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Skepticism
Skepchick Book Club: Subliminal
Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! Join in the thread to discuss this month’s book, Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior by Leonard Mlodinow. We all like to think that we’re in control of our memories and thoughts, but as the author of this book showed, there is a lot going on that you don’t know about.…
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Skepticism
Skepchick Quickies 10.31
Happy Halloween! This is my favorite holiday of the year, but unfortunately I can’t participate tonight because I’ll be in class instead. Those of you who are dressing up, please tell me all about your awesome costumes! (Last year, my husband was Norman Bates’ mom and I was the shower scene from Psycho.) Bush’s FEMA Director During Katrina Criticizes Obama…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.29
On October 29, 1863, the International Red Cross was formed. Coincidentally, if you’re in the path of Hurricane Sandy today (as I am), please be careful! Dog debarking policy at AVMA raises activists’ howls of protest – It’s sad that there are dog lovers supporting this surgery. Calling All Germs – Do you really want to know how dirty your…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.24
On October 24, 1901, Annie Edison Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. And she did it on her 63rd birthday! Peanut Butter Takes On an Unlikely Best Friend – I’ve never even heard of this food combination. Has anyone ever tried this? I’m both intrigued and grossed out. At Last, Somebody Made A…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.22
I know today is October 22, but I just wanted to draw attention to the fact that yesterday, October 21, Paul Kurtz passed away. In a description from the American Atheists’ Facebook page, he was ” […] the father of modern secular humanism, the founder of the Center for Inquiry, of the Council for Secular Humanism and many other important…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.17
On October 17, 1956, Bobby Fischer (13 years old) and Donald Byrne (a chess Olympiad) played a game of chess that came to be known as The Game of the Century. Mind The Binder – If you heard anything about last night’s debate, you probably heard about Mitt’s Binders Full of Women. Turns out, there is a bit of untruth…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.15
On October 15, 1951, the first episode of I Love Lucy aired. Interesting fact that you probably already know: Lucille Ball was pregnant on the show with her second child and wrote the pregnancy into the show, but the censors would not let her say the word “pregnant.” Rapists, Beware: Detroit Prosecutor IDs 21 Attackers in ‘Rape Kit’ Investigation – From Bug.…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.10
On October 10, 1967, the Outer Space Treaty came into force. It basically establishes space law and forbids countries who signed the treaty from stationing weapons of mass destruction anywhere in space. Most major countries have signed and ratified the document. Australia’s Female Prime Minister Rips Misogynist a New One in Epic Speech on Sexism – Oh SNAP. Someone notify…
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