Keep Your Feet on the Ground: Physics Denial Woo
Awhile back I made a post called “Gravity: Only A Theory” – it was about a spoof which used fake criticism of the physics of gravity to make fun of creationists and their pseudoscientific arguments....
View ArticleThe Physics of the Bed of Nails: No Woo Required
When I was at The Amazing Meeting 7 in Las Vegas recently, I participated in the first TAM Talent Show. My skit focused upon a favorite physics demonstration and gave me an excellent opportunity to...
View ArticleMan Claims to Have Survived 70 Years Without Food or Water
There’s a story running all over the Interwebs like wildfire… about a man who is making the seemingly miraculous claim that he has survived for 70 years without food. Essentially, the man – an Indian...
View ArticleDiscovery Channel’s “The Supernaturalist” is Super Stupid
There was a time when I had really high hopes for cable channels like the Discovery Channel – I had hoped that they would be bastions that would promote sound science amidst a sea of sensationalistic...
View ArticleSkeptical Teacher Interview on The Secular Buddhist
During my time at The Amaz!ng Meeting 9, one of the things I got to do was engage in a fun interview with my friend Ted Meissner, who runs the Secular Buddhist podcast, and his colleague Dana Nourie....
View ArticlePhysics and Martial Arts: My Interview with The Secular Buddhist
While I was at Dragon*Con in Atlanta last month, I did a lot of things. Among them was to be interviewed by my friend and skeptical colleague Ted Meissner, a.k.a. The Secular Buddhist. For a long...
View ArticleSkeptical Teacher Interview on The Secular Buddhist: Community Evolution
Once again I was interviewed recently by my friend Ted Meissner who runs The Secular Buddhist podcast, and in this podcast he and I discussed the developments and divisions within the skeptical...
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