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  1. deirdre

    Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse

    agree about eclipse, but the comorants is woo associated with bridge. We wont get any new info for 2 to 4 weeks (preliminary report). and 12-24 months for the final investigation report. i would hope the wiki page (linked in OP) will eventually be updated with less news article sources and...
  2. FatPhil

    Discussion of Metabunk's Politeness Policy

    I definitely intend it as an insult. It looks like that's one I'll be able to sneak through from now on. Other people will have to find their own.
  3. JMartJr

    November 13 2024 Congress hearings

    ...whose motives should be looked at skeptically. With the substantial entertainment industry that has grown up around the topic (and other woo) in recent years, the publication of books and the penetration into government, "Big" is becoming and appropriate label. I resist the use of Big Big...
  4. T

    Claim: "They're eating the dogs" - Trump / Harris Presidential Debate '24

    ...If we dig more into that angle, we should avoid sharing direct content from their channels and etc. Don't give them the impression and engagement, might not be harmful with UAP woo but, these are actual neos and that group comprises a lot of actual extremists.
  5. MonkeeSage

    Skywatcher Part I: The Journey Begins

    I used to watch his main channel on youtube all the time (https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisRamsay52), where he would do puzzle boxes and show new tricks and expose how people were doing magic tricks and claiming it was psychic abilities (example www.youtube.com/watch?v=yialEM_T2M0). Unfortunately...
  6. Mendel

    Preview of Luis Elizondo's UFO book: "Imminent"

    they'd be using anti-gravity to stay afloat absent air, and anti-gravity could also push air off. But if such a device moved, it would still need to push air in front of it away to the side; the air would not touch the device, but be pushed anyway, which creates air resistance, so Elizondo's...
  7. Merle

    Why P-hacking is so prevalent in research of psychic/psi abilities, NDE, mediumship, etc

    I agree with your analysis on p-hacking, but I don't think it applies to the study you mention that was discussed recently at Mediumship — triple blind study, That study seems to be a specific study testing a particular hypothesis with a statistically significant result in the specific...
  8. Ann K

    Claim: Pareidolia is bias

    His implication seems to be that it's (woo to follow) little green men, or ancient advanced civilizations, or time travelers, or whatever "they" don't want us to know about. Yes, it's true that if we see shapes and instantly write them off as pareidolia, we may miss something significant...
  9. Y

    Claim: "They're eating the dogs" - Trump / Harris Presidential Debate '24

    While researching this, did you happen to find who the first notable Republican was to spread the rumor?
  10. J

    AARO's Historical UAP Report - Volume 1

    ...the report? Because debating whether the agency should release a detailed analysis of one set of provenance-free debris of imaginary origins seems pretty esoteric. Other than woo, is there a substantial reason for someone not steeped in this subject to think this material has unusual properties?
  11. MonkeeSage

    Debunking Humor...

    That's Billy Carson. He claims all kinds of woo from being abducted by aliens, to there being a race of ancient giants, to Mars being colonized by Atlanteans, to secrets of free energy being found in some ancient tablets. Here's his gaia channel. So I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he said...
  12. JMartJr

    Ryan Graves Op Ed on UAP

    ...Such people might uncharitably but often accurately be described as con artists. With the caveat that I can't read minds and people who strike me as insincere may in fact be sincere, it is something I perceive in the Flat Earth, anti vaccination and alternative medicine, and other fields...
  13. FatPhil

    Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer ... [whose] results seriously challenge the beliefs of mainstream science.

    ...Most of what he described was just common-or-garden psych woo, stuff that can be easily face-palmed into non-existence, but when I reached the paragraphs where it sounded like actual harm could occur, I thought it was worth popping the link here; she's clearly a serial pseudo-academic...
  14. FatPhil

    New UFO book getting a lot of attention

    You introduced an equivalence between the funding of woo-oriented programs and the funding of NASA. The obvious conclusion from you doing that is that you think that there is an equivalence between the work of woo-oriented programs and the work of NASA. If that is not a position that you hold...
  15. MonkeeSage

    YouTube skeptics/debunkers that you would recommend

    ...- Older debunks of specific claims. https://www.youtube.com/@CoolHardLogic - Several classic playlists debunking woo and flat earth (such as the "World of Batshit" series). https://www.youtube.com/@Martymer81 - Several classic playlists like "Flat Out Wrong", also has a playlist on debunking...
  16. kerotanuk

    Welcome Thread - New Members Post Here

    ...new users the recent 'flap' of UAP discussion has encouraged me to sign up and participate. I am a very open-minded person with a few personal 'woo-woo' beliefs, but I am mainly driven by scientific method and evidence-based claims (and I'm not sure my 'woo-woo' stuff can be...
  17. T

    Preview of Luis Elizondo's UFO book: "Imminent"

    ...this stuff probably has worked. Look at how much from the DHS side was focusing on actual, legitimate stuff, and not really thinking in terms of woo - but we know it came from the woo crew. This presents an individualized disconnect amongst participants with different goals, objectives, and...
  18. Mendel

    Kona Blue - AARO Report on the Proposed AAWSAP Successor

    ...wants this". If you are trying to make points about other programs, you're in the wrong thread. The reasoning in the Kona Blue proposal that I object to is "if these woo techniques were possible, the enemy would want them", which is fearmongering that does not make these ideas any more...
  19. NorCal Dave

    Skywatcher Part II: "Mapping The Unknown"

    No, you're missing it. It's the fact that some of these things know how to stay out of sensor range that makes them mysterious. If they can get close and see it's just an airplane, then it's just an airplane, but if it can stay out of range enough to not be identified as an airplane, then that's...
  20. FatPhil

    Luis Elizondo's Claims of Coming UFO Disclosure

    "gone ... now"?!?! I've been trying to say this from the start (within the restrictions of the politeness policy).
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