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Category Archives: Science
Formaldehyde Found in Electronic Cigarettes? E-Cigs, Science, Regulation, and Me (Updated)
Time for yet another confession. I’m a nicotine addict. Unfortunately I’m not kidding. It first started when I was 15, but I did give it up (for a time), when I discovered that my mom was allergic. However, I was … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Law, Science, Skepticism
Tagged bad science, electronic cigarettes, Law, mechanical mods, regulated mods, regulation, science, terrible science, vaping, variable voltage mods
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When is Sleep Paralysis not Sleep Paralysis?
I wake up. Everything seems normal, though something doesn’t quite feel right. I’m in my dorm, in my overly-messy room. My roommate is in the main room watching TV. My phone, which is currently on an app called Rest M.P., … Continue reading
Nature is Not a Cultural Construct
As many of you know, I’m studying Anthropology in school. I’m moving more and more towards the Evolutionary Biology/Primatology angle because I’m looking for a potential evolutionary explanation for fanaticism. Part of taking Anthropology at Florida Atlantic University entails taking … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, School
Tagged Anthropology, Anthropology of Nature, Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Constructs, Nature, School, science
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Response to “Investigating Atheism”
Over on News24, BornAgain_Believer posted a series of questions called “Investigating Atheism“. I want to start out by noting, however, that these questions are loaded and have a lot of assumptions that are simply incorrect, at least for me. My … Continue reading
Posted in Agnosticism, Atheism, Christianity, Religion, Science, Secularism, Skepticism
Tagged agnosticism, atheism, Heaven, Hell, Investigating Atheism, Justice, Meaning, News 24, science
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SUPERMAN IS JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay. I’ve been keeping myself to a policy of not reading any reviews or anything about “Man of Steel” until I see it. But then this came up in my feed and I *had* to read it: Superman: Flying to … Continue reading
Posted in Agnosticism, Atheism, Catholicism, Christianity, Cosmology, Creation vs Evolution, Movies, Religion
Tagged catholicism, christianity, creationism, evolution, Man of Steel, Movies, Superman
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New SI Unit for Measuring Pseudoscientific Bullshit – The Chopra
It was started at Avicenna’s blog A Million Gods. He opened that post with this: Am I the only one who wishes the SI unit for “bullshitting about science” to be measured in Deepak Chopras? And no, he’s not. I … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Skepticism
Tagged Avery Thompson, Avicenna, Bullshit, Daniel Schealler, Deepak Chopra, Metric System, Pseudoscience, science, SI Unit, skepticism, The Chopra
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