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What should you believe in? Shermers Baloney detection kit
on Jul 26, 2009 in Science Pseudoscience Micheal Shermer Skepticism When someone makes a claim, how do you decide whether to believe in that or not? If you believe everything anyone has told you, then you will soon have many many contradictory beliefs. Even if you only listen to people around you, you will still get...
Cognitive dissonace, therapy, UFO's wine and how to get loyality
on Jul 21, 2009 in Social Psychology Science UFOs Cognitive dissonace Psychology Doomsday cult Imagine you are a college student who has agreed to participate in a psychology experiments. When you come to the lab you are asked to perform the most boring task you have ever tried, you are extremely bored but you still complete the experiment so...
When is butter no longer butter?
on Jul 11, 2009 in Science Leptonsa Quarks The Teaching Company Free will vs determinism Butter In Steven Pollock's TTC course on "particle physics for non-physicists" he asks: how many times can I cut a piece of putter and still have butter?If I take a package of Bregott (the typical swedish brand of butter) and cut it once I think that most p...
2,5 Billion(!) dollars spent on search for alternative therapies...
on Jun 28, 2009 in Science Alternative Medicine Acupuncture Skepticism Often when I debate alternative therapies or remedies with people they claim that there is no evidence in favor of alternative methods and therapies because no one bothers to investigate (and find the amazing effects), or that no money is given to in...
Norwegians going to hell...
on Jun 20, 2009 in Norway Atheism God A few stats about Norway from this cartoon...1. They are the most peaceful nation in the world2. They have the highest standard of living3. Unemployment is below 2%4. They are the best educated people in the world5. They have the highest literacy, an...
Truth about the Atkins diet...
on May 31, 2009 in Robert Atkins Science Atkins diet Sketicism Peptide YY Harvard Skepticism Would you like to be able to eat dishes such as the one above, and get thin at the same time? According to Robert Atkins, the man behind the infamous "Atkins diet", you can. I have quite a few acquaintances who have tried the Atkins diet and quite a...
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