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Neuroscientific Skullduggery Confirmed, Sceptics Are Not Surprised

Wed, 02/17/2010 - 10:09

As they say, "The truth will always come out. You just might not be alive anymore when it finally happens."

The 130th Skeptics Circle

Thu, 02/11/2010 - 14:40

Welcome, stranger, to the 130th edition of the Skeptics Circle, the blog carnival that is to blog carnivals what the Morris Minor is to Japan.

As a bit of a change, and to make things nice and concise so that you can get straight to the lovely juicy meat of the articles without having to read lots of tedious waffle by me first, I'm going to do a special "quotes" edition. Each quote links to an article containing that quote. For extra fun, you can try guessing what the article is about from the quote!

Is Rob Houben's 'Voice' a Hoax?

Wed, 11/25/2009 - 10:13

Recently, claims have surfaced surrounding a Belgian coma patient - Rom Houben - who spent 23 years 'locked in', conscious but paralysed. It was only recently discovered that he had been conscious, and efforts were made to enable him to communicate using a controversial technique called 'Facilitated Communication'.

The Spread of Woo by Class - Or Why PZ Myers Should Go to Church

Fri, 03/28/2008 - 11:38

While the ScienceBloggers are busy shouting at each other over the Expelled Fiasco (details here) to promote (but not actually research) the competing beliefs that a) employing soft framing or b) shouting at hardline creationists will somehow get their message across to the middle-ground they ought