UPDATE: 4/30/2013 – If you’re visiting from the RDF or IFLS… Hello! Welcome! I’m so sorry. I’d like to head this post off with a disclaimer: This post is really old. Ancient by internet standards. I’m fully aware of all the problems this version of the Red Flags has. I know how weak the “Doctor” panel [...]
Read The Intro In Part One of our tale, Craig is visited by the Ghost of Woo Reasoning, namely Bertrand Russell’s Teapot. Makes sense. After all, both are unfalsifiable, imaginary things. The Ghost of Woo Reasoning was almost Ferdinand’s Booger, from the short-lived series I did on anecdotal vs. experimental evidence a while back. Acupuncture [...]
I don’t usually comment on climate change issues. Though don’t worry, it’s not out of being on the side of the “skeptics” or “deniers.” It’s just an issue I don’t follow as closely as others, and as such I haven’t had time to really sit down and research it. But there are some things in the [...]
Stop. STOP. Before you go defending your hometown as having the “best pizza on the east coast” (Looking at you, Pepe’s. You couldn’t even bother to be open when I last visited. Dead to me.), know that all of your claims to the contrary—every last one of them—are hearsay, conjecture, and anecdotal at best. I’m [...]
If you’re thinking ‘hey, he totally ignored that other Baldwin” you are correct. Monday’s discussion reminded me of this piece I had wanted to do a while ago. It’s kind of a shame… …because until 30 Rock, Stephen was my favorite Baldwin. (Bio-dome is a seriously underrated comedy folks. They had Kylie Minogue in it, [...]
UPDATE: Version 2.0 Available HERE >> This post has been a long time coming: A list of red flags to help you identify a pseudoscience or quack modality. I don’t recommend reading this entire article in one sitting, just as I probably shouldn’t have written it in such a fashion. Think of it as a [...]