Category: Skeptic
This October has 5 weekends! So?
I’m already tired of seeing this all over Facebook, Twitter, etc. This October (2010) has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays all in one month. It happens only once in 823 years. This does not only happen once every 823 years. One only has to go back to 2004 to see an October with … Continue reading “This October has 5 weekends! So?”
$6,800 Speaker Cables
Textbook FAIL
Martin Gardner, 1914 – 2010
Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914 – May 22, 2010)
Quantum
What PZ Myers said: When anyone other than a particle physicist talks about “quantum”, it is almost always a magic word used to project a pseudoscientific aura onto sheer raving lunacy. “Quantum” as a prefix is almost universally used to signify that the noun it modifies is about to be made crazy stupid. So simple, … Continue reading “Quantum”
Again: Are polygraphs worthless?
(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, January 15, 2010) 2. CIA: HOW MANY SPIES HAS THE POLYGRAPH EXPOSED? According to a CBS News account of the suicide bombing at a CIA base in Afghanistan, “The double agent was brought onto the base without first being given a polygraph test, one of the basic … Continue reading “Again: Are polygraphs worthless?”
Audio Cable Scams
(via eSkeptic) Audiophoolery by Ethan Winer YOU MIGHT THINK that a science-based field like audio engineering would be immune to the kind of magical thinking we see in other fields. Unfortunately, you would be wrong. In my 35 years as a professional audio engineer and musician, I’ve seen some of the most outrageous pseudoscience sold … Continue reading “Audio Cable Scams”
Probably something a gullible audiophile would buy…
(via email) Anti-Static FAIL: Cables Unlimited Anti-Static Wireless Wrist Strap Cables Unlimited’s cordless Anti-Static wrist strap harmlessly rids your body of static charges before it can damage your valuable data or computer equipment. Featuring a fully adjustable elastic fabric strap it fits comfortably around your wrist, dissipating harmful static, allowing you to install or remove … Continue reading “Probably something a gullible audiophile would buy…”
