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Remember "Miss Cleo?" 4 Archae Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 3088

Be careful with Artificial Intelligence!. 3 diehardblue Apr 2022 Dec 2022 1 5789

Another conspiracy theory, this one is being pushed on Netflix. 10 Archae Nov 2022 Nov 2022 10 7511

The kind of people who support Elon Musk's Twitter-behaviour: 2 DetlefK Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 5597

I'm so glad that Mehmet Oz lost 9 LeftishBrit Nov 2022 Nov 2022 22 3322

Mick West says Pentagon seems to agree with him on Gimbal and Go Fast 4 BootinUp Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 5019

When a scam destroys entire families... 1 Archae Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 3652

ICYMI, Anne Heche either isn't dead or... 1 progressoid Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 4098

OAN (One America News) puts a total kook on... 8 Archae Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 5301

Russian conspiracy-theory: Russia defeated Napoleon in 1812 with a nuclear bomb. 4 DetlefK Jun 2022 Jul 2022 3 8435

Eric Weinstein Λ Mick West on UAPs, Evidence, Skepticism, and Stigma [Theolocution] 2 BootinUp Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 5310

Fake "psychic" claims to have found missing person... 2 Archae May 2022 May 2022 0 6145

Karol Switalski 0 greyl Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 2160

Alex Jones' Infowars files for bankruptcy after defamation suits 1 LeftishBrit Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 3793

My Gentle, Intelligent Brother Is Now A Conspiracy Theorist And His Beliefs Are Shocking 3 progressoid Jan 2022 Mar 2022 6 7550

Dybbuk box 4 XanaDUer2 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 3004

Mercola and Kennedy sue Sen. Elizabeth Warren for combating their COVID misinformation 1 progressoid Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 4009

The Conspiracy Chart 2021 4 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2022 Jan 2022 9 2926

Djokovic-backed 'biotech' firm's approach likened to homeopathy 3 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 4601

The Mentalist: There's no such thing as real psychics 7 BootinUp Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 4865

Do frauds advertise? 8 Archae Aug 2021 Jan 2022 1 2915

Ted Koppel's interview with Scientology's David Miscavige resurfaced. 6 endinequalitynow Jan 2022 Jan 2022 2 6888

The Most Advanced Civilization In The Universe 13 Uncle Joe Sep 2021 Jan 2022 5 5316

Freemasons 1 DetlefK Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 2528

Something I've always known about astrology... 13 Archae Nov 2021 Dec 2021 3 5211

Chakras, crystals and conspiracy theories: how the wellness industry turned its back on Covid scienc 3 LeftishBrit Nov 2021 Nov 2021 8 4463

Funny and sad at the same time: Cops catch sovereign-citizen literally drunk asleep at the wheel. 1 DetlefK Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 4732

Miracle covid cure sold in church turns out to be commercial bleach 5 LeftishBrit May 2021 Oct 2021 6 4810

The Pandemic's Worst Woman: Dr. Christiane Northrup 6 progressoid Sep 2021 Oct 2021 11 11542

Carl Sagan on the Existence of God 6 BootinUp Jul 2021 Aug 2021 17 5091

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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What Did Einstein Say About Religion? 5 BootinUp Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 3935

Joe Mercola warned by FDA about quack COVID-19 treatments 1 progressoid Mar 2021 Jul 2021 4 7328

Prince - Controversy (Official Music Video) 0 greyl Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 3406

Why do people assume that aliens require mechanical devices to travel? 20 Kaleva Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 6954

Jim Bakker must pay $156k for hawking "silver solution" as a Covid cure 3 muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 Jul 2021 9 4962

[CNN Health] They lost their loved ones to Covid. Then they heard from them again 5 Ron Obvious Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 6328

Response to F-16 Pilot Chris Lehto's "De-Debunking" of GoFast and Gimbal 0 BootinUp Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 4505

Keep UFO Reporting Grounded in Reality, Advise Skeptics 5 edhopper Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 4113

Mick West analyzes Navy UFO videos 14 BootinUp May 2021 May 2021 3 4972

UFOs Are Back - And They Are Still Nothing 10 edhopper May 2021 May 2021 5 3957

I thought UFOs was one of the topics excluded from GD 40 edhopper May 2021 May 2021 1 6077

