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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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Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:00 pm |
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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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Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:37 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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Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:00 am |
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Polycon
The politics and economics of science. (aka, the quest for power.) |
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Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:40 am |
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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 Mar 07, 2010 8:53 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 Mar 18, 2010 11:45 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 Mar 19, 2010 4:08 pm |
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Global warming
Brrrrrr .... |
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Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:35 am |
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Demon Tobacco
With smoke comes mirrors! |
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Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:30 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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Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:23 am |
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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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Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:10 am |
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Oh woe is us!
Population growth, oil depletion, and our other handbaskets to Hell. |
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Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:38 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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Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:28 pm |
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Sociology
The 'science' of trying to 'splain why people do what they do. |
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Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:41 am |
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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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Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:52 pm |
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EPA, FDA, COE, OSHA, etc.
Managing our brave new world. |
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Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:21 pm |
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Business - big and small
At least the underlying motive of business is simple: make money - period. ... |
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Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:05 am |
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Economics
A simple conversation on why economics affects stuff. |
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Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:04 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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Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:03 am |
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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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Sat Mar 20, 2010 6:45 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 Mar 17, 2010 4:26 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 Mar 17, 2010 6:41 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 Mar 19, 2010 3:17 pm |
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