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Post-Soviet strongmen prescribe vodka, hockey and folk medicine against coronavirus 3 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 2948
Apparently it's ok to push woo as a "cure" or "preventative" for the coronavirus if... 9 Archae Mar 2020 Mar 2020 7 5538
New York attorney general to televangelist Jim Bakker: stop touting product as coronavirus cure 2 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 5 2677
Flat-Earther tries to fly in home-built rocket, crash-lands, dies. 10 DetlefK Feb 2020 Mar 2020 5 4282
Guess who's back...yep! Uri Geller! 5 Archae Jan 2020 Feb 2020 2 3186
Really screwy situation in Green Bay... (Yet another update) 4 Archae Dec 2019 Jan 2020 7 2733
So I've been told all the weird weather is caused by a shift in the magnetic poles 5 TrogL Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 2598
Anti-vaxxer arrested in Samoa as measles outbreak claims over 60 lives 2 progressoid Dec 2019 Dec 2019 9 2095
An alien plot has been exposed. 14 5X Dec 2019 Dec 2019 3 3811
"specially developed inner protrusions" 4 greyl Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2682
Anti-Vaxx Woman Dresses Up As The Measles Because It's 'The Least Scary Thing,' 3 progressoid Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2773
AI will take over the world 8 5X Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 3648
Another true...er, woo crime story... 2 onager Jun 2012 Oct 2019 0 4912
Congressman Who Grilled Zuckerberg About Vaccines - Sharing Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theories on Facebook 1 progressoid Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 2108
Just great, we have more anti-vaxx loons here. 5 Archae Oct 2019 Oct 2019 5 2629
Does the CIA influence the media? 1 Archae Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1960
Misleading graphs 2 Ron Obvious Sep 2019 Sep 2019 5 2684
Oh.My.(Ostensible)Deity. Now I've seen everything. 2 eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 2509
There can be times even skeptics can be real horses' asses... 0 Archae Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1930
We have a bunch of "truthers" here. 7 Archae Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 3207
Major Flat-Earth org has harassed and abused critics and is now in serious legal trouble. 6 DetlefK Sep 2019 Sep 2019 7 3104
Kirstie Alley criticized for speaking out against psychiatric drugs: 'Tweet smells like Scientology" 3 progressoid Aug 2019 Sep 2019 1 2206
Gravitational fields, silkworm excrement, and "putor" programs. In a peer-reviewed journal. 1 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 Jul 2019 8 2161
You know what's the single most ridiculous detail in Flat-Earth-theory? 13 DetlefK Oct 2018 Jul 2019 4 4272
Female librarians are satanic portals who refuse to have sex with me. 1 DetlefK Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 2371
Dissolving the Fermi Paradox 20 CloudWatcher Jul 2018 Jul 2019 0 7460
I'm feeling like being mean. I'm gonna destroy your brain. 1 DetlefK Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 2172
The Flat-Earth community is at all-out war with itself. 9 DetlefK May 2019 Jun 2019 2 2773
How long can you make it through this video? 1 DetlefK Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 2216
Full page ad in our local shoppers' weekly... 6 Archae Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 2547

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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Roll up, roll up for Gwyneth Paltrow's great London Goop summit! Need your wallet cleaned out? 4 muriel_volestrangler Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 2413
Just watched a Tyler Henry episode and will admit... 1 TreasonousBastard Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1929
I just have to repost this post from a UFO discussion in GD 20 edhopper May 2019 May 2019 4 5582
What is going on with Boaty McMeaslesFace? 5 RainCaster May 2019 May 2019 0 3211
good (long) how-to article on reading scientific studies 0 Kali May 2019 May 2019 3 1814
Have you or anyone you know had a near death experience? 14 BigmanPigman Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 3943
There are Meghan-Markle-pregnancy-truthers. 4 DetlefK Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 2357
Fearing Their Dogs Will Develop Autism, Some Owners Are Declining Vaccinations 6 progressoid Feb 2019 Apr 2019 7 2716
