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Written by Jeffrey Wagg
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Sunday, 25 October 2009 09:09 |
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We reported this month that Australian Skeptics had come under scrutiny due to a complaint raised by a rather impatient chiropractor. We received this today:
Hello All,
As expected, the complaint lodged against Australian Skeptics by Jospeh Ierano has been dismissed. The full details are available on our website, www.skeptics.com.au.
Thanks to all who supported us and spread the word about this complaint, which was nothing more than another attempt to silence criticism of unscientific medical practices.
Regards,
Eran Segev
President - Australian Skeptics |
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Written by Sean Sturgeon
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Friday, 06 November 2009 11:37 |
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Twenty five hundred years ago, the Chinese tactician Sun Tzu was a busy guy. He has a lot more free time now, but it was crazy back in the day. When not jotting poems about his kitties onto bamboo strips and ribbing Confucius for being "too preachy," Sun Tzu managed to churn out his masterpiece The Art of War. That book contains the following axiom:
Know your enemy and know yourself, and win a hundred battles without a single loss.
At least I assume that's what it contains. I've never even been able to get beyond the second chapter (that's the one on Bo Staff maintenance) without nodding off. Honestly, I only even remember the line because it was in an episode of Star Trek. But whether it's a military genius or one of the few actors to share the screen with both Captain Picard and Matlock, it's still good advice.
Good advice should be followed and not ignored. Yes Ray Comfort, I'm looking at you.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 07 November 2009 07:39 |
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Latest JREF News
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Written by Jeffrey Wagg
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Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:00 |
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 This Halloween, The James Randi Educational Foundation and WeirdThings.com present a never-before-attempted experiment. In front of a live internet audience, a group of prominent skeptics and magicians will try to make contact with the spirit of Harry Houdini, the world's most famous magician and challenger of the supernatural.
What makes this attempt unique is that it's being conducted by skeptics and magicians in the hopes that if contact from beyond the grave is possible, Houdini would prefer to make it with skeptics and magicians like himself.
World famous magician and skeptic James Randi will oversee the seance and will help supervise the attempt to communicate.
The seance will be conducted by magician and publisher of WeirdThings.com Andrew Mayne, WeirdThings.com editor-in-chief Justin Robert Young and magician and Scam School star Brian Brushwood.
The seance will consist of several tests for attempted communication. Words and images provided by prominent magicians and skeptics and held by James Randi will be attempted to be divined through various supernatural means including Ouija boards, automatic writing and spirit photography.
Rehearsals for the event will be held on Friday October 30th at 1 PM and Saturday at 2 PM at the Isaac Asimov Memorial Library. For press access contact Justin at 954-892-5665
Contact information
WeirdThings.com:
Andrew Mayne: Phone: (323) 743-3466 Email: andrew@andrewmayne.com
Justin Robert Young: Phone: (954) 892-5665 Email: JustinRobertYoung@gmail.com
James Randi and a spokesperson for the James Randi Educational Foundation are available for interview upon request.
Phone: 954-467-1112 Email: Brandon@Randi.org |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:54 |
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Challenge Correspondence
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Written by Alison Smith
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Friday, 14 November 2008 23:27 |
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 Received at challenge@randi.org on 13 November 2008, unaltered except for removal of sender's name.
Hi,
I was thinking about your site, and thought what about the possibility of testing for GOD. And then coincidently I found the following article on your web site (point 2.5). It is very interesting. For the first part, GOD means different things to different people. Though most people around the world believe in some form of God, or Gods.
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Last Updated on Monday, 17 November 2008 11:12 |
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Written by Phil Plait
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 13:39 |
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We at the JREF are no fans of pseudoscience, as you may imagine. Dowsing is a practice that falls squarely in that field. It's the idea that you can detect an object -- usually water, but sometimes gold, or people, or whatever -- using a y-shaped branch, or copper tubes, or some other simple device. Dowsers never really have a good explanation of how their devices work, but they tend to claim 100% accuracy.
However, the JREF has tested dowsers many, many times as part of our Million Dollar Challenge. Not to keep you in suspense, but the money still sits in the bank. In other words, time and again, the dowsers fail. When a real, double-blind, statistical test is given, dowsers fail. Every single time.
That's all well and good, and you might think it's just another silly idea that nonsense-believers adhere to despite evidence. If someone wants to waste their money on a dowser, well, caveat emptor.
But what if your life depended on it? What if thousands of lives depended on it?
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 November 2009 15:18 |
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