Showing posts with label skeptics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skeptics. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

4 ways vaccine skeptics mislead you on measles and more - CBS News

Measles is on the rise in the United States. So far this year, the number of cases is about 17 times what it was, on average, during the same period in each of the four years before, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Half of the people infected — mainly children — have been hospitalized. 

It's going to get worse, largely because a growing number of parents are deciding not to get their children vaccinated against measles as well as diseases like polio and pertussis...

Monday, January 2, 2023

The Great Australian Psychic Prediction Project with Rob Palmer (The Phil Ferguson Show podcast)

Interview with Rob Palmer. He reviews how a team of skeptics collected and scored 3000+ psychic "predictions".

Investing Skeptically: TDA to Schwab Update 2022-11
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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Scientific certainty survival kit: How to push back against skeptics who exploit uncertainty for political gain

When reading critiques that inflate the uncertainty of science, we suggest asking the following questions to determine whether the critique is being made in the interest of advancing science or procuring public health, or whether it is being made by someone with a hidden agenda:…


Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Guerrilla Skeptics (The Phil Ferguson Show podcast #322)

  • Interview with Guerrilla Skeptic - Rob Palmer. He tells us about the group and his work on exposing psychics! 
  • Investing Skeptically: Edward Jones restraining order 
  • Annuity offer from your job
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Monday, October 9, 2017

Atheists at the Creation Museum

On October 5th, 2012, Seth Andrews joined a group of skeptics for a tour of Kentucky's infamous Creation Museum. These are the Top Ten Lessons he took away from that experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVHWq0ZGE_Y&feature=youtu.be

Friday, June 23, 2017

Rick Perry loses his cool when confronted by Sen. Franken on climate science

After a week full of misleading and inaccurate statements, Energy Secretary Rick Perry remained incredulous and defiant when confronted with climate science-related facts in a budget hearing Thursday. Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) informed Perry that scientists have concluded that "humans are entirely the cause" of recent warming, to which Perry responded “I don’t believe it” and “I don’t buy it.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/al-franken-vs-rick-perry-climate-science-69fbc39619d4







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