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Jenny McCarthy and Wishful Thinking
A lot of readers sent us this story posted on Hollywood Life: New Report Says Jenny McCarthy’s Son May Not Have Had Autism After All. The story says that Jenny McCarthy is reversing her position on the vaccine and autism link and that she admits her son never had autism but instead has a neurological disorder called, Landau-Kleffner syndrome. The…
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Regen Traynor and the Testing of Paranormal Claims
I am a member of the IIG, a volunteer-run organization based out of The Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles, California. The IIG investigates fringe science, paranormal activity and extraordinary claims from a scientific viewpoint. I am a rather new member as I have only actively participated in the group for just under a year. I am quite fond of…
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AI: King or Queen for a Day
People that do not know about or understand the skeptical movement sometimes get a warped perspective of what kind of people skeptics are. Some wrongly confuse us with cynics. Some think we spend all day and night with our noses pressed in boring old books and some others assume we are so obsessed with being correct and dismantling reality that…
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AI: I Will Cut You
I am by no means perfect. None of us are. Life is a growing process. I try to refine my skills and behaviors as the years go by in order to promote the happiness and productivity of myself and the people around me. When I do something that I have found to be a bad or unhealthy thing, I do…
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The Skeptic Next Door: Joey Haban
We realized that while we are out and about being Skepchicks that we have made a lot of wonderful friends and we are very fortunate to run into new skeptics on a regular basis. It occurred to us that it would be fun to introduce some of the wonderful people each of have met to the rest of our friends…
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Ex-Scientologists Hold Press Conference at CFI LA
Yesterday at Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles, a press conference was held where six former Scientology staff members exposed alleged abusive conditions inside the church of Scientology, including exploitation, physical abuse and forced abortions. This press conference coincided with the two-year anniversary of global protests against the church by the internet group Anonymous. Another anti-Scientology protest is being held today in Hollywood. KABC-Los Angeles news…
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AI: Make A Wish
As skeptics we work hard at discarding superstitions and rationalizing our behaviors. We abandon fantasies such as the tooth-fairy and ghosts in exchange for a rational outlook at a world that is surprisingly rich in its reality. We don’t need to avoid the black cat that crosses our path for we realize they need not be feared. The number 13…
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The Gospel Of Luke
I will admit it. I was never a fan of Luke Perry. Beverly Hills 90210 irritated the crap outa me and therefor Luke Perry annoyed the crap outa me. I never gave it a second thought until a few days ago when suddenly Luke Perry became AWESOME. And in case you haven’t heard what he said I thought I would…
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