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This previous live flat Earth vs not a flat Earth hosted by SciManDan debate between Conspiracy Catz and flat Earther Nathan Thompson reminds me of the current no rockets in a vacuum thread plus other threads. https://youtu.be/BXQ5VCKxioc

Don Fox, Joe Olson and Jim Fetzer are big nuke advocates, and they square off against yours truly in this long (2-hour) discussion that eventually gets a little heated. https://youtu.be/12drkO0du-E

OK, Tony & I appear to be close to addressing the issues that will allow us to have a debate. There are several issues have yet to be decided. I'm waiting for Tony to respond to the issues that I've brought up. I thought that it'd be a good idea to copy over into this thread the origin &...

This was too big of a battle to ignore. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VuXNMkBJbNg In the first half hour I noticed Duke lie about the federal reserve and such, and promote sustenance and lie about US birth rates: http://www.forbes.com/sites/neilhowe/2015/01/28/u-s-birthrate-falls-again/ What can...

This thread is for comments on the debate taking place here: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=289588 Hopefully some people can summarise the main points if things start getting too technical. Good luck to the debaters! :cheerleader2 (Mods, if this contravenes any...

In another thread, Jay Howard brought up the 2009 Harrit et al "nanothermite" paper (Harrit NH et al: Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe. The Open Chemical Physics Journal, 2009, 2, 7-31) in several posts, which I considered off-topic there...

I was wondering if any skeptics on the forums attended the debate yesterday between Matt Dillahunty and Sye Bruggencate on the topic, "Is it reasonable to believe God exists?", sponsored by Recovering from Religion. I've not seen any blogs on it yet, and I was wondering how it went.

Later tonight, I'll be debating Richard Gage of AE911Truth on Coast to Coast AM Radio. If you're curious when the show runs in your locale, click here. For me (MDT), it'll be 11:00PM - 3:00AM. After two hours with just Gage and me, we'll be joined by my colleague, physicist Kim Johnson, and...

I don't mean to say that this entire forum is pointless. By all means, keep posting and having fun here. :) I just intend to point out probably the most blaring obstruction that gets in the way that no one really bothers to chip away at. Let me illustrate. Suppose we were to make a bet...

Not that Thunderf00t needs the advertisement for additional traffic to his YouTube page (since he is definitely one of the more popular YouTube users advocating science), but for those who have not yet seen it, I highly recommend his discussion with Ray "Bananaman" Comfort. For those who do not...

Many of you know of Hardfire and the series, hosted by Ron Wieck (formerly known here as pomeroo), that examines the Truth Movement and its theories. I spoke with Ron again today, and he informed me that Tony Szamboti and David Chandler were interested in appearing and discussing their theories...

No, this is not a thread of questions for Truthers. It's a thread about questions for Truthers. Specifically, why I think there shouldn't be any. My suggestion is that members who debate with Truthers in this subforum stop asking them questions of any sort. This is partly in response to...

Richard Dawkins wrote: The latest from Comfort: If you haven't see it, Ray Comfort in action: 2z-OLG0KyR4

James B. of the Screw Loose Change Blog (and this forum) debated Jason Bermas on the internet radio show Final Round on Friday, February 6. The entire show is 2 hrs. and 43 mins. in length. After an obnoxious three minute opening, the debate runs to about and hour and fifty minutes and the...

"But the scientists didn't know about the dangers of X - so why can't Y exist?" Hi everybody! Even though I'm not an active skeptic in the community, I follow podcasts and website and always find myself defending the rational and skeptic standpoint in discussions with friends and family. And...

Pat (Brainster on this forum) has mentioned this on his blog but it was officially announced today on 9/11 Blogger. I'm not sure why Pat would let two truthers moderate but he can comment on that aspect himself. I thought The Dynamic Duo was the Jim Fezter/Kevin Barrett internet radio show so...

This is a recurring pattern I have observed. It seems to be increasing in frequency as theism loses more and more ground to rational thought. 1) Use invalid arguments to attack materialism and evolution, hoping readers are mathematically and scientifically ignorant enough to buy them. 2) When...

I don't know if anyone else here participated in high school or college forensics teams. Some team members of mine from back in the day passed this article about two CEDA coaches going at it during a tournament. It's interesting to see this side of debate, especially since I've never seen it...

Ok, I have a little story to begin this thread with. At least twice a week my wife and I go to fitness classes at a local gym. We really love the gym. It is small, but the people there are very nice and the classes suit our needs very well. One of the instructors there is my best friend...

Okay, I've finally had enough of this nonsense. No matter how thoroughly we address truther claims, we still have newbies coming out of the woodwork, ignoring all past discussion already archived here, and making the same claims all over again. I have kept posting here mainly for the...

Sorry for the somewhat misleading title:o I was just thinking of some debates I would like to see take place. The title debate is what I think would be the most entertaining/validating, but the questions I want to ask are..... A) Do you think there will ever be an "End All" debate that will...

Am I a masochist? I was bored tonight so I decided to install a chat program called Paltalk and see if there were any Truther rooms. I found one called "911 Was Inside Job for NWO Agenda" and lurked for a while to listen what they were discussing. Most of it was NWO related stuff but they also...

This could be interesting. On Monday, November 12 at 11:00 p.m. EST, Richard Gage is scheduled for a two hour debate on the Richard Syrett Show on CFRB radio (1010 on the AM dial). http://www.cfrb.com/shows/501327 From the CFRB site: A SPECIAL TWO HOUR DEBATE: WERE THE WTC TOWERS BROUGHT...

Almost one year ago, I began an email debate regarding Evolution and Intelligent Design with my Creationist brother. We have a great relationship so there was no threat of actual alienation over this topic. After about 100 pages worth of back and forth content, I decided to plainly state my...

Came across this post on LCF - http://z10.invisionfree.com/Loose_Change_Forum/index.php?showtopic=17189&view=findpost&p=14661212 Apparently Dr Griffin is ready to debate any debunker.

Anyone in Conneticut want to go and give Roy a hard time about his latest piece of nonsense? http://nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org/media/press_release_view.jsp?id=4

After reading the thread on whether the Agressive Atheistic Stance Hurts the Cause: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93474 I think people really don't have good tactics for making their case. If anyone has convinced someone to change from being religious to...

I have posted online the street interviews I conducted last September at the WTC site. The format begins with the same questions for six different people, and the conversations continue from there. Names you may recognize include (in that corner) Tom Foti, and (in this corner) Abby Scott...

The first presidential forum ever that is dedicated to LGBT issues goes down tonight! You can watch it on their website. Oddly, none of the Republicans decided to attend. I personally think that all the "debates" that they keep doing should the one issue. That way, the people can really get...

We've most of us been taught that, but it seems to me that this whole idea that "slavery is wrong" is a pretty recent development when considered against the scope of human history. And it isn't even universal- slavery still exists today, in all its forms. People have to participate in it...