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The Most Advanced Civilization In The Universe 13 Uncle Joe Sep 2021 Jan 2022 5 4658
Freemasons 1 DetlefK Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 2257
Something I've always known about astrology... 13 Archae Nov 2021 Dec 2021 3 4549
Chakras, crystals and conspiracy theories: how the wellness industry turned its back on Covid scienc 3 LeftishBrit Nov 2021 Nov 2021 8 4103
Funny and sad at the same time: Cops catch sovereign-citizen literally drunk asleep at the wheel. 1 DetlefK Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 4481
Miracle covid cure sold in church turns out to be commercial bleach 5 LeftishBrit May 2021 Oct 2021 6 4477
The Pandemic's Worst Woman: Dr. Christiane Northrup 6 progressoid Sep 2021 Oct 2021 11 11114
Carl Sagan on the Existence of God 6 BootinUp Jul 2021 Aug 2021 17 4768
What Did Einstein Say About Religion? 5 BootinUp Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 3607
Joe Mercola warned by FDA about quack COVID-19 treatments 1 progressoid Mar 2021 Jul 2021 4 7114
Prince - Controversy (Official Music Video) 0 greyl Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 3207
Why do people assume that aliens require mechanical devices to travel? 20 Kaleva Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 6152
Jim Bakker must pay $156k for hawking "silver solution" as a Covid cure 3 muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 Jul 2021 9 4682
[CNN Health] They lost their loved ones to Covid. Then they heard from them again 5 Ron Obvious Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 5936
Response to F-16 Pilot Chris Lehto's "De-Debunking" of GoFast and Gimbal 0 BootinUp Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 4291
Keep UFO Reporting Grounded in Reality, Advise Skeptics 5 edhopper Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 3796
Mick West analyzes Navy UFO videos 14 BootinUp May 2021 May 2021 3 4355
UFOs Are Back - And They Are Still Nothing 10 edhopper May 2021 May 2021 5 3474
I thought UFOs was one of the topics excluded from GD 40 edhopper May 2021 May 2021 1 4865
He met real-life aliens. Now he's suing people who corroborate his story for trademark-infringement. 2 DetlefK May 2021 May 2021 3 3216
Fraudsters tried to trick police into shooting their friend, so they could beg online for donations. 0 DetlefK May 2021 May 2021 9 3952
I'm surprised no one has mentioned one of our "saints..." 4 Archae Oct 2020 May 2021 2 3985
I fear, the dissolution of western society is only a few decades away. 4 DetlefK Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 3908
Fore-head protection recommended. ... ... No, seriously. ... ... You have been warned. 11 DetlefK Dec 2020 Feb 2021 9 11297
NicK Cohen: Anti-vaxxers posing as victims has a history - look at Andrew Wakefield 1 LeftishBrit Jan 2021 Feb 2021 5 6014
Kesha Has Joined Demi Lovato in Trying to Use Meditation to Connect With Aliens 6 progressoid Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 4097
An Atheist Christmas Carol 2020 0 greyl Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 2114
Churches (the buildings) are a hoax because mankind did not build them. 2 DetlefK Jul 2020 Dec 2020 3 4056
The movies that turned everything tinfoil (James Oliver, New Europaean) 2 LeftishBrit Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 3918
Professional con-men are taking over and weaponizing conspiracy-theory communities. 5 DetlefK Nov 2019 Oct 2020 4 8457

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Join the fight against "Big Paleo" 8 LunaSea Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 5404
Tarot in the Schools 10 janterry Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 3219
Reading/watching too much sci-fi? 6 Backseat Driver Aug 2020 Aug 2020 0 4537
This is what we'll be up against, if a vaccine against Covid is found. 7 Archae Aug 2020 Aug 2020 4 4046
Green Bay woman is trying to end adding fluoride to Green bay city water. Again. 11 Archae Aug 2020 Aug 2020 2 3792
Why is the NY Times spreading this bullshit? 11 Archae Jul 2020 Aug 2020 1 3864
No, Wayfair's Industrial Storage Units Do Not Come With Bonus Mole Children 2 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 Jul 2020 3 3607
WTF is this bullshit I'm seeing about the RFID/5G/Bill Gates/COVID-19 ''connection?'' 17 Orrex Apr 2020 Jul 2020 2 4778
With the horror that is 5G, it's a good thing to know you can be protected by a pendant! 7 Silent3 Jun 2020 Jul 2020 0 3547
I have found incontrovertible evidence that we live inside a Hollow-Earth. 2 DetlefK Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 2235
