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Destiny Has Control of Your Mind

viewfromreality wrote 1 month ago: If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought or deed,  I will gladly change. I … more →

Tags: Science and Skepticism, Skepticism, New Zealand, Politics & Society, bad ideas, Culture, ethics

Science is Indifferent to Beliefs

viewfromreality wrote 3 months ago: People are giving themselves and their ideas too much credit if they really think science is out to … more →

Tags: Science and Skepticism, Skepticism, secular ethics, Philosophy of Science, bad ideas, Culture, pseudoscience

Statistically Speaking - The Lottery Fallacy

viewfromreality wrote 3 months ago: Have you ever thought about someone, then the phone rings and THEY are on the other end? Ever had a … more →

Tags: Science and Skepticism, Skepticism, Philosophy of Science, bad ideas

Improving Connections: Reduce Self-Centerness

markwhardwick wrote 3 months ago: The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we are not aware of and do not understand.” … more →

Tags: people skills, coaching, Personal Change and Growth, Self Awareness, ABC Principle, Self-sabotage

How Not to Report on Pseudoscience

viewfromreality wrote 4 months ago: A great example of false balance and incorrect reporting of fringe pseudoscientific claims cropped u … more →

Tags: Science and Skepticism, Skepticism, New Zealand, bad ideas, Culture, pseudoscience

View From Atop the Pedestal

viewfromreality wrote 4 months ago: It has occured to me, that from the way humans devour the natural envronment at the expense of  othe … more →

Tags: Science and Skepticism, Skepticism, secular ethics, Politics & Society, Evolution, Philosophy of Science, bad ideas, Culture, ethics

Evolution by Natural Selection.2 comments

Sajid wrote 4 months ago: Today, human life expectancy is about 70 years.  Understanding a theory that explains changes in lif … more →

Tags: Evolution, Darwin 2009, Faith, Human Evolution, natural selection, Origin of life, Public awareness, Richard Feynman, Science

"It's Only a Theory" - Creationist Garbling Part 23 comments

viewfromreality wrote 5 months ago: In the first post in this series on creationist argument and intellectual dishonesty by creationists … more →

Tags: Science and Skepticism, Skepticism, Politics & Society, Evolution, Philosophy of Science, bad ideas, Culture, pseudoscience

"It's Only a Theory" - Creationist Garbling Part 1

viewfromreality wrote 5 months ago: What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence” -Christopher Hitchens … more →

Tags: Science and Skepticism, Skepticism, Politics & Society, Evolution, Philosophy of Science, bad ideas, Culture, pseudoscience

Zip it, Or We'll Sue!

viewfromreality wrote 6 months ago: What do you do if you promote pseudoscientific nonsense and don’t want people to criticize you … more →

Tags: Science and Skepticism, Skepticism, New Zealand, Crap Based Medicine, Politics & Society, bad ideas, Culture, UK, Simon Singh

Transform Me

Ronald wrote 6 months ago: TODAY’S VERSE “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the ren … more →

Tags: Christian Living, Devotional, Devotion, Self Esteem, The Word, Salvation, Guidance, Faith, Motivation

Food rituals - ED or OCD?16 comments

greythinking wrote 7 months ago: Food rituals are pretty common among individuals with eating disorders… cutting things into ti … more →

Tags: eating disorder, Diagnosis, OCD, Mental Health, Depression, Psychology, Anorexia, Bulimia, anorexic

The Nonsense That Lurks - Homeopathy

viewfromreality wrote 7 months ago: Did you know that even the most preposterous, implausible medical modality or supplement can have an … more →

Tags: Science and Skepticism, Skepticism, New Zealand, Crap Based Medicine, bad ideas, Culture, Homeopathy, pseudoscience

When Belief Unjustifiably Trumps Science

viewfromreality wrote 8 months ago: One of the problems with publically accepted beliefs is the mechanism by which those beliefs come ab … more →

Tags: Science and Skepticism, Skepticism, New Zealand, Crap Based Medicine, bad ideas, Culture

It beggars belief

steveshark wrote 8 months ago: FFS…we have the biggest political story in years and what may turn out to be a watershed momen … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, Bizarre, Ghosts, The Times, dark ages

Ray's Comforting Private Universe Part II - Bad (Non) Science

viewfromreality wrote 8 months ago: We’ve touched on Ray Comfort’s weird logic in attempting to advance a teleological (desi … more →

Tags: Science and Skepticism, Skepticism, bad ideas

Ray's Comforting Private Universe - Pt 1

viewfromreality wrote 9 months ago: New Zealand’s own Ray Comfort is a prolific author. WIth more than 70 Christian book titles to … more →

Tags: Science and Skepticism, Skepticism, Evolution, Philosophy of Science, bad ideas

Let Me Get This Straight

Michael wrote 1 year ago: As a person of Catholicious upbringing, it’s important for me to keep up with these things. Ac … more →

Tags: piffle

Stop Ruining My Placebo!

Michael wrote 1 year ago: I really hate to put this kind of testimonial online, because I know how it looks. But seriously, I … more →

Tags: Personal Gripes


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