He met real-life aliens. Now he's suing people who corroborate his story for trademark-infringement. 2 DetlefK May 2021 May 2021 3 3455

Fraudsters tried to trick police into shooting their friend, so they could beg online for donations. 0 DetlefK May 2021 May 2021 9 4113

I'm surprised no one has mentioned one of our "saints..." 4 Archae Oct 2020 May 2021 2 4223

I fear, the dissolution of western society is only a few decades away. 4 DetlefK Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 4196

Fore-head protection recommended. ... ... No, seriously. ... ... You have been warned. 11 DetlefK Dec 2020 Feb 2021 9 11897

NicK Cohen: Anti-vaxxers posing as victims has a history - look at Andrew Wakefield 1 LeftishBrit Jan 2021 Feb 2021 5 6241

Kesha Has Joined Demi Lovato in Trying to Use Meditation to Connect With Aliens 6 progressoid Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 4416

An Atheist Christmas Carol 2020 0 greyl Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 2284

Churches (the buildings) are a hoax because mankind did not build them. 2 DetlefK Jul 2020 Dec 2020 3 4297

The movies that turned everything tinfoil (James Oliver, New Europaean) 2 LeftishBrit Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 4151

Professional con-men are taking over and weaponizing conspiracy-theory communities. 5 DetlefK Nov 2019 Oct 2020 4 8832

Join the fight against "Big Paleo" 8 LunaSea Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 5821

Tarot in the Schools 10 janterry Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 3659

Reading/watching too much sci-fi? 6 Backseat Driver Aug 2020 Aug 2020 0 4993

This is what we'll be up against, if a vaccine against Covid is found. 7 Archae Aug 2020 Aug 2020 4 4428

Green Bay woman is trying to end adding fluoride to Green bay city water. Again. 11 Archae Aug 2020 Aug 2020 2 4296

Why is the NY Times spreading this bullshit? 11 Archae Jul 2020 Aug 2020 1 4331

No, Wayfair's Industrial Storage Units Do Not Come With Bonus Mole Children 2 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 Jul 2020 3 3823

WTF is this bullshit I'm seeing about the RFID/5G/Bill Gates/COVID-19 ''connection?'' 17 Orrex Apr 2020 Jul 2020 2 5667

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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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 3955

I have found incontrovertible evidence that we live inside a Hollow-Earth. 2 DetlefK Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 2444

Anyone following this bananas fireworks conspiracy? 6 Loki Liesmith Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 3657

From someone on an FB thread I was on (warning: reading this may seriously damage your sanity!) 17 LeftishBrit May 2020 Jun 2020 2 6315

When Nobel Prize winners embrace woo... 0 Archae Jun 2020 Jun 2020 5 2235

For those of you who think that masks are only for keeping others from getting your illness 11 Chainfire Mar 2020 May 2020 8 4835

pet woo 6 Kali May 2020 May 2020 0 2741

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 4500

Oxford University study shows that one in five people believe that Coronavirus is a hoax 6 LeftishBrit May 2020 May 2020 8 2780

I have an ethical question about how to deal with conspiracy-theorists. 12 DetlefK Apr 2020 May 2020 1 3877

Nomination for sceptic of the year 0 Ron Obvious May 2020 May 2020 0 2150

Trump presser, bleach, alcohol, covered by Wapo 2 concreteblue Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 3346

Iran's dodgy coronavirus detector - rebirth of the bomb detector that killed many in Iraq 2 muriel_volestrangler Apr 2020 Apr 2020 2 2561

Tell me about livescience.com 7 Orrex Apr 2020 Apr 2020 1 3107

Argh! (not COVID related) 2 LeftishBrit Apr 2020 Apr 2020 2 2244

Post-Soviet strongmen prescribe vodka, hockey and folk medicine against coronavirus 3 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 2629

Apparently it's ok to push woo as a "cure" or "preventative" for the coronavirus if... 9 Archae Mar 2020 Mar 2020 7 5079

New York attorney general to televangelist Jim Bakker: stop touting product as coronavirus cure 2 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 5 2423

Flat-Earther tries to fly in home-built rocket, crash-lands, dies. 10 DetlefK Feb 2020 Mar 2020 5 3827

Guess who's back...yep! Uri Geller! 5 Archae Jan 2020 Feb 2020 2 2892

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