin of pseudo-science. But as a...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 11:15 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The incredible calculating canine!
Category: pseudo-science
"Her husband decided to ask their 4-year-old dog another question, the square root of 25. Micah tapped his paw five times."
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 2:18 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Cowards at University College London
Category: pseudo-science
"One of the most eminent scientists in the UK" has been taking on the merchants of woo...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 8:05 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Loch Ness monster is back ... not
Category: pseudo-science
When CNN announces it has "what Loch Ness Monster watchers say is among the finest footage ever taken" it's hard not to bite. Never mind that what used to be the most famous photographic evidence turned out to be fake....
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 7:39 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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