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The truthers claim that burning jet fuel was not the cause of the collapse, i agree as most of the fuel would be burnt off after 10 mins. The truthers claim that burning office equipment, furniture etc, has never resulted in a collapse, this is a false claim because most people who do...

Back when I was teaching summer school one of students showed me an amusing way to set up the deck for a fun visual effect. You started with a story about a theft and picked a card that was going to be stole, then you had the volunteer pick a favorite card and remove it. You then told a story...

I was intrigued by Randi's problem watch on the Amaz!ng Bermuda Triangle Cruise, stopping at 11:11 but later found to be working again. I don't imagine I'm clever enough to figure the most likely cause, but if I had to hazard a guess, I'd wonder if it is a mechanical watch that had a damaged...

Was thinking about this today, after reading some acerbic private messages and posts from my fanboys: Do those calling themselves skeptics who really 'stick it' to those they disagree with, actually do a disservice to skepticism by turning those people away from skepticism? In religion, for...

Given the body's own mechanism of increasing body temperature (i.e. fever), might this suggest that regular sauna usage might be beneficial in fighting viral infections ? Edited to correct my failing language skills!

I was wondering if anyone had any studies or facts about how music effects the brain and specific chemicals that may be released from listening to music. I understand music has various psysiological effects on people however what effects specifically and which chemicals would be released from...

If the speed of light is constant, regardless of whether it is being emitted from an object that is moving toward or away from an observer, I don‘t see how motion can have a Doppler effect on light as in the expanding universe theory. In other words, how can something that is not effected by...

The 10th Planet Is this bad news for astrology? Will they have to rewrite all their astrological charts now this new planet has been discovered? Will they be predicting doom and destruction when this new planet comes into alignment with any of the others?

Hello all, Water is very important for us. Different places can have different constituents in their natural water. Water quality of different places can be different due to its chemical, Indicator & Microbiological parameters. People will have to take available or distributed/supplied water &...

Hello all,;) We sometimes listen that couples, relatives, friends..can effect each other psychologically. Whether they can also effect physiologically or energetically in scientific/logical understandings, we can find out, here. Let us understand, what I meant by energetically; Energetically...

Hello all, I don't know whether it is a 'miss' for some vested interest, why Psychological & Physiological Effects of Disbelief are never mentioned on skeptic & other sites. The placebo effect as mentioned on your liked sites are the effects by 'belief', but disbelief should also be doing...

I wear glasses. I used to wear rather large glasses with large metal frames. I wore this type of glasses for a long time (at least ten years). A few years ago I chose small smaller more fashionable spectacles. These are much smaller, particularly in the lower portion of the lenses. They have...

Hello all, Several people display photographs of their nears & dears, ancestors, parents, dieties etc. pre/post oftheir death with respect & at prominent places in their homes. Some also worship those photos by burning candles, lighted lamps etc. I want to know; How a photograph of someone can...

So what caused the brain to come into existence? Could it be it that it came about (designed and/or evolved) in order to provide the means by which to channel consciousness which, was pre-existent? What would be the difference between that and say designing an amplifier in order to reproduce...

Hello, I got this spam meesage today and thought it was interesting to post here. The email contained a very lengthy message about the idea that "aliens" are sending us messages telepathically that we (humans or earth) don't have enough ET evidences, ask us to give them to you". It...

Hi all, I've been a lurker on this forum for quite some time now. First off I would like to thank all on this forum. I have learned lots and lots of things during the past months. Sure there a some threads that have derailed completely in some sort of flame wars but most of the threads are kept...

Random event generators (REGs) have been utilised in a laboratory setting to investigate the precognitive or psychokinetic skills of animal subjects (Nash, 1986, p. 146; Rush, 1982, p. 100). One arguably questionable ethically experiment protocol here is to apply moderate electric currents to...

Hi TaiChi: In looking briefly at the literature on the ganfeld effect it would appear that there is a huge area for interpretation of what constitutes a 'hit'. Perhaps you could discuss what control have been put in place and how they control for the experiementer's interpretation. Inspired by...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/08/030812073612.htm They're putting this out based on 9 patients???

Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk' A preventative measure that should prove popular!

OK, a question: I was having a discussion about JK's lil comment about gravity/marbles on the highway (from a past thread) with a physics doctorate the other day, and he posed this question: If the sun suddenly disappeared *poof*, we would only notice it gone after 4 minutes in terms of light...

So, do peace protests have any effect at all on the outcome of what goes on the world? Did protests in the 60's actually affect politics? How about now? Will peace protests have any effect or are they just a lot of noise?