Anyone following this bananas fireworks conspiracy? 6 Loki Liesmith Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 3101
From someone on an FB thread I was on (warning: reading this may seriously damage your sanity!) 17 LeftishBrit May 2020 Jun 2020 2 5259
When Nobel Prize winners embrace woo... 0 Archae Jun 2020 Jun 2020 5 2050
For those of you who think that masks are only for keeping others from getting your illness 11 Chainfire Mar 2020 May 2020 8 4120
pet woo 6 Kali May 2020 May 2020 0 2402
Flat-Earther tries to use medical condition to wiggle out of having to wear a mask inside store. 8 DetlefK May 2020 May 2020 8 4034
Oxford University study shows that one in five people believe that Coronavirus is a hoax 6 LeftishBrit May 2020 May 2020 8 2437
I have an ethical question about how to deal with conspiracy-theorists. 12 DetlefK Apr 2020 May 2020 1 3351
Nomination for sceptic of the year 0 Ron Obvious May 2020 May 2020 0 1918
Trump presser, bleach, alcohol, covered by Wapo 2 concreteblue Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 2962
Iran's dodgy coronavirus detector - rebirth of the bomb detector that killed many in Iraq 2 muriel_volestrangler Apr 2020 Apr 2020 2 2296
Tell me about livescience.com 7 Orrex Apr 2020 Apr 2020 1 2653
Argh! (not COVID related) 2 LeftishBrit Apr 2020 Apr 2020 2 2044
Post-Soviet strongmen prescribe vodka, hockey and folk medicine against coronavirus 3 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 2331
Apparently it's ok to push woo as a "cure" or "preventative" for the coronavirus if... 9 Archae Mar 2020 Mar 2020 7 4143
New York attorney general to televangelist Jim Bakker: stop touting product as coronavirus cure 2 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 5 2156
Flat-Earther tries to fly in home-built rocket, crash-lands, dies. 10 DetlefK Feb 2020 Mar 2020 5 3249
Guess who's back...yep! Uri Geller! 5 Archae Jan 2020 Feb 2020 2 2537
Really screwy situation in Green Bay... (Yet another update) 4 Archae Dec 2019 Jan 2020 7 2164
So I've been told all the weird weather is caused by a shift in the magnetic poles 5 TrogL Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1984

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Anti-vaxxer arrested in Samoa as measles outbreak claims over 60 lives 2 progressoid Dec 2019 Dec 2019 9 1619
An alien plot has been exposed. 14 5X Dec 2019 Dec 2019 3 2535
"specially developed inner protrusions" 4 greyl Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2044
Anti-Vaxx Woman Dresses Up As The Measles Because It's 'The Least Scary Thing,' 3 progressoid Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2286
AI will take over the world 8 5X Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 2650
Another true...er, woo crime story... 2 onager Jun 2012 Oct 2019 0 4468
Congressman Who Grilled Zuckerberg About Vaccines - Sharing Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theories on Facebook 1 progressoid Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1631
Just great, we have more anti-vaxx loons here. 5 Archae Oct 2019 Oct 2019 5 1976
Does the CIA influence the media? 1 Archae Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1544
Misleading graphs 2 Ron Obvious Sep 2019 Sep 2019 5 2197
Oh.My.(Ostensible)Deity. Now I've seen everything. 2 eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1996
There can be times even skeptics can be real horses' asses... 0 Archae Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1526
We have a bunch of "truthers" here. 7 Archae Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 2367
Major Flat-Earth org has harassed and abused critics and is now in serious legal trouble. 6 DetlefK Sep 2019 Sep 2019 7 2434
Kirstie Alley criticized for speaking out against psychiatric drugs: 'Tweet smells like Scientology" 3 progressoid Aug 2019 Sep 2019 1 1696
Gravitational fields, silkworm excrement, and "putor" programs. In a peer-reviewed journal. 1 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 Jul 2019 8 1704
You know what's the single most ridiculous detail in Flat-Earth-theory? 13 DetlefK Oct 2018 Jul 2019 4 3137
Female librarians are satanic portals who refuse to have sex with me. 1 DetlefK Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1924
Dissolving the Fermi Paradox 20 CloudWatcher Jul 2018 Jul 2019 0 6024
I'm feeling like being mean. I'm gonna destroy your brain. 1 DetlefK Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1746
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