22. April 2019 · Comments Off on Conspiracy News – April 21, 2019 · Categories: Commentary, News, Skepticism · Tags: , , ,
  1. Notre Dame Fire Fuels Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theory.
  2. Glenn Beck Is Spouting Insane, Dangerous Bullshit About the Notre Dame Fire.
  3. QAnon Believers Crushed after Mueller Report Fails to Lead to Hillary Clinton’s Arrest.

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08. April 2019 · Comments Off on Conspiracy News – April 7, 2019 · Categories: Commentary, Conspiracy, News, Skepticism · Tags: ,
  1. Conspiracy Theory About Holistic Doctor Deaths Resurfaces After Nipsey Hussle Murder. (Snopes)
  2. Smollett Conspiracy Theories Target George Soros. (Daily Beast)
  3. Charlottesville Man’s Suit Against Alex Jones Advances (NPR)
  4. Alex Jones Claims ‘Psychosis’ Made Him A Sandy Hook Truther. (Huffpost)
  5. Mueller Report (Commentary)

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16. July 2017 · Comments Off on Amelia Earhart The Lost Evidence – Special Report · Categories: Commentary, Conspiracy, Podcast, Skepticism · Tags: , ,

Amelia Earhart The Lost Evidence – Special Report

 

The photos in question

Photo from the National Archives ONI Undated

Close up of ONI photo

Photo from Diet Archives 1935

http://yamanekobunko.blog52.fc2.com/blog-entry-338.html

 

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Law #1: Authority’s version of events is untrue, by default.

Law #2: Everything that differs from the authoritative version is more likely true.

Law #3: All evidence that contradicts #1 or #2 is part of the conspiracy.

From Brian Dunning Skeptoid

IICDSZG Hangout! 5/25/2013

I joined late in part 1. Enjoy….

Part 1

Part 2

29. January 2013 · Comments Off on I was a guest on the Conspiracy Skeptic podcast. · Categories: Commentary, Conspiracy, Personal, Skepticism

I was a guest on Karl Mamer’s “The Conspiracy Skeptic” podcast.

You can find the show on iTunes or at this address
The Conspiracy Skeptic

01. June 2012 · Comments Off on May 2012 – Science, Conspiracy and Skepticism in the news. · Categories: Commentary, News

May 21, 2011

Pastor Charles L. Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, North Carolina, has roundly condemned President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage while calling for gays and lesbians to be ‘put into an electrified pen’ and ultimately killed off.

*Genocide for gays*

Uploaded to YouTube in a video filmed on May 13, Pastor Worley is seen in the pulpit calling for the building of “a great, big, large fence —

150 or 100 mile long.”

“Put all the lesbians in there,” he continues. “Do the same thing for the queers and the homosexuals and have that fence electrified so they can’t get out…and you know what, in a few years, they’ll die out!”

He also said that if he’s asked who he’ll vote for, he’ll reply, “I’m not going to vote for a baby killer and a homosexual lover!” Many of the congregants are heard cheering and replying “Amen!”

Worley adds: “It makes me pukin’ sick to think about — I don’t even whether or not to say this in the pulpit — can you imagine kissing some man?”

The reverend’s vicious rant has been supported by many other protests from the pulpit in reaction to President Obama’s support for same-sex marriage, some of whom favor prosecution against anyone discovered to be gay.

Pastor Sean Harris of the Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville has advocated that parents should “punch” their male child if he is found to be effeminate and “crack that wrist” if he is “limp-wristed”.

*Akin to sanctioning union with beasts*

Similarly, Tim Rabon, pastor at Raleigh’s Beacon Baptist Church, condemned states such as Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maryland which have already “re-defined” marriage to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples before asking his congregants, “What is stopping them from refining marriage from a person and a beast? We’re not far from that.”

Based on report which includes the video concerned at:

http://tinyurl.com/cpo9xjt


Paul W Harrison

Billboards Illustrate Heartland’s Approach To Science
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201205040005

As the evidence continues to mount that humans are changing the climate
with serious consequences, the libertarian Heartland Institute is becoming
increasingly desperate to recast concern about climate change as “radical.”
This week the organization, usually so sensitive about logical fallacies,
launched a billboard campaign in Chicago associating “belief” in global
warming with murderers and tyrants, including Ted Kaczynski, Charles Manson
and Fidel Castro.

01. May 2012 · Comments Off on April 2012 – Science, Conspiracy and Skeptisim in the news. · Categories: Commentary, News, Science, Skepticism

Limbaugh Speculates That NASA Intentionally Crashed Satellite To Preserve
Global Warming “Hoax”

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201103040031

UPDATED: Fox Senior VP: Fox Anchor Knows Obama Conspiracy Tweets Were “A Mistake”
April 03, 2012 3:45 pm ET by Eric Hananoki
UPDATE: In a statement to Mediaite, Fox News senior vice president for news Michael Clemente said, “The tweets have been addressed with Heather and she understands this was a mistake.”

26. January 2012 · Comments Off on Skeptics Say · Categories: Commentary, Skepticism

“The plural of anecdotes is not data.”

“The onus of proof is on the claimant.”

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”

“If we don’t ground our model of reality on empirical evidence, then
anything goes.”

Correlation does not imply causation.

01. January 2012 · Comments Off on Observation of Skepticism · Categories: Commentary · Tags: , ,

1. Skeptics don’t support paranormal research –

2. Skeptics don’t read the research –

3. Skeptics don’t do the research –

These are the charges made by the host of the Skeptico podcast and blog, Alex Tsakiris.  And for reasons unknown to me, challenged other skeptics and skeptical podcasters why this is so. My two favorite skeptical podcasts, The Skeptics Guide to the Galaxy and Skeptoid took up the challenge and made some excellent points about why skeptics are generally critical of the paranormal and pseudoscience. After Skeptico’s interview on the global consciousness project with Brian Dunning of the Skeptoid podcast, it became clear to me that Tsakiris doesn’t seem to understand the problems of promoting the paranormal and pseudoscience. Subsequent interviews and blog postings have also revealed Tsakiris general lack of scientific knowledge and the workings of the scientific method. A blog entry by Mark Edward dated Aug 25 2009 (http://skepticblog.org/2009/08/25/everbodys-an-expert/) demonstrates this.

As a skeptic, I believe that research, when done properly, should be supported. I have yet to hear any true skeptic make a claim that paranormal research should not be done or supported. My only concern would be the use of public funds on advanced studies where the base hypothesis unproven.

I can’t speak for other skeptics, but unless I have a good reason, I probably won’t read the research. I have no vested interest to see the any paranormal research fail or succeed. And taking time out of my busy schedule is next to impossible so I really can’t give the time needed to properly understand what the research is all about. And unless I do spend some time with the research, you won’t see too much commentary on this blog.

Again I can’t speak for all skeptics, but I would think that there are more qualified persons than myself to do a scientific research project. I am trained in the field of electrical engineering so if I were to try some type of paranormal or pseudo-scientific research I would doubt any reputable scientific journal would publish my work. And it’s quite possible a less than reputable journal would turn it down based on my credentials.

This is my stand on the subject. I am sure there will be some disagreement to all this but I tend to believe that rank and file skeptics have little or no time to chase the myriad of paranormal, conspiracy, and pseudo-scientific claims. I suspect that even the top scientific skeptics have little or no time to debunk the same claims.

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