Skepticism
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April Divining for a Date Contest Winner!
The contest was simple – Guess how many Myspace friends this contest would have at the end of April. Now, April is done and we have a winner! Congrats to Bozo Johnson who predicted: DEAR GOD everyone knows it’s 42 <— The answer: 43 I’ve unhidden the friends from the site so everyone can see. Of course, you’re still welcome…
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Skepchick Quickies 5.2
Lesbos islanders dispute gay name– Rebecca says, “Do you think this action will set a precedent for Transylvania to follow suit?” Father gives daughter bikini waxes, rides to work at brothel-Â Oh Jezebel, my favorite source of horrifying talk show clips. Colossal squid at New Zealand museum– Check out the squid claws! Anatomical theater website launch– Incredible photos of “medical…
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“People Evolved From Monkeys”
We here on Skepchick understand that not every one who visits is a hardcore skeptic chock full of everything there is to know about everything. That’s why it’s important to occasionally address the basics. Today is Evolution: What to Say to a Creationist! I was going to make this a dialog between you and Reverend Jeremiah J. Pulpitbanger III, but…
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Hamsters, Ghosts, and Autism
Has everyone finished How to Fossilize Your Hamster? The author interview should be coming soon, and I still would like to talk to anyone who has performed any of the experiments, so let me know. Our next book is Ghost by Alan Lightman. I probably won’t interview him because he doesn’t have email and I don’t remember how to communicate…
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Skepchick Quickies 5.1
Science fiction mavens offer far our Homeland Security advice A brief NYT article on the history of syphillis Jesus appears in an ultrasound Robust australopithicenes and masticatory overkill- Paranthropus robustus and Paranthropus boisei had huge masticatory muscles but a recently published study found the tooth wear consistent in both species suggested that they ate mostly a soft food-based diet. I…
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April Contest extended until May 15, 2008
Hi Skepchicks and dudes, Our April contest is going to go for a little longer. I’ve heard some comments from people not having enough time to make an entry, so instead kicking sand in those reader’s faces, I decided to extend the deadline until May 15, 2008. All the information you need to know about the contest in is this…
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How to Constructively Protest Hate Speech
Michigan, unfortunately, has become a home to many neo-nazi types recently. So I’ve had to deal with not only noose incidents, but an actual, bona fide, student hate group. Ugh. The student hate group invited Ryan Sorba, author of a (unpublished) book called “The Born Gay Hoax”, to Michigan State University. (The talk was advertised with flyers proclaiming “Gays Spread…
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When does sharing become proselytization?
I’ve been thinking about what makes proselytization inappropriate since I wrote this post. I was at the Post Office (in the US) yesterday and a woman a couple of people ahead of me in line gave a Christian tract to the clerk after she finished her transaction. “Would you like some Bible verses?†she asked him. “Why yes,†he said,…
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