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Which published papers, books etc have you read that helped formulate your beliefs? The reason I ask, is that I don't have the benefit of a university education and have been wandering around the net choosing material from various sources. There's a lot of conflicting information out there. I...

Which published papers, books etc have you read that helped formulate your beliefs? The reason I ask, is that I don't have the benefit of a university education and have been wandering around the net choosing material from various sources. There's a lot of conflicting information out there. I...

I'm writing a systematic review (never again!). It is on a very focused question of whether age is related to outcome A. There are 4 studies which have looked at the question. In two studies, age is a continuous variable, and in two it is dichotomous, with the split at 65 years...

One stop shopping. :) NPR just reported Lieberman has won in Connecticut, running as an Independent. Good for him.

I know that a lot of skeptics like to believe that critical thinking exercises can help us all to determine fact from falsehood. What kind of evidence is available from studies that prove that people who practice these different critical thinking exercises are less likely to be duped by...

Thirty days has ended. The results of the survey can be viewed at Stellar Survey I'm a little surprised by two things: 97 percent believe in some form of paranormal phenomena. Although 56.6 percent of respondents consider themselves religious or spiritual, belief in ghosts slightly exceeds...

I thought this was worth a new thread because it is presupposes so much. Let’s assume that we have free will. And that God is omniscient so that he can perfectly predict the results of his actions. So God causes Mr A to have a heart attack because he can perfectly predict the results of his...

Hi, This is my first post. The reason I call myself both_sides is because it describes the fact that I am both a person who places value on scientific reasoning and logical argumentation and a person who believes that the realm of the spirit and the metaphysical are real. For example, I had...

I sent away for the $100 kit to participate in the Genographic Project sponsored by National Geographic and IBM. This is the genetic project that analyzes the Y-chromosome of male participants to determine their haplogroup, which in turn identifies the participant's ancestrial migration route. I...

A few months ago, I promised to post any interesting experiment results I had. Earlier this week, I was able to purchase a relatively inexpensvie temperature sensor and have started trying to set up experiments with it. These results are not conclusive as I do not yet have a rigorous...

Hi, Since Kramer accused me of vanishing, despite the fact that I've been hanging out on the JREF forum regularly, I thought I would post my latest experimental results. They are not impressive. For those who are new, or don't recall, I am attempting to mentally influence the direction of a...

I need a list(or just some mentions) of scientific studies into the paranormal where the results are negative. Any help appreciated. :)

I am surpised to see "I don't believe in God" is even an option on an ABC poll. This is the same station that plays Rush and Sean. http://www.wabcradio.com/ How could a kind and benevolent God allow the Tsunami? God did not cause it, but allowed it, so man could show compassion. 3% God...

I wanted to revive this thread again, and get people opinions on what effect this battle had on the war. It seems to me that it had little effect, most of the insurgents , at least the important ones, avoided the hammer fall, and scattered to other cities. There appears to be more attacks in...

For later discussion I would like to capture the dire results predicted if we took out this fine, fine town. Unfortunately the media and others in the public eye often wail and moan about the terrible things that will happen if any action other than the doubtless correct action that they...

When I said I am taking a break from the forum, I said it is because I said what I wanted to say. I said I might be back if I have something to add. And I am back for my $0.02 on the subject of the election results, which I have not, and, naturally, could not have remarked on before. I think...

First batch I saw started with Bush at 30something, Kerry at 3. Currently, it is Bush 66, Kerry 77. (Fox has Bush 660, Kerry 74) :rolleyes: edited to add: I'm primarily watching www.cnn.com which has a nice map and break downs.

Here's my favorite sidebar capture from CNN:

Channel One, the station watched by a lot of children during school, held their own election. Nearly 1.4 million votes cast. Results are here Don't hold me to it, but if I remember correctly, they have done this in previous elections and successfully predicted the winner. Maybe it has...

Ok as promised i have conducted the tests on the harmonisers' ability to alter the pH of lemons as discussed here: http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=41978 The testing was done on a gold plated Harmoniser supplied via Mr C. Agar. The harmoniser is predicted to change the...

"Breaking the Silence" - Israeli's unhappy with the results of their actions. I have said it before, but I'll say it again. A lot of Israeli's are just not happy with what the wedge politics of the extremists have forced them into. It is not just the Palestinians who suffer from the...

Rough summary of results : UKIP (who want the UK to leave the EU) got around 17% of the vote, with parties who want us to remain in the EU getting about 80% of the vote (since I think the BNP want us to leave too). Labour get their worst result in a national election since 1918. The...

My parapsychologist friend from another forum submitted his paper for me to look at. I'm currently reviewing it, but the large amount of content (it's a term paper) is overwhelming me. Take a look for yourself: http://www.doomwave.com/psipaper.zip I'd have to go to the library to find reviews...

http://connected.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2004/04/22/nmidw22.xml&sSheet=/health/2004/04/22/ixhmain.html The lady didn't even know she was pregnant with twins. She was told the one baby would be breech though, and didn't think anything of it. People are getting carried...

61% of nationwide adults surveyed believe the literal account of Biblical creation. 60% believe the literal story of Noah's flood. I'm surrounded by morons. I choose to attack in all directions.

OK, now that I’ve finally topped 100 posts, I suppose it’s time I started a serious topic. It’s one I’ve had floating around in my head for months now – in fact, since I started lurking here about a year and a half ago – but I’m finally taking the time to bring all the disparate thoughts...