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Debunkers 2003 to 2008 ArchiveNote: Although these archive pages are fully viewable and the links to external sites should be functional, most of the links to internal locations will not function correctly because those file locations no longer exist.
As of 07/13/08, all of the posts that were in public forums - from about June 2003 - are in this archive.
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(F-01) Welcome, Administrative: Suggestions &
Complaints
Your first time here? Questions about the forum? Problems? This is where we admit we probably don't have the answers. Please be sure to check in here because this is where the general rules are posted. |
208 | 2038 | 03-31-2008 06:46 PM | Alan | |
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(F-10) News Links
Post links and a brief description to items that appear in the news and need to be debunked. |
1113 | 11945 | 04-03-2008 08:54 AM | 10SNE1 | |
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(F-14) The Smoke Filled Back Room
Board management issues. Moderators only |
13 | 301 | 03-31-2008 10:45 PM | Alan | |
| Basis and methods-What is Junk Science? Why does it exist? | |||||
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(F-07) Philosophy
Differing from politics because it's about truth, not power. |
126 | 2306 | 03-26-2008 10:10 AM | gene, 10SNE1 | |
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(F-13) Polycon
The politics and economics of science. (aka, the quest for power.) |
301 | 4211 | 03-28-2008 04:24 PM | Moderator_Steve | |
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(F-09) Math, Statistics and the Scientific
Method
The language of science: Spoken by many, understood by few. Often cited, without a clue. |
148 | 1238 | 04-02-2008 04:31 PM | Moderator_Steve | |
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(F-23) New Energy Thoughts
New energy technologies that you may find interesting. Let's look at new thoughts rather than old woo. |
129 | 812 | 03-27-2008 12:29 PM | Jeff Norman | |
| The wonderful worlds of junk science. | |||||
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(F-08) Potpourri
Can you say, "miscellaneous?" |
863 | 9601 | 04-01-2008 08:08 PM | DaveL | |
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(F-02) Global warming
Brrrrrr .... |
715 | 5599 | 04-03-2008 08:35 AM | Jeff Norman, DennisC | |
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(F-03) Demon Tobacco
With smoke comes mirrors! |
143 | 985 | 03-26-2008 01:22 PM | ||
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(F-05) Biotechnology
Dr. Frankenstein's gerbil, Super Seeds, and medical devices that make you want to go "hmmmm." |
77 | 560 | 02-28-2008 11:05 AM | gene, SPQR | |
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(F-11) Chemophobia
Endocrine disrupters, DDT, dioxin, PCB, Alar, TCE and the whole alphabet of things that scare you to death - or are meant to. |
207 | 1903 | 03-12-2008 02:02 PM | DaveL, Jeff Norman | |
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(F-04) Oh woe is us!
Population growth, oil depletion, and our other handbaskets to Hell. |
326 | 3517 | 03-11-2008 08:52 PM | Jeff Norman, gene | |
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(F-21) Physics, Astronomy, and
Cosmology
Speed of light slowing? Universe only 6000 years old? Saturn in the wrong part of sky and it ruined your date? Talk about it here. |
265 | 1691 | 03-28-2008 07:25 PM | SPQR | |
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(F-25) Sociology
The 'science' of trying to 'splain why people do what they do. |
21 | 184 | 04-01-2008 06:41 PM | Ted Hales | |
| Primary Sources-the believers, the gullible and the greedy. | |||||
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(F-19) The media.
Confusion divided by misunderstanding times deadlines. |
136 | 976 | 03-02-2008 06:40 PM | Jeff Norman, 10SNE1 | |
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(F-06) EPA, FDA, COE, OSHA, etc.
Managing our brave new world. |
97 | 717 | 04-02-2008 06:09 PM | Bill the Mod | |
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(F-16) Business - big and small
At least the underlying motive of business is simple: make money - period. ... |
59 | 518 | 02-20-2008 04:05 PM | Fred Garvin | |
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(F-24) Economics
A simple conversation on why economics affects stuff. |
35 | 301 | 04-02-2008 07:27 PM | annef | |
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(F-15) PETA, Greenpeace and "Citizens
groups"
.... but if you understand the motives of these groups - with certainty - you're probably on the board. |
120 | 837 | 03-26-2008 06:38 PM | Bill the Mod, DennisC | |
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(F-17) Academia and Medicine
Inadvertant sources, usually, when qualifiers get lost by filtering through the media. Sometimes mistaken; sometimes worse. |
329 | 2956 | 04-01-2008 09:20 PM | ||
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(F-22) Books -- Good and Bad
We've all read bad stuff. We've also read good stuff. Talk about 'em here. Keep the thread titles to the title of the book. |
316 | 1698 | 04-02-2008 10:54 PM | KGB, Chaon | |
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(F-20) The cow jumped over the moon - the
movie.
Sad to say, but true, many people get the bulk of their science "education" from the movies. So the movies that show bad science as part of the story - not fanciful, but incorrect - are the topic of this forum. |
151 | 1404 | 04-02-2008 06:06 AM | DennisC | |
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(F-18) Mixed nuts?
Your neighbor who is promoting his nuclear powered, perpetual motion machine is the topic of this forum. Sincerity does not require veracity. |
779 | 5595 | 03-29-2008 11:31 PM | Jeff Norman | |
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