Flat-Earthers planning expedition to Antarctica. 11 DetlefK Mar 2019 Apr 2019 6 3379
I've heard people say woo is "harmless..." 1 Archae Apr 2019 Apr 2019 7 2186
Auschwitz Museum Blasts Anti-vaxxers for Donning Yellow Stars in Protest 3 LeftishBrit Mar 2019 Mar 2019 7 2336
Psychics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 1 Ron Obvious Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 2253
YouTube aids flat earth conspiracy theorists, research suggests 3 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 2208
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is still on the anti-vax wagon. 3 progressoid Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 2410
God, no: Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop are oozing onto Netflix 0 progressoid Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 2130
Fucking banner ads following me around the intarwebz 4 Codeine Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 2398
Officials in anti-vaccination 'hotspot' near Portland declare an emergency over measles outbreak 2 workinclasszero Jan 2019 Jan 2019 7 2051
Dunning Kruger and GMO Opposition 2 progressoid Jan 2019 Jan 2019 7 2204
Rendlesham Forest UFO sightings 'were SAS revenge prank' - claim 2 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 2048
Why Your Detox Is Bullsh*t 2 progressoid Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 2609
All aboard the Flat Earth cruise - just don't tell them about nautical navigation 7 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 2697
Physicist Kevin Drum questions if Schrdinger's Cat Is Alive! 10 saidsimplesimon Sep 2018 Jan 2019 1 3820
Proof the US has no evidence of Aliens 16 edhopper Jun 2018 Jan 2019 5 4621
Mysterious red lights over Edmonton 0 TrogL Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 2542
San Antonio Sinclair outlet airs anti-vaxx crap... 0 Archae Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1686
India scientists dismiss Einstein theories 6 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 2478
How TV shows use serious archaeology to promote bogus history 2 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 4 2159
Americans Spend $30 Billion a Year on Alternative Medicine 7 HuckleB Jun 2016 Dec 2018 2 4022
Meet Knickers, the giant cow that is neither a cow nor a giant 2 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 2689
Atlantis Found (Again)! And Exasperated Scientists (Again) Raise Their Eyebrows 2 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 5 2218

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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Flat-Earthers say pictures are all fake... 9 Archae Oct 2018 Nov 2018 2 3088
The anti-vaxx kooks have killed an information program... 5 Archae Oct 2018 Nov 2018 13 2769
dave daubenmire once again shows us his cray-cray... 2 Archae Oct 2018 Nov 2018 0 2296
Bible Museum Gets Conned 4 Hassler Oct 2018 Oct 2018 7 4377
Energy ad 1 bora13 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1908
The Migration of the Skeptic 1 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 2039
Yes, this is the dumbest thing I have ever seen - "Akido" 3 Fix The Stupid Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 2563
'New Age' beliefs common among both religious and nonreligious Americans 1 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 2198
Just how stupid can people be? 7 Archae Sep 2018 Oct 2018 3 2973
Learn something new every day... 4 Archae Sep 2018 Oct 2018 1 2420
Wanna know why dinosaurs went extinct? 11 DetlefK Jul 2018 Oct 2018 3 3633
Remember Kent Hovind? The creationist who went to jail for cheating on taxes? 8 Archae Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 2999
Joseph Dunninger 0 BootinUp Sep 2018 Sep 2018 3 2064
James Randi - Secrets of the Psychics 2 BootinUp Sep 2018 Sep 2018 3 2265
Some ofthe Freepers are into "Pyramid Power..." 3 Archae Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 2696
On the one hand, I celebrate independence in my students 11 LeftishBrit Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 2933
Here are nine celebrities who have pushed dangerously bad science on the public 4 Archae Jul 2018 Jul 2018 4 2750
Half of Russians believe that a shadowy World Government is out to get them. 4 DetlefK Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 2737
Penis Facials Aren't Backed By Science -- Sorry, Sandra Bullock 8 progressoid Jun 2018 Jul 2018 0 3272
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