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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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me-fergus.jpg 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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The Demon-Haunted World:
Science as a Candle
in the Dark, by Carl Sagan
(A review)

The Doubter's Companion:
by John Ralston Saul (Excerpts)

Skeptic Magazine: www.skeptic.com

Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal: www.csicop.org

A poem by Yehuda Amichai:
The Place
Where We Are Right


The Meaning of the
Island of Doubt


Author's site: cyamid.net


Add to Technorati Favorites! Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops.
--- 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:

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."

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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.

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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....

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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....

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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.

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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?...

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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...

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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."

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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...

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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....

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