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UFOs Are Back - And They Are Still Nothing 10 edhopper May 2021 May 2021 5 3268
I thought UFOs was one of the topics excluded from GD 40 edhopper May 2021 May 2021 1 4545
He met real-life aliens. Now he's suing people who corroborate his story for trademark-infringement. 2 DetlefK May 2021 May 2021 3 3065
Fraudsters tried to trick police into shooting their friend, so they could beg online for donations. 0 DetlefK May 2021 May 2021 9 3829
I'm surprised no one has mentioned one of our "saints..." 4 Archae Oct 2020 May 2021 2 3856
I fear, the dissolution of western society is only a few decades away. 4 DetlefK Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 3716
Fore-head protection recommended. ... ... No, seriously. ... ... You have been warned. 11 DetlefK Dec 2020 Feb 2021 9 11095
NicK Cohen: Anti-vaxxers posing as victims has a history - look at Andrew Wakefield 1 LeftishBrit Jan 2021 Feb 2021 5 5876
Kesha Has Joined Demi Lovato in Trying to Use Meditation to Connect With Aliens 6 progressoid Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 3946
An Atheist Christmas Carol 2020 0 greyl Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1950
Churches (the buildings) are a hoax because mankind did not build them. 2 DetlefK Jul 2020 Dec 2020 3 3920
The movies that turned everything tinfoil (James Oliver, New Europaean) 2 LeftishBrit Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 3760
Professional con-men are taking over and weaponizing conspiracy-theory communities. 5 DetlefK Nov 2019 Oct 2020 4 8220
Join the fight against "Big Paleo" 8 LunaSea Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 5204
Tarot in the Schools 10 janterry Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 3026
Reading/watching too much sci-fi? 6 Backseat Driver Aug 2020 Aug 2020 0 4253
This is what we'll be up against, if a vaccine against Covid is found. 7 Archae Aug 2020 Aug 2020 4 3826
Green Bay woman is trying to end adding fluoride to Green bay city water. Again. 11 Archae Aug 2020 Aug 2020 2 3602
Why is the NY Times spreading this bullshit? 11 Archae Jul 2020 Aug 2020 1 3668
No, Wayfair's Industrial Storage Units Do Not Come With Bonus Mole Children 2 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 Jul 2020 3 3463
WTF is this bullshit I'm seeing about the RFID/5G/Bill Gates/COVID-19 ''connection?'' 17 Orrex Apr 2020 Jul 2020 2 4352
With the horror that is 5G, it's a good thing to know you can be protected by a pendant! 7 Silent3 Jun 2020 Jul 2020 0 3382
I have found incontrovertible evidence that we live inside a Hollow-Earth. 2 DetlefK Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 2099
Anyone following this bananas fireworks conspiracy? 6 Loki Liesmith Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 2776
From someone on an FB thread I was on (warning: reading this may seriously damage your sanity!) 17 LeftishBrit May 2020 Jun 2020 2 4561
When Nobel Prize winners embrace woo... 0 Archae Jun 2020 Jun 2020 5 1906
For those of you who think that masks are only for keeping others from getting your illness 11 Chainfire Mar 2020 May 2020 8 3874
pet woo 6 Kali May 2020 May 2020 0 2216
Flat-Earther tries to use medical condition to wiggle out of having to wear a mask inside store. 8 DetlefK May 2020 May 2020 8 3772
Oxford University study shows that one in five people believe that Coronavirus is a hoax 6 LeftishBrit May 2020 May 2020 8 2239

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I have an ethical question about how to deal with conspiracy-theorists. 12 DetlefK Apr 2020 May 2020 1 3136
Nomination for sceptic of the year 0 Ron Obvious May 2020 May 2020 0 1757
Trump presser, bleach, alcohol, covered by Wapo 2 concreteblue Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 2645
Iran's dodgy coronavirus detector - rebirth of the bomb detector that killed many in Iraq 2 muriel_volestrangler Apr 2020 Apr 2020 2 2143
Tell me about livescience.com 7 Orrex Apr 2020 Apr 2020 1 2387
Argh! (not COVID related) 2 LeftishBrit Apr 2020 Apr 2020 2 1894
Post-Soviet strongmen prescribe vodka, hockey and folk medicine against coronavirus 3 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 2080
Apparently it's ok to push woo as a "cure" or "preventative" for the coronavirus if... 9 Archae Mar 2020 Mar 2020 7 3257
New York attorney general to televangelist Jim Bakker: stop touting product as coronavirus cure 2 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 5 2030
Flat-Earther tries to fly in home-built rocket, crash-lands, dies. 10 DetlefK Feb 2020 Mar 2020 5 3023
