Daft Claim: semen-eating anal worms cause gay people
A truly daft claim by a crank asserts that anal worms that eat semen causes gay men and lesbians, and that she has a suppository cure.
Skepticism
Marketing Scams: Misleading GMO claims
The FDA in the US has formally issued guidance regarding the misleading “no GMO” claims that appears on the lables of some products.
Does Easter come from Eostre?
Does the word “Easter” derive from the name of an ancient Germanic Godess named “Eostre” or is that a modern myth?
Climate Denial – Why do people change their minds?
Why do some who adopted a previous hardline stance change their minds completely, what persuades them they were wrong?
What is Quantum acupuncture?
Article claiming acupuncture on parents would treat their kids through quantum entanglement has been retracted – it was utter BS.
Physicist Wins $1.4 million prize for being religious
It has been announced that Physicist Marcelo Gleiser has been granted the Templeton Foundation’s $1.4 million prize for 2019. Sanity warning – this is not your normal prize, winning this is not a badge of honour, it more or less announces “here is somebody prepared to blend religion with science”. What is the Templeton Foundation? … Read more