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  1. Mendel

    Four Corners - Large Disk Seen From Private Plane at FL210 [Irrigation Circles]

    ...is worthless, except for people who like to puzzle things out, and for those who derive affirmation from explaining the unexplainable, however woo or not that explanation may be. If you need a well, you're better off paying a geologist or biologist than a dowser. If you support government...
  2. S

    Discussion of Metabunk's Politeness Policy

    Totally agree. The hypocrisy in this can be rather nauseating
  3. deirdre

    Discussion of Metabunk's Politeness Policy

    i'm not sure woo is generally considered offensive. i use it all the time. (although i believe alot of woo...mild psychic ability, mind-over-matter/placebo effect, still hoping for a cryptid to pop up somewhere etc ...and i dont know what else to call it.) i like how this lady says it When...
  4. MyMatesBrainwashed

    Claim: Pareidolia is bias

    But that's not not pareidolia. I'm currently of the opinion that it HAS to be pareidolia. I don't see what alternative there is. There's no assumption cos there's nothing else it can be.
  5. Mick West

    Discussion of Metabunk's Politeness Policy

    I use "woo" as shorthand for "the supernatural". I don't think I've ever used "woo-woo", which sounds both silly and mocking. Garry Nolan (famous ufologist, founder of the Sol Institute, promoter of Dave Grusch) also uses it in that context, saying "we all know the woo is just around the...
  6. Ann K

    Discussion of Metabunk's Politeness Policy

    ...as having little or no scientific basis, especially those relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative medicine:"some kind of metaphysical woo-woo" adjective 1.relating to or holding unconventional beliefs regarded as having little or no scientific basis, especially those relating to...
  7. NoParty

    The Selective Laziness of Reasoning

    It relates (in my wacky mind, anyway) to the psychological concept of special privilege... in which we generally measure ourselves with a more generous, forgiving yardstick than we do others. Some would just call it "human nature." ;P While there's a humorous side to the double standard, it has...
  8. John J.

    Claim: UFO's May Be Stealth Aliens Living in Caves, on the Dark Side of the Moon or Alaska

    ...A bigger problem for the greys is that there's no real reason to believe they exist, outside of being a trope of pop-culture / contemporary folklore (and a source of income for woo-merchants). Edited to add: We could start a thread, "Grey's Anatomy". Maybe a spin-off book, or a TV series...
  9. fizzBuzz

    Discussion of Metabunk's Politeness Policy

    ...here talk about how "nutty" some of these alien ideas are and people deeply believe those ideas. How is that different? How often is the term "woo woo" used on here? Why isn't the politeness policy used in those instances? It seems to me that religion, as it often does, is just getting a...
  10. Mendel

    AARO's Historical UAP Report - Volume 1

    No unusual properties of that material have been demonstrated, to my knowledge.
  11. T

    What evidence of aliens would convince skeptics?

    Ehh. Innoculation theory only works as far as you define what the issue is, which is wholly subjective. Yes the science there is accurate but how that knowledge is implemented is an entirely different story. Every program I've worked on that has had an "innoculation" goal has had metrics that...
  12. JMartJr

    Debunking Humor...

    Perhaps, but since his mouth is always obscured in these videos as posted by the "woo" doctor it strongly seems that he's not saying what the soundtrack indicates he is saying, and that they found it easier to just block the mouth rather than try to synch up what they want him to say with his...
  13. Ann K

    Diana W. Pasulka - aliens & religion & other dimensions (JRE podcast #2091)

    Citation seriously needed, from a reliable source and not a woo-publication. Compare with other hallucinogens, please. With statistics! And if you can't produce that, our discussion is at an end.
  14. D

    Discussion of Metabunk's Politeness Policy

    ...Many of us would have been in lockstep with the general outlook of this site, prior to 'conversion'. We're aware that entertaining the idea of woo is at once ridiculous, but also seemingly unavoidable with this topic. Speaking only for myself, the way I reconcile it is *if* there's anything...
  15. M

    Welcome Thread - New Members Post Here

    ...at the moment. Like most people, I would love to know the answer to the question "are we alone in the universe" and I feel like the endless woo, anti-intellectualism, sensationalism, and groupthink around these subjects is actually significantly harming our chances of ever finding out, and...
  16. John J.

    The Telepathy Tapes

    ...the dermal electrodes and associated electronics remain essential. The brain clearly isn't a radio transmitter or receiver and (despite much woo) isn't particularly susceptible to exterior electromagnetic fields of the types encountered in day-to-day life. So telepathy via identified...
  17. Ann K

    The Telepathy Tapes

    ...and their loved ones, and I don't find it surprising that they are eager to clutch at straws, but this seems to appeal almost exclusively to a "woo" audience. Here they are, with names removed: (1) May the Telepathy Tapes become the catalyst of the long-awaited global paradigm shift. (2)...
  18. Ann K

    Alien Bodies at a Mexican UAP Hearing

    ...within strong negative anomalies and remains both unidentified and unwilling in being found, . We simply call it 'The Other'." One kind of woo begets another. Since he has a product to sell, it's not at all clear which of these things he really believes and which he sees merely as a...
  19. John J.

    You guys ruined me!

    ...is required to form a ghost (could a theoretical semiconductor-based general AI qualify?) might be problems for believers. Consideration of one woo paranormal issue often seems to lead to consideration of other paranormal issues and explanations. But at the present, it is probably safe to...
  20. Mendel

    Discussion of Metabunk's Politeness Policy

    Yes. And the policy states it's not applied evenhandedