Threads about skepticism

What convinced you to be skeptical?
This is my first attempt at starting a thread. Awhile back, someone brought up the point that even once someone like Sylvia Browne is shown to be a fraud, believers ...
Calculating an exact BS factor!
I just ran across a great article called The Hovind Scale (http://allusionsofgrandeur.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-hovind-scale/). It details how exactly to determine a rating from 0 (best) to 100 (worst) for a woo claim. ...
Let's Make Skeptical-Themed Motivational/Propaganda Posters!
OK Class, it's arts & crafts time again! Inspired mainly by this thread on Bad Astronomy,http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/04/15/i-doubt-it/ I thought it would be fun for us to have a go at the ...
Preference vs. "correct" and Accuracy
There's something interesting that happens in audio systems, in particular, many people have found, some of them under analytical conditions, that they prefer signals with some moderate-level, low-order distortions to ...
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