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People’s Choice Awards For Podcasting

Monday, November 16th, 2009

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe has been nominated by our listeners as the people’s choice for best podacst in education. From the website PodCastAwards.com This is the Fifth annual event that will recognize the best podcasters in the world by allowing the people (Listeners and Podcasters) to nominate, and then vote ...

Posted in General | 2 Comments »

Fantasies Are Good For Your Math Skills

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Who says skeptics should not indulge themselves in fantasies? Stoic, rational, logical, critical, evidence-based, scientific are just a few of the adjectives that help define us. But in the context of skepticism, you seldom hear a skeptic embracing fantasy as a practical tool on our skeptical utility-belts. It’s time to ...

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‘Tis The Season

Monday, October 26th, 2009

I love the autumn season, and I’m sure it is because I reside in Connecticut. The foliage is especially bright this year. We had a wet and cool summer which has historically translated into a very colorful and picturesque landscape. The smells of autumn are in full bloom. Home fireplaces ...

Posted in Ghosts/Demons | 1 Comment »

I Report, You Decide

Monday, October 5th, 2009

I have been a regular connoisseur of the writings of James Randi for several years. I have read four of his books (the rest are on my “to read” list), but perhaps more importantly to my personal journey into skepticism, were his writings from SWIFT, the former online weekly newsletter ...

Posted in General, Skepticism, UFO's/Aliens, humor | 4 Comments »

Cancerous Spam

Monday, September 21st, 2009

I thought I'd share an email I received today. It was forwarded to me by a co-worker, who received it from a friend, and so on - a typical chain email, or viral email. It finally made it to me after 31 forwards (and maybe more) and, apparently, about two and a half ...

Posted in Myths and Misconceptions, Science and Medicine | No Comments »

Charlie Bit My Finger (So I Am Biting Back)

Monday, September 14th, 2009

What does September 11th mean to you? Although no two people see one hundred percent eye-to-eye on any given topic, I would wager that the great majority of people feel the most basic senses of sadness and loss. Stemming from sadness and loss, there bursts a plethora of emotions and ...

Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Myths and Misconceptions | No Comments »

Crop Art

Monday, August 24th, 2009

This is one of the most beautiful “crop circles” I have ever seen. I put the words “crop circles” in quotes because I don’t think that this term properly describes what we are seeing here. This is a work of art. Carefully thought out and planned, with geometric precision and inspired ...

Posted in Pseudoscience, Science and the Media, UFO's/Aliens | 2 Comments »

A Gift Most Worthy Of Sharing

Monday, August 17th, 2009

From an SGU listener in Australia ... Salutations Rogues, I have been absorbed in your podcast since my brother recommended it to me in January 20009. It made me realize why I never felt completely comfortable with the natural remedies and new age thinking that members of my family and friends firmly ...

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Painful

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Two weeks ago, I blogged about the Daly Kos posting in which Dennis Kucinich boasted about his contributions to getting a health care reform bill passed thought his Congressional committee. So spoke the congressman: "One amendment brings into standard coverage for the first time complementary and alternative medicine." As part of my ...

Posted in Science and Medicine | 1 Comment »

The Solar Eclipse To End All Eclipses (for some)

Monday, July 27th, 2009

The Cosmos is the sum of all existence. So many things happen within our Cosmos on scales both grand and miniscule that humans confined to earth are only able to experience first hand the merest smattering of cosmological events. One of the more captivating cosmological events is when Earth’s moon ...

Posted in Astronomy/Space Science, Prophesy, Pseudoscience, Religion/Faith, Science and the Media, Skepticism | 2 Comments »

Author Archive

People’s Choice Awards For Podcasting

Fantasies Are Good For Your Math Skills

‘Tis The Season

I Report, You Decide

Cancerous Spam

Charlie Bit My Finger (So I Am Biting Back)

Crop Art

A Gift Most Worthy Of Sharing

Painful

The Solar Eclipse To End All Eclipses (for some)

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