From skepdic.com:

A study done by psychologists Barry Singer and Victor Benassi at California State University at Long Beach illustrates the will to believe in psychic powers in the face of contrary evidence. They brought in a performing magician, Craig Reynolds, to do some tricks for four introductory psychology classes. Two of the classes were ( Read more... )

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Gather round, kids, for the tale of
“Doctor Shitface and His Bag of Whores”
or
“The Bag That Kept Fucking Everyone”

Little Timmy: “Mister Shitface, w-“
Dr. Shitface: “That’s Doctor Shitface.”
Little Timmy: “Uh, yeah, Doctor Shitface; where do whores come from ( Read more... )

It seems the Bush administration is asking for more funding for abstinence-only sex education programs. And of course they got it, although not as much as Bush wanted. Abstinence-only sex education programs teach kids that they should wait until marriage to have sex, and they don’t offer any real information about any kind of contraception. They ( Read more... )

I’ll try to make this brief. There have been thousands of religions throughout history, and they can’t all be right. Probably most of them are incompatible with any other one. So the believers of almost every religion have persistent false beliefs, otherwise known as delusions ( Read more... )

I’m deeply disappointed in America right now. This election should have been a landslide for Kerry. I am ashamed to be an American. I wish I lived in Europe, or at least Canada. Anywhere but here. I have become increasingly disgusted with this disgrace of a country over the course of Bush’s presidency. Fuck this president and fuck his idiot ( Read more... )

Well kids, I read the Duelfer Report so you don’t have to. That is, I read the 19 page key points summary. The whole report is over 900 pages long. Here are the highlights:

• "UN sanctions curbed Saddam’s ability to import weapons, technology, and expertise into Iraq. Sanctions also limited his ability to finance his military, intelligence, and ( Read more... )

I attended a Fear Factory/Lamb of God concert this evening at Harpos concert theatre in Detroit Michigan’s fabulous ghetto district. Driving there and back was a complete nightmare, but suffice it to say that MDOT’s mission statement is to “close down major highways with no notice, forcing drivers into unknown territory and letting them figure out ( Read more... )

Today I learned that “listening to rock music” can cause demonic possession, “particularly if the musicians are themselves involved with demons.” Also watch out for “games involving dragons.” Symptoms of demonic possession include “childhood learning disabilities and behavioral problems” and “spontaneous human combustion.” I recognize that these ( Read more... )

I believe what I am told to believe ( Read more... )