Category Archives: Skeptical musings

Realities of a Chronic Illness

Posted on October 14, 2008

As I struggle yet again with a out-of-whack thyroid, I am slowly but surely coming to grips with having a chronic illness. My thyroid will never again work normally and I will have to take replacement hormone for the rest … Continue reading →

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Feeling Fat and Lazy

Posted on August 31, 2008

I should do something today. I am just being lazy. The sun is shining and I should go outside for a long hike. Walking around the block wouldn’t be long enough. Just sitting in front of the computer is lazy. … Continue reading →

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Serious Questions about the Stanford Prison Experiment

Posted on July 15, 2008

The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) by Phil Zimbardo has been for me an example of the astonishing things that we humans are capable of. I guess as an example of human gullibility, I had not been skeptical about the experiment, … Continue reading →

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Crackers and Other Mental Acrobatics

Posted on July 11, 2008

Last I checked, there was a period called The Enlightenment between our current time and the Dark Ages. But apparently not everyone has benefited from enlightenment as recent news make clear. As the Anglican church prepares to open their doors … Continue reading →

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Doubt Makers

Posted on June 24, 2008

During my exchange with Pat Frank in the comments to my post on the climate crisis, he raised a question about CO2‘s pollutant status. When I researched the question, I found a write up by Weather Underground that recounted the … Continue reading →

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Science and God

Posted on June 11, 2008

I just got the latest eSkeptic, a weekly email sent by the Skeptic Society. Michael Schermer has just edited a pamphlet for the (gasp) Templeton Foundation entitled “Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete?”. Although I think that Schermer made … Continue reading →

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