Friday, March 31, 2006

Prayer is still a dud

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Oh but wait! Prayer might just be evolving into a nocebo . In the largest study of its kind, researchers found that having people pray for ...
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South (Asia) Park

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Apparently divorce among Muslims in Bengal is a cinch, at least for the husband. Just uttering "talaq" three times automatically g...

Not good to be high on this dope

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It's all in the mind and too much dopamine may be to blame for messed up perceptions. Some research indicates that an excess of dopamin...

False beliefs causes discomfort in me

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Atheist Revolution is on the mark: I believe that the value of any belief must be determined at least in part by the veracity of the belief...

Holy baloney

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Why do we insist that some good evidence be at hand before we even entertain incredible/extraordinary claims such as "An invisible enti...
Thursday, March 30, 2006

Ark sighted in the Netherlands

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Banks actually loaned this guy a million dollars to build the Ark . His profit projections must've been quite persuasive. Dutchman Johan...

Flew away to roost

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Famed atheist turned wuss Antony Flew has retreated into his shell. To top it off no one seems to know why he believes in whatever it is he...
Wednesday, March 29, 2006

And there was darkness

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Some Indians are not taking any chances with today's solar eclipse : One Indian paper advised pregnant women not to go outside during th...
Tuesday, March 28, 2006

He's come out of the woodwork again

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Even before reading Myers ' commentary I immediately knew that this time around Jesus was paying tribute to that evil bastard atheist Pi...
Monday, March 27, 2006

Thou shalt mutilate Ken and Barbie

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In a bid to (s)nip idolatry in the bud a former grand rabbi of Israel is imploring parents to amputate their children's dolls . Basing t...
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The crazy realm of religion

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Abdul Rahman the Afghan who converted to Christianity many years ago and who was perilously at the verge of being executed for becoming a M...

Oops! Wasn't ET after all

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Zeus had dunnit! Some Russian researchers are attributing the circular patterns to lightning: “Two young workers and I were testing high-vo...

ET mows the lawn in Russia

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A school has recently been opened in Russia by ufologists to teach the townsfolk all about Alien Diplomacy and Communications, among other ...

Good to see scientists actually caring

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One hopes there will be a lot more who will come out to challenge all the antiscience and poppcock going around: Science accuses BBC of medi...
Sunday, March 26, 2006

Still trying to save their delusions

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From this week's What's New by physicist Bob Park: Today, in a major front-page story, staff writer Rob Stein tells us that "t...
Saturday, March 25, 2006

Back in college I wasn't this keen about coins

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It's math class again. Suppose I toss a coin twice without allowing you to see the results. After the two flips I tell you that at least...

What is science?

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Jason Rosenhouse of Evolutionblog expounds: Science is best viewed as an activity undertaken with a specific goal in mind. That goal is to ...

Knowing vs.merely musing

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What has theology ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has theology ever said anything that is demonstrably true and is no...
Thursday, March 23, 2006

Ah! Finally something nuttier than just pareidolia

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It's a simulacrum that's said to cause miraculous healings. [The Triumph Learning and Worship Center for Life in Alabama] was flood...

How not to use a hammer in Bangkok

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Smashing idols may be hazardous to your karma: Worshippers at a famous shrine in an upmarket shopping district of Bangkok beat a 27-year-ol...