Experiments for Pseudoscientists

Here are a few good experiments for budding Pseudoscientist:

1. Ask people what it would take for them to discard a belief. Then give them what they need and see if they still believe.
2. Compare the IQ of people that believe and not believe in a pseudoscience.
3. Invent a fact and convince people it is real. Then show them it is not real. See how many still believe that the fact is real. 

  Is Psychoanalysis a Psuedo-Science? -- or, Karl Popper Versus Sigmund Freud

The First Sign of The End

Yep, the world started to end again. You heard it here first!

Haiti wasn't good enough for a lot of folks. Too small. Now we have the Chile earthquake. We have an apocalyptic 8.8 on the rock and roll scale. Haiti was just 7.0, but that is a strong quake for a country that has such poor housing construction.

But is 8.8 apocalyptic? Well, in 1960 the same area of Chile had a 9.5 quake and there were tsunami waves that hit Hawaii, and California. As I write this, the waves haven't hit, but there are people going to higher ground.  So, nothing new and thanks to earthquake resistant housing, Chili is faring much better than Haiti. No, this isn't apocalyptic. It is however as usual, not so good for a lot of people. It is apocalyptic for the many people affected (see Red Cross link below).

It is a great time for doomsayers. You will probably see a few dozen come out of the woodwork quoting the Mayan calendar again. Especially true given this quake hit in the Mayan neighborhood of South America. The latest earthquake is always a sign that we will see another that will tip the world spill the martinis of the evil people that infect the Earth.

I really wish doomsayers would be just a tad more creative...

I would prefer that you ignore the latest crop of doomsayers and instead, donate to the Red Cross who is really the best organization on the planet.

Vacations for Creationists

Vacations for Creationists!


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/03/12/creationist-vacations-adventures-in-anti-science/

World actually ended in 1886

According to the following link, the world actually ended in 1886.

http://www.gilroydispatch.com/lifestyles/254464-crazy-mariana-predicted-end-of-the-world

Earthquakes Keep On Shaking World To End

Well, another earthquake is sending us signs that the world will end any second. This time Turkey.

Funny thing though, earthquakes happen all the time. Nothing new to see here. Why can't the dead rise from their graves or folks with 666 on their foreheads get into politics? I am getting tired of or the same old signs!