http://skepticoder.org Science, Skepticism and a healthy dose of bits. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:17:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Congratulations go out to President Elect Obama!  Now we can have much more faith in our country.  We will not take the same old crap anymore! http://skepticoder.org/?p=14 So there's an email still (somehow) circulating around regarding Obama's citizenship status, despire the matter practically being put to bed. I have a bit of a pet peeve when it comes to people spreading around scares, without even attempting to verify anything other than their own self bias. This is ... http://skepticoder.org/?p=13 Sure, the right can deny Palin's involvement in militant christian beliefs, but check this out.  This witch doctor christian, who "blesses" Palin after he speaks, wants Christians to infultrate the government.  I'm sure, though, that Palin believes none of this, and that she's just trying to score a few points, ... http://skepticoder.org/?p=12 I heard about LaSpirits while browsing the September 26th edition of SWIFT on the JREF website.  The article discussing LaSpirits written by Alison Smith, titled "LSU Ghost Hunters?", mainly focused on the leisure course run by LaSpirits founder Brad Duplechein.  I'm not going to get into the specifics of the course here, as I was not able to ... http://skepticoder.org/?p=11 Don't believe me, then ask this indian girl.  Oh, you can't, because she killed herself because of the fearmongering media in India spreading doomsday cruft about the LHC.  Learn to think, question everything, or else what better are we today than we were yesterday? http://skepticoder.org/?p=9 For Kara March 23, 2008, 11 year old Madeline Kara Neumann died of diabetic ketoacidosis, a fate that could have been prevented had her parents decided to seek medical treatment for the girl. According to experts, Madeline "had probably been ill for about 30 days, suffering symptoms like nausea, vomiting, ... http://skepticoder.org/?p=7 I tend to listen to NPR on my way to and from work.  I think NPR has excellent programming overall, and a damn sight better than most programs with their coverage.  Even their fluff pieces tend to be informative. However, I was upset today by something I heard on the local ... http://skepticoder.org/?p=6 Now that the neo-creationists have had their say with Expelled, we should relax and look forward to a (hopefully comedy-filled) documentary on the ridiculousness of religion. It's religion, it's ridiculous, it's religulous. http://skepticoder.org/?p=4 I can't tell you how many times I've heard the phrase, "It's my belief, and you're just going to have to respect that." It typically comes right after the description of some supernatural force or practice, whether it be psychic readings, energy/faith healing, chakras or any other idea ... http://skepticoder.org/?p=3