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Welcome, Administrative: Suggestions & Complaints
Your first time here? Questions about the forum? Problems? This is where we admit we probably don't have the answers. Please be sure to check in here because this is where the general rules are posted. |
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:32 am |
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News Links
Post links and a brief description to items that appear in the news and need to be debunked. |
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Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:14 am |
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Basis and methods-What is Junk Science? Why does it exist? |
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Philosophy
Differing from politics because it's about truth, not power. |
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Sat Aug 14, 2010 2:05 pm |
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Polycon
The politics and economics of science. (aka, the quest for power.) |
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Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:07 pm |
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Math, Statistics and the Scientific Method
The language of science: Spoken by many, understood by few. Often cited, without a clue. |
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Sun Aug 29, 2010 12:34 pm |
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New Energy Thoughts
New energy technologies that you may find interesting. Let's look at new thoughts rather than old woo. |
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Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:58 pm |
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The wonderful worlds of junk science. |
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Potpourri
Can you say, "miscellaneous?" |
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Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:31 am |
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Global warming
Brrrrrr .... |
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Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:36 pm |
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Demon Tobacco
With smoke comes mirrors! |
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Sun May 30, 2010 7:14 am |
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Biotechnology
Dr. Frankenstein's gerbil, Super Seeds, and medical devices that make you want to go "hmmmm." |
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Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:12 pm |
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Chemophobia
Endocrine disrupters, DDT, dioxin, PCB, Alar, TCE and the whole alphabet of things that scare you to death - or are meant to. |
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:25 am |
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Oh woe is us!
Population growth, oil depletion, and our other handbaskets to Hell. |
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Sun Aug 29, 2010 12:59 pm |
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Physics, Astronomy, and Cosmology
Speed of light slowing? Universe only 6000 years old? Saturn in the wrong part of sky and it ruined your date? Talk about it here. |
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Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:40 pm |
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Sociology
The 'science' of trying to 'splain why people do what they do. |
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Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:40 pm |
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Primary Sources-the believers, the gullible and the greedy. |
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The media.
Confusion divided by misunderstanding times deadlines. |
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Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:06 am |
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EPA, FDA, COE, OSHA, etc.
Managing our brave new world. |
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:18 am |
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Business - big and small
At least the underlying motive of business is simple: make money - period. ... |
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Fri May 07, 2010 11:03 am |
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Economics
A simple conversation on why economics affects stuff. |
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Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:53 pm |
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PETA, Greenpeace and "Citizens groups"
.... but if you understand the motives of these groups - with certainty - you're probably on the board. |
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Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:01 pm |
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Academia and Medicine
Inadvertant sources, usually, when qualifiers get lost by filtering through the media. Sometimes mistaken; sometimes worse. |
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Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:00 am |
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Books -- Good and Bad
We've all read bad stuff. We've also read good stuff. Talk about 'em here. Keep the thread titles to the title of the book. |
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:11 pm |
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The cow jumped over the moon - the movie.
Sad to say, but true, many people get the bulk of their science "education" from the movies. So the movies that show bad science as part of the story - not fanciful, but incorrect - are the topic of this forum. |
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:02 pm |
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Mixed nuts?
Your neighbor who is promoting his nuclear powered, perpetual motion machine is the topic of this forum. Sincerity does not require veracity. |
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Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:03 am |
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