Guess who's back...yep! Uri Geller! 5 Archae Jan 2020 Feb 2020 2 2373
Really screwy situation in Green Bay... (Yet another update) 4 Archae Dec 2019 Jan 2020 7 2018
So I've been told all the weird weather is caused by a shift in the magnetic poles 5 TrogL Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1813
Anti-vaxxer arrested in Samoa as measles outbreak claims over 60 lives 2 progressoid Dec 2019 Dec 2019 9 1490
An alien plot has been exposed. 14 5X Dec 2019 Dec 2019 3 2273
"specially developed inner protrusions" 4 greyl Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1864
Anti-Vaxx Woman Dresses Up As The Measles Because It's 'The Least Scary Thing,' 3 progressoid Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2134
AI will take over the world 8 5X Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 2345
Another true...er, woo crime story... 2 onager Jun 2012 Oct 2019 0 4272
Congressman Who Grilled Zuckerberg About Vaccines - Sharing Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theories on Facebook 1 progressoid Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1488
Just great, we have more anti-vaxx loons here. 5 Archae Oct 2019 Oct 2019 5 1786
Does the CIA influence the media? 1 Archae Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1424
Misleading graphs 2 Ron Obvious Sep 2019 Sep 2019 5 2036
Oh.My.(Ostensible)Deity. Now I've seen everything. 2 eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1828
There can be times even skeptics can be real horses' asses... 0 Archae Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1408
We have a bunch of "truthers" here. 7 Archae Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 2144
Major Flat-Earth org has harassed and abused critics and is now in serious legal trouble. 6 DetlefK Sep 2019 Sep 2019 7 2260
Kirstie Alley criticized for speaking out against psychiatric drugs: 'Tweet smells like Scientology" 3 progressoid Aug 2019 Sep 2019 1 1550
Gravitational fields, silkworm excrement, and "putor" programs. In a peer-reviewed journal. 1 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 Jul 2019 8 1561
You know what's the single most ridiculous detail in Flat-Earth-theory? 13 DetlefK Oct 2018 Jul 2019 4 2923

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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Female librarians are satanic portals who refuse to have sex with me. 1 DetlefK Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1776
Dissolving the Fermi Paradox 20 CloudWatcher Jul 2018 Jul 2019 0 5582
I'm feeling like being mean. I'm gonna destroy your brain. 1 DetlefK Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1601
The Flat-Earth community is at all-out war with itself. 9 DetlefK May 2019 Jun 2019 2 1834
How long can you make it through this video? 1 DetlefK Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1625
Full page ad in our local shoppers' weekly... 6 Archae Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1762
Roll up, roll up for Gwyneth Paltrow's great London Goop summit! Need your wallet cleaned out? 4 muriel_volestrangler Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1675
Just watched a Tyler Henry episode and will admit... 1 TreasonousBastard Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1423
I just have to repost this post from a UFO discussion in GD 20 edhopper May 2019 May 2019 4 3563
What is going on with Boaty McMeaslesFace? 5 RainCaster May 2019 May 2019 0 2296
good (long) how-to article on reading scientific studies 0 Kali May 2019 May 2019 3 1305
Have you or anyone you know had a near death experience? 14 BigmanPigman Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 2490
There are Meghan-Markle-pregnancy-truthers. 4 DetlefK Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1625
Fearing Their Dogs Will Develop Autism, Some Owners Are Declining Vaccinations 6 progressoid Feb 2019 Apr 2019 7 1881
Flat-Earthers planning expedition to Antarctica. 11 DetlefK Mar 2019 Apr 2019 6 2038
I've heard people say woo is "harmless..." 1 Archae Apr 2019 Apr 2019 7 1581
Auschwitz Museum Blasts Anti-vaxxers for Donning Yellow Stars in Protest 3 LeftishBrit Mar 2019 Mar 2019 7 1637
Psychics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 1 Ron Obvious Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1597
YouTube aids flat earth conspiracy theorists, research suggests 3 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1516
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is still on the anti-vax wagon. 3 progressoid Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1623
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