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Skepchick Sundaylies: Montessori, Human Sacrifice, Creationism, and the Debut of Skeptability!
Everyone! Welcome our shiny new sister site Skeptability in the Skepchick Family! Sunday Funny: Science Works. Sometimes. (via Twisted Doodles) Teen Skepchick Treating Depression is Not Medicalizing Sadness Depression and sadness are not the same thing. The Physics Philes, lesson 98: The Most Important Equation in All of Physics Who knew that wave velocity and acceleration would be so important?…
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ICYMI: May 12 – May 18 on the Skepchick Network
On your mark! Get set! GO READ ALL THE SKEPCHICK NETWORK AWESOME! Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 48: Physicists Make Weird Things for Science Mindy draws a weird picture in the name of physics, and also talks tries to explain moment of inertia. Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be Eddy muses on the concept of hell. Speak You…
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Truth as Blasphemy
As mentioned in the quickies a few weeks ago, Sanal Edamaruku, president of the Indian Rationalist Association, revealed that a “weeping” cross was not actually a miracle at all, but in fact caused by a leaky drain. When he refused to retract his findings, the local Catholic Church filed a case against him for blasphemy and he now has arrest…
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Root of All Evil: Oprah vs. The Catholic Church
If you own a television with cable and you’re not watching Lewis Black’s The Root of All Evil, there’s something wrong with you. In the brain, I mean. The first episode featured two comics going head to head to decide who was more evil: Oprah or the Catholic Church. It’s a close call! Paul F. Tomkins makes a very good…
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