Quickies
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Skepchick Quickies 10.30
Data weeps: Does Brent Spiner have anti-vax proclivities? – Thanks, Brent, for destroying the happy memories of my childhood crush on Data. From Emory. How about a homeopathic remedy made of…Saturn? -Â From Paul, whose assessment I agree with, that this is “Poe’s law as applied to homeopathy.” When women are sinners in the eyes of extremists – “Somalia is in…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.29
Would you live with ghosts for cheaper rent? – 69% of people who responded to a Rent.com poll would. Bad PR forces Hillsong counselling closure – “The ABC understands that the consumer watchdog ACCC has been investigating Mercy Ministries, after media reports that young women seeking psychological and medical support were instead essentially enrolled in a Bible program.” From Steph.…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.27
“Haunted people” potentially explained – From Sydney and Isaah. Younger wife for marital bliss – “The secret to a happy marriage for men is choosing a wife who is smarter and at least five years younger than you, say UK experts.” From Mandy. Scientologists convicted of fraud – “A French court has convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud, but…
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Skepchick Quickies, 10.26
Screenwriter Paul Haggis is leaving the Church of Scientology, and is happy to tell you exactly why. Just in case you were wondering: vaginal mints are a bad, bad idea. The Walt Disney Company is now offering refunds for all those “Baby Einstein†videos that did not make children into geniuses. (From Steve.) Just for fun: Iowa man at a…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.23
Happy Mole Day everyone! Rape is a pre-existing condition? – Christina Turner’s health insurance denied coverage for a doctor visit following her rape because she had also been raped 17 years earlier. From ZenMonkey. NYT article on “The Secret” sweat lodge deaths – From Zoltan. Poll: US belief in global warming is cooling – “Just 57 percent think there is…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.22
A pox on you – “My son has cancer. He can’t go into daycare because of unvaccinated children.” Arizona man runs down daughter for being “too Westernized” – “Faleh Hassan Almaleki was angry with his daughter “as she had become too ‘Westernized’ and was not living according to [the family’s] traditional Iraq[i] values,” Peoria police said in a statement released…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.15
Cat registered as hypnotherapist in UK - “The regulation of hypnotherapists in the UK is so lax that even a cat can become accredited, the BBC has found.” From Madfishmonger. The Collider, the Particle, and a Theory about Fate - From Brian who says, “Is the Higgs Boson traveling back through time to stop the LHC from creating it? Wasn’t…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.13
Two dead at “The Secret” sweat lodge retreat – “Criminal charges are possible against The Secret author James Arthur Ray after two people died in a “sweat lodge” that was meant to provide spiritual cleansing for the 64 people crowded inside.” From Samuel. Sid the Science Kid to explain vaccinations –  “Science-based preschool series Sid the Science Kid will explain the…
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