Today's Fresh Blogs...

• I can has souls? [denialism blog]

  Published: July 26, 2007, 1:59 pm

  Tags: Skepticism

  I couldn't resist when I read this Guardian story about Oscar, the death predicting cat. When the two-year-old grey and white cat curls up next to an elderly resident, staff now realise, this means they are likely to die in the next few hours. Such is Oscar's apparent accuracy - 25 consecutive cases so far - that nurses at the US home now warn

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• Your Friday Dose of Woo: Five years [Respectful Insolence]

  Published: July 27, 2007, 10:06 am

  Tags: Skepticism Critical Thinking

  Time is important. Our life is measured in it, and there's no way to reverse it. How we use our allotted time on this planet is, of course, the most important question that anyone ever faces. But how to measure time? It all seems so obvious, doesn't it? You have years, which are divided into 365 days with a leap year every four years to make up

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• A different take on Oscar the Kitty of Doom [Respectful Insolence]

  Published: July 29, 2007, 3:10 pm

  Tags: Skepticism Critical Thinking

  Lauren.) While I expressed skepticism the other day regarding the media reports that a cat named Oscar could predict which patients at the nursing home in which he resides were within hours of death, some of you believed it, some even going so far as to speculate that not only could Oscar detect impending death but that he hangs out by the

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• Skeptics' Circle #66 - Abstract Deadline [denialism blog]

  Published: July 31, 2007, 9:21 am

  Tags: Skepticism

  Just a reminder, I would like all submissions to the 66th Skeptics Circle by today. Read the comments on this post...

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• Skeptics' Circle Number 66 - Summary of Abstracts [denialism blog]

  Published: August 2, 2007, 4:21 am

  Tags: Skepticism

  Welcome to the 66th meeting of the International Society of Skeptics. Abstracts from attendees: Straw Men and Circular Reasoning Author: Skeptico Introduction The problem of debunking crop circles persists despite many previous valiant efforts (See Sagan, C.S. Demon Haunted World). Results In this study the author evaluates current research

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• The Amazing Meeting 5.5 [Aardvarchaeology]

  Published: August 4, 2007, 9:50 am

  Tags: Skepticism

  The theme of the meeting is Skepticism & Activism. Among the speakers are 9/11-conspiracy skeptic Mark Roberts, Skepchick founder Rebecca Watson, anti-psychic campaigner Robert S. Lancaster and sf author Michael A. Stackpole. I'm going to TAM 5.5 as an emissary of the Swedish Skeptics Society (Vetenskap och Folkbildning) and will be on one of

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• Help some skeptics [Pharyngula]

  Published: August 6, 2007, 11:09 am

  Tags: Skepticism

  The atheists, skeptics, and secular humanists of Fresno have formed up and consolidate, and now they're looking for a name for their group. Since, in the absence of an infusion of God's creative will, they couldn't possibly come up with an idea of their own, they've started a contest to come up with an appropriate label for their nest of elitist

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• Dawkins' Enemies Of Reason - Part 2 online

  Published: August 22, 2007, 3:22 pm

  Tags: Skepticism, Atheism, Psychic, Richard Dawkins, Skepticism

  This is the second of a two part documentary in which Richard Dawkins tackles the epidemic of irrational, and superstitious thinking. In this episode he looks at homeopathy in the National Health Service and faith healing. (Link) psychic, Richard Dawkins, skepticism

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• Authors@Google: James Randi

  Published: August 17, 2007, 6:03 pm

  Tags: Skepticism, James Randi, Skepticism

  hour: (Link) James Randi, skepticism

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• Deck is stacked against "mythbusters" [Aetiology]

  Published: September 6, 2007, 6:05 pm

  Tags: Skepticism

  Correcting misinformation can backfire. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a flier to combat myths about the flu vaccine. It recited various commonly held views and labeled them either "true" or "false." Among those identified as false were statements such as "The side effects are worse than the flu" and "Only

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• Exercises in skepticism [Pharyngula]

  Published: September 14, 2007, 9:50 pm

  Tags: Skepticism

  Two quick takes on a couple of oddities that were brought to my attention: cases of magic space salts and magic metal foils. Read the rest of this post... Read the comments on this post...

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• Belief doesn't protect you from being maimed by swords [Aetiology]

  Published: October 1, 2007, 6:50 pm

  Tags: Skepticism

  Last week, our friendly neighborhood germ theory denier told us that: A thing can only be a problem as long as you believe in it. Now, think and don't stop before you've seen the light. (Hint: think of evil witches, dragons, ghosts etc. Do you believe in them? Yes? Then they're a problem for you. No? Then you laugh about them). (emphasis in

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• Speaking of making stuff up [denialism blog]

  Published: October 2, 2007, 9:13 am

  Tags: Skepticism

  Next for "making up disease" files, Ed Brayton brings us news of the latest crank idea from the masturbation-obsessed nuts over at World Nut Daily. It's the new plague of masturbation-induced impotence. Pornographically Induced Impotence is now a national pandemic, raking in untold billions for pornographers and their satellite businesses as

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• Preying on the fears of pregnant women [denialism blog]

  Published: October 2, 2007, 8:04 am

  Tags: Skepticism

  Here's some woo for you. Via Gizmodo we hear about this wonderful new waste of money, Mummywraps. Designed to protect your baby from "electro-smog", the non-existent threat of electromagnetic waves from radio and cell phone sources (that we have been exposed to constantly for decades with no discernible effect), these copper "Swiss Shield"

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• Uri Geller makes a comeback! [denialism blog]

  Published: October 12, 2007, 7:19 am

  Tags: Skepticism

  Watching 30 Rock and the Office tonight I kept on seeing this commercial for a new show called "Phenomenon". The story goes: The search for the impossible begins...there are those who claim special powers, but only one can be called the greatest. Now, the mind of Uri Geller, and the mastery of Chris Angel will test them all before the world,

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