The Athiesm/Skeptic/Freethought/Reason/Rationality Thread

[saarth]

http://www.placeboeffect.com/placebo-effect/

 

[saarth]

[color=rgb(31,9,9);font-family:'PT Serif';font-size:16px;]They found, perhaps surprisingly, that believers are more likely to be cynical about the world in general and politics in particular[/color].[color=rgb(31,9,9);font-family:'PT Serif';font-size:16px;] Conspiracy theories also seem to be more compelling to those with low self-worth, especially with regard to their sense of agency in the world at large[/color].[color=rgb(31,9,9);font-family:'PT Serif';font-size:16px;] Conspiracy theories appear to be a way of reacting to uncertainty and powerlessness[/color].

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/magazine/why-rational-people-buy-into-conspiracy-theories.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

 

[saarth]

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/tarek-fatah/uk-beheading-jihad-terror_b_3325363.html?utm_hp_ref=tw#slide=2489265

 

[fiberguy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dr3q6Cid1po

 

[saarth]

http://io9.com/why-is-this-ancient-egyptian-statue-slowly-turning-by-i-555160231
This'll probably have a fun conclusion...

 

[saarth]

http://www.livescience.com/37678-ancient-egyptian-statue-moves-on-its-own.html?cmpid=514627

 

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[experience]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Rwi-tam1o

 

[saarth]

What Can Be Done about Pseudoskepticism? - Scientific American