Sceptici în România

Skeptical Reporter for April 5th, 2013 TED, the nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, has revoked its prestigious TEDx licensing for an upcoming West Hollywood event. The goals of the TEDx event, titled Brother can you spare a paradigm?, were to "illuminate the urgent need to change our fundamental value system or worldview to ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-04-05"

Skeptical Reporter for March 29th, 2013 Professor Edzard Ernst, a researcher specializing in the study of complementary and alternative medicine, was fired from the journal “Homeopathy”, by the editor in chief. He has published part of the letter in which he was informed of the decision: “This is to inform you that you have been ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-03-29"

Superstiție http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWo3kTYb8W0 Calendar Bernard Jensen - 25 Martie - un iridolog implicat în tot felul de alte pseudoștiințe. Pericolele lipsei de scepticism 375.000 de lire sterline din bugetul local pentru că o casă e "bântuită" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9857121/Council-gives-away-375000-manor-because-it-is-haunted.html Fetiță de 6 ani omorâtă de tată pentru că el a crezut un lider religios că fetița ar fi ...continue reading "Sceptici în România – Episodul 63"

Skeptical Reporter for March 22nd, 2013 Three “male enhancement” products being sold online say they’re all herbal, but they contain hidden prescription drug ingredients and could be dangerous, the Food and Drug Administration warned. The three contain compounds similar to the active ingredients in the erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra and Cialis and can cause serious ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-03-22"

Skeptical Reporter for March 15th, 2013 The majority of homeschooled children in America belong to evangelical Christian families, but some parents are dismayed by the textbooks they can use to teach their children. For many evangelical families, the rationale for homeschooling has nothing to do with a belief in Young Earth Creationism or a rejection ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-03-15"

Proiectul sceptici pe Wikipedia http://youngausskeptics.com/2013/02/what-is-your-excuse-for-not-editing-wikipedia/ http://guerrillaskepticismonwikipedia.blogspot.com/ Calendar 10 martie 1982 - Cartea Efectul Jupiter - catastrofe mondiale de la alinere planetara Pericolele lipsei de scepticism Copil atacat în Tanzania pentru că era albinos; mâna i-a fost tăiată pentru a fi folosită în ritualuri magice/vrăjitorie http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2280107/Attackers-hack-hand-seven-year-old-albino-boy-Tanzania-use-body-witchcraft.html Pictură vandalizată de o doamnă care crede în conspirațiea 9/11 ...continue reading "Sceptici în România – Episodul 62"

Skeptical Reporter for March 8th, 2013 Continuing their raid on quacks and faith healers, health officials in India nabbed as many as 36 persons this week. The officials said a self-proclaimed doctor they cayght had more medicines than food items in his kitchen. The quack was identified as M K Singh who fled from the ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-03-08"

Skeptical Reporter for March 1st, 2013 Universal Pictures has won a bidding battle for movie rights to Proof Of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into The Afterlife, the runaway bestselling non-fiction book about a man who glimpsed the afterlife during a near death health crisis. It was a six figures deal and three studios chased the ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-03-01"

Introducere Obsesia "Take the red pill" satirizată https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hL1J8nFHWg Ancient Aliens Debunked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9w-i5oZqaQ Calendar  S-a nascut unul dintre cei doi creatori ai NLP (programare neurolingvistica), Richard Bandler pe 24 februarie 1950. Pericolele lipsei de scepticism Mancatorii de argila: http://ligiapop.com/2013/02/13/noua-mea-dragoste-argila-galbena/ Pica: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_%28disorder%29 Scepticism pe neașteptate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hetherington O pasăre? Un avion? Poate un meteorit? Nu, e o rachetă ...continue reading "Sceptici în România – Episodul 61"

Skeptical Reporter for February 22nd, 2013 Announcement. Registrations for this years Amaz!ng Meeting have begun. The Amaz!ng Meeting or TAM is the leading conference focused on scientific skepticism. People from all over the world come to TAM each year to share learning, laughs, and the skeptical perspective with their friends and a host of distinguished ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-02-22"