Every time I hear "it's only a theory," for some reason in my head I hear a Monty Python voice saying "it's only a flesh wound."...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
Jan 3, 2012 3:36 pm
Hmmm....no surprise to me, Colin – but certainly an additional insight into the ‘lebenty-umph dimensions of the human psyche, I will forward to the...
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dmiller840@...
Jan 4, 2012 6:41 pm
The most entertaining book I read in 2011 was Charlatan by Pope Brock. The true story of "goat gland doctor" J.R. Brinkley who in the 20's and 30's fleeced...
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Skeptic
skepticus_ma...
Jan 22, 2012 3:09 pm
This about says it all <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH3IM2NMeEI> Skeptic...
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Skeptic
skepticus_ma...
Jan 25, 2012 3:02 pm
Would love to see some of these billboards on I-75 on either side of the exits to The Creation Museum and the Ark Experience theme parks here in Kentucky. ...
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M.
m_corriganpo...
Jan 25, 2012 7:37 pm
Please refer to the KASES front page for links in post. KASES, along with the Humanist Forum of Central Kentucky and KPS, will be co-sponsoring this event. ...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
Jan 27, 2012 3:59 pm
I do not usually shill for any magazine, but the new issue of SKEPTIC just out (Vol 17, No.1) hits a lot of my special skeptical interests and so if you do not...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
Jan 28, 2012 10:38 pm
Ancient astronauts! Crop circles! Mysterious symbols! UFOs! David Icke and Quantum-Woo Schlockmeister Deepak Chopra! Perpetual motion machines! Global...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
Jan 29, 2012 10:31 pm
http://www.livescience.com/18171-contradicting-conspiracy-theories-mistrust.html The Readers’ commentary appended to this article is interesting too. Also,...
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dmiller840@...
Mar 23, 2012 10:09 pm
Oops, no, sorry KASERS, I read that wrong, but it would be more entertaining. Any KASES members from Tennesse?? David Please note that Tennessee (our neighbor...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
Apr 1, 2012 7:33 pm
KASES Member Jamie Hale to conduct scientific investigation (See below). -- Frank Inside the Lab: Caffeine & Attention by Jamie Hale "Friday I received IRB...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
Apr 5, 2012 11:32 pm
...the last one was in 1925 in Dayton, TN – I hope they can have this one there too! See... ...
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Skeptic
skepticus_ma...
Apr 6, 2012 11:10 pm
Are conservatives more anti-science than liberals? In The Republican Brain, Chris Mooney says they are, and he says this is due to innate temperamental...
Hey, that's the coolest story I've read this MONTH (and I've read some pretty cool stories this month)! Now all I need to do is digest it 'til I fully...
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Skeptic
skepticus_ma...
Apr 22, 2012 12:02 am
By Lisa Marie Chirico <http://www.care2.com/causes/rebirth-of-the-woolly-mammoth.html> The woolly mammoth vanished from the face of the earth some 10,000 years...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
Apr 22, 2012 12:15 am
"...will an actual Jurassic Park open before the fourth installment of the film?" Perhaps it is wrong for me to do so, but I do so very much hope so! – Frank...
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Dan Delaney
fluidmindorg
Apr 24, 2012 3:29 pm
Here's an excellent site about logical fallacies: http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ Study it well ;-) --Dan ___________________________________________ Dan...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
Apr 28, 2012 8:10 am
The Economist Asks: Should alternative medicine be taught in medical schools? YES NO http://www.economist.com/comment/1386811#comment-1386811 If you visit...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
Apr 30, 2012 6:40 pm
Folks, some Smack-Downs are SO lovely it puts a grin on my face that lasts for daze! http://pigeonchess.com/2012/04/29/open-mouth-insert-hoof/ -- Frank ...
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Skeptic
skepticus_ma...
May 1, 2012 7:31 am
Is something like this being pushed for in Kentucky? <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGHwpLcG_A0> Skeptic...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
May 1, 2012 4:20 pm
To my knowledge, there presently isn't such a push here in Kentucky. I (for one) would happily support an amendment to the effect that corporations are NOT...
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Alex Grigg
satans_parakeet
May 1, 2012 8:45 pm
The main problem with that sort of proportional arrangement is that the employees would have to openly disclose their political affiliations/candidate...
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Roy Crawford
musicman41858
May 2, 2012 1:58 pm
Why the employees? Shouldn't it be the owners? Customers can register their opinions with their feet.  ...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
May 2, 2012 3:46 pm
Stockholders/owners collectively parsed by their proportionate political sentiment ALONG WITH the same for employees, perhaps (what, after all, IS a...
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Dennis Pearce
depearce2001
May 3, 2012 2:18 am
The Onion's "morning show" invites a psychic who can talk to dead people you barely know to come in and work with a studio audience: ...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
May 6, 2012 7:26 pm
Jamie has posted more straight poop on Placebo effects... Conscious & Unconscious Placebo / Nocebo Effects The placebo and nocebo effect is believed to be...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
May 12, 2012 3:48 am
"Why Evolution Is True and Why Many People Still Don't Accept It," a most worthwhile (75 minute) Lecture given my Jerry Coyne at Harvard University early this...
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Frank Lovell
flovell2003
May 20, 2012 6:47 pm
A skeptical friend of mine alerted me to this, and I found to be most interesting this WIKI entry on NATURE FAKERS of the "early 20th century in which the...
