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Daily Deals and Altmed Pseudoscience – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. Daily Deals and Altmed Pseudoscience. Date: 9 May, 2013. I’ve been noticing the occasional product on the daily deal site I frequent that is, how to put this delicately, BS. Today I saw one that I just had to have some fun with and hopefully give people some idea of what the product is really about at the same time. You can see the discussion at:. Http:/ www.grabonestore.co.nz/energy-calcium-activation-cup/discuss. Or archived at http:/ www.webcitation.org/6GTWgpSot. Blast It sound...
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Elves Stop Construction – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. Date: 24 December, 2013. A couple of years ago I wrote a post about Taniwha. And whether their alleged presence should constitute a stop sign for construction projects. At the time I was responding to an article which proposed just that on the grounds that the Taniwha claims could represent indigenous knowledge of the area relevant to construction. Icelanders also have mythical creatures. That interrupt engineering projects – via human intermediaries of course. Perhaps but it seems...
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Scepticon – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. The Importance of Not Being a Dick. 2 December, 2014. Mdash; 4 Comments. The Anti-Vax Group Formerly Known as AVN. 11 March, 2014. Mdash; 0 Comments. 24 December, 2013. Mdash; 5 Comments. 29 July, 2013. Mdash; 6 Comments. It’s Not Robots, It’s You! 13 June, 2013. Mdash; 4 Comments. Daily Deals and Altmed Pseudoscience. 9 May, 2013. Mdash; 8 Comments. The Scientific Method On TV. 29 April, 2013. Mdash; 0 Comments. Amber Teething Beads: A Few Points to Consider. First, Do No Harm.
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Why Do People Use Alternative Medicine? – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. Why Do People Use Alternative Medicine? Date: 26 March, 2012. I often read that the reason people are turning to complementary/alternative/integrative(take your pick) medicine is because they are dissatisfied with the care received from mainstream/conventional/”western”* medicine. This may be true for a small segment of the population, those with a chronic illness or with terminal cancer spring to mind. But is this generally true of altmed users? 3 Philosophical congruence: Alterna...
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Scepticon – Page 2 – Just the Biased Facts
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Just the Biased Facts. Some Statistics On the Science Literacy Test. 24 January, 2013. Mdash; 0 Comments. Science Literacy Test Initial Follow-up. 23 January, 2013. Mdash; 8 Comments. Test your Science Literacy Skills. 22 January, 2013. Mdash; 24 Comments. Anti-Vaccine Charity, No More. 7 November, 2012. Mdash; 5 Comments. Battle for the iPhone Might Make You Like it More. 1 October, 2012. Mdash; 2 Comments. Energy Mirages and the False Hope of “Water Powered Cars”. 6 August, 2012. Mdash; 0 Comments.
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Disgust or Anger? – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. Date: 21 October, 2009. The ability to recognise the emotional states of those around us is a very useful tool which allows us to act appropriately in social situations. If this ability is impaired then it could lead to inappropriate reactions when dealing with others, this in turn could land us in hot water. An impairment like this has been suggested to explain the behaviour of delinquents, though it is unlikely to be a sole cause of antisocial behaviour. The emotions covered were...
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Science Literacy Test Initial Follow-up – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. Science Literacy Test Initial Follow-up. Date: 23 January, 2013. About the Science Literacy test. Has gotten some good responses. Thought I’d put up a couple of initial thoughts/feed-back on the testing:. First off it’s becoming clear that some of the questions are ambiguously worded. This is especially obvious in the results for questions 12 and 14. The first question “Which of the following is a valid scientific argument? 8221; has a 100% responder correctness score. As does ...
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The Role of Experiments in Science – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. The Role of Experiments in Science. Date: 20 March, 2012. In an attempt to widen my horizons I have been listening to the Philosophy Now podcast. Out of the UK. A recent episode concerned philosophy of science ( ep 29. And the host asked an interesting question: “Why do we have to have experiments when sometimes we can get away with observations? The implication here is that we have two things, observations on the one hand and experiments on the other. The problem with this view ho...
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Test your Science Literacy Skills – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. Test your Science Literacy Skills. Date: 22 January, 2013. Last week an interesting paper was published. Outlining the development of a test designed to evaluate science literacy. The basic idea of the test is to examine a number of different skills that are involved in evaluating scientific claims and facts. To that end I need beta testers, people who would like to take the test and give me feed-back on how to improve it. A couple of things I need to mention at this point:. Finall...
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Fish Tells: September 2009
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009. Free Thinkers Fathers and Sons Camp Out. I recently came upon a very interesting idea here. A summer camp for free thinkers. What a concept. I'm constantly asking myself, "Should I go to 'Priesthood Commemoration Campout' with the ward next weekend? Or as it used to be called, Fathers and Sons outing? How many of you would be interested in a Free Thinkers Fathers and Sons camp out. And do fun exercises on thinking. What do you all think? Who would be interested in coming?