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Another one.
-- Atheist Debunks Catholic Friar Fallacies --
(from TheSkepTick)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B-OoZrCZGQ#naturalism #determinism #physicalism #positivism #freeWill #theism #God
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-- Are These The Lies Needed To Convince Us Of A God? --
(from TheSkepTick)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIptstFNWjc#teleologicalArgument #hagiography #apostles #apologetics #conversionStory
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The underwhelming reality of the White House’s own ‘Disclosure Day’
The White House released their own "Disclosure Day" tranche of UFO files - and the result was the dampest of damp squibs.
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/07/the-underwhelming-reality-of-the-white-houses-own-disclosure-day/
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The underwhelming reality of the White House’s own ‘Disclosure Day’
The White House released their own "Disclosure Day" tranche of UFO files - and the result was the dampest of damp squibs.
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/07/the-underwhelming-reality-of-the-white-houses-own-disclosure-day/
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From the archives: Quackupuncture – A question of medical ethics
From the archive in 1992, HB Gibson looks at the rise and fall - and rise again - of medical acupuncture in Western society.
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/04/from-the-archives-quackupuncture-a-question-of-medical-ethics/
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From the archives: Quackupuncture – A question of medical ethics
From the archive in 1992, HB Gibson looks at the rise and fall - and rise again - of medical acupuncture in Western society.
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/04/from-the-archives-quackupuncture-a-question-of-medical-ethics/
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From the archives: Quackupuncture – A question of medical ethics
From the archive in 1992, HB Gibson looks at the rise and fall - and rise again - of medical acupuncture in Western society.
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/04/from-the-archives-quackupuncture-a-question-of-medical-ethics/
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From the archives: Quackupuncture – A question of medical ethics
From the archive in 1992, HB Gibson looks at the rise and fall - and rise again - of medical acupuncture in Western society.
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/04/from-the-archives-quackupuncture-a-question-of-medical-ethics/
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From the archives: Quackupuncture – A question of medical ethics
From the archive in 1992, HB Gibson looks at the rise and fall - and rise again - of medical acupuncture in Western society.
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/04/from-the-archives-quackupuncture-a-question-of-medical-ethics/
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From the archives: The medium is not the message – fighting crime with psychics
From the archives in 1992, The Freethinker's Terry Sanderson examines claims that psychics were used to solve crimes.
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From the archives: The medium is not the message – fighting crime with psychics
From the archives in 1992, The Freethinker's Terry Sanderson examines claims that psychics were used to solve crimes.
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If we take away the statistical quirks and biases, is there any placebo effect left?
Once you eliminate well-understood elements like bias and regression to the mean, there's no remarkable placebo effect left to explain
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If we take away the statistical quirks and biases, is there any placebo effect left?
Once you eliminate well-understood elements like bias and regression to the mean, there's no remarkable placebo effect left to explain
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From the archives: Psychic Questing – The People of Hex and Gothic goings on
From the archives in 1992, journalist Lucy Fisher reports from the Psychic Questing Conference, on the new-age movement and its adherents
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From the archives: Psychic Questing – The People of Hex and Gothic goings on
From the archives in 1992, journalist Lucy Fisher reports from the Psychic Questing Conference, on the new-age movement and its adherents
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No, placebos probably aren’t getting stronger over time
Placebo responses have not gotten stronger over the past 30 years – trials are just better at isolating treatment effects from noise
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/07/no-placebos-probably-arent-getting-stronger-over-time/
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No, placebos probably aren’t getting stronger over time
Placebo responses have not gotten stronger over the past 30 years – trials are just better at isolating treatment effects from noise
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/07/no-placebos-probably-arent-getting-stronger-over-time/
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Studying the genetics of mediumship is the new Tooth Fairy science
A study into the genetic basis for mediumship attempts to put a scientific and biological sheen on a wholly pseudoscientific claim
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Studying the genetics of mediumship is the new Tooth Fairy science
A study into the genetic basis for mediumship attempts to put a scientific and biological sheen on a wholly pseudoscientific claim
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A brief history of The Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit
After decades researching parapsychology and testing paranormal claims, the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmith's closed it's doors for the final time in 2024.
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/03/a-brief-history-of-the-anomalistic-psychology-research-unit/
#Paranormal #Parapsychology #Psychics #Psychology #Science #Skepticism
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A brief history of The Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit
After decades researching parapsychology and testing paranormal claims, the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmith's closed it's doors for the final time in 2024.
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/03/a-brief-history-of-the-anomalistic-psychology-research-unit/
#Paranormal #Parapsychology #Psychics #Psychology #Science #Skepticism
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Supplements and garlic won’t cure the common cold, despite what the BBC say
The BBC reported on home remedies to fight the common cold – but what they gave us were weak, biased, and p-hacked studies
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Supplements and garlic won’t cure the common cold, despite what the BBC say
The BBC reported on home remedies to fight the common cold – but what they gave us were weak, biased, and p-hacked studies
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Leaked footage reveals the ‘psychic’ behind antivaxxer Joseph Mercola
Leaked footage shows leading anti-vaxxer Joseph Mercola calling for people to "march with weapons" against vets, during consultation with ‘psychic’
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Leaked footage reveals the ‘psychic’ behind antivaxxer Joseph Mercola
Leaked footage shows leading anti-vaxxer Joseph Mercola calling for people to "march with weapons" against vets, during consultation with ‘psychic’
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The Beecher story, the origin of the placebo effect myth, likely didn’t happen
The most-cited example of the powerful placebo is Henry Beecher using saline instead of morphine... except, it likely never happened
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The Beecher story, the origin of the placebo effect myth, likely didn’t happen
The most-cited example of the powerful placebo is Henry Beecher using saline instead of morphine... except, it likely never happened
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The Telepathy Tapes is wrong – autistic children don’t have supernatural powers
The Telepathy Tapes podcast claims non-verbal children have remarkable supernatural powers, based on flawed experiments and unconstrained belief
