I just finished reading Thomas Gilovich's "How We Know What Isn't So - The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life" (1991). It's a fascinating book. I was...
Sounds like a way to tap the "vacuum energy" - anything to it? HR Casimir force could drive tiny ratchets (May 2) _http://physicsweb.org/article/news/11/5/4_ ...
... No, that's not what it's about at all. Basically, it's about patterns of thinking, I guess you could say. Bill -- The general root of superstition is that...
This looks like a lelgitimate paper discussing a novel way of building a micromotor. It might be useful. I can't read the original article you cite, but the...
Off hand, I'd say it looks like a hoax. All we have to go on is a few photos, and a name, "Chad" with no indication where or when the pictures were taken. If...
Anybody who's skeptical should have smelled fish five years ago. I have a basic attitude that you have to take the word of government agencies and the media...
Fortune-telling no longer in the cards in Philly: City closes down psychics, astrologers and tarot-card readers PHILADELPHIA - They never saw it coming. City...
Would have to agree Eric this just doesn’t look right to me. As you rightly point out there are just far too many questions left. I am damn sure if I had...
RESEARCHERS STORE DATA IN BACTERIA DNA.... (AP) -- These days, data get stored on disks, computer chips, hard drives and good old-fashioned paper. Scientists...
Announcing the Skeptical Briefs Citizen Sane Contest for 2007! Amherst, N.Y. (May 17, 2007)—Calling all skeptics: the editors of Skeptical Briefs and the...
New Process Generates Hydrogen From Aluminum Alloy To Run Engines, Fuel Cells Science Daily — A Purdue University engineer has developed a method that uses...
Did a comet wipe out prehistoric Americans? * 19:17 22 May 2007 * NewScientist.com news service * Heather Pringle The Clovis people of North America,...
Captive shark has "virgin birth:" ... Female hammerhead sharks can reproduce without having sex, scientists confirm. The evidence comes from a shark at Henry...
Parthogenesis has been well-known for a long time. The only thing new about this is that sharks can do it. However, it only produces females. No one thinks...
I'd be suprised if there WEREN'T many many large impacts in the last 13,000 years. About 100 years ago was the Siberian meteor & fireball. There have been 130...
[[[Re: Jesus returns as shark Posted by: "ecarlson" ecarlson@... ecarlson2002 Date: Wed May 23, 2007 9:00 am ((PDT)) Parthogenesis has been well-known for...
In a message dated 5/25/2007 5:09:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... world cup in Jamaica. He tells me their weed is simply outstanding. So now you know where...
... On reading more about it, my impression is that in species where, say, XX is female and XY is male, you can only get females. However, apparently...
In a message dated 5/25/2007 8:39:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ecarlson@... writes: I think there is another possibility you should consider, that at...
WHY ARE THERE NO UNICORNS? Why are there no Unicorns? Perhaps horses develop in a way that cannot be easily modified to produce a Unicorn, so such creatures...
[[[Re: Jesus returns as shark Posted by: "hexagram14@..." hexagram14@... happy_rasta Date: Fri May 25, 2007 5:47 am ((PDT)) Eric, thanks for bringing...
Here is a Yahoo group created specifically to debunk the scam artists currently running amuck and casting doubt on all legitimate researchers and authentic,...
Someone sent me this; I don't have the original URL. It is something I think all critical thinkers should take note of: Treat Me?The crucial health stat you've...
In a message dated 6/5/2007 3:51:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... all critical thinkers should take note of: ==== Excellent article, Brian - thanks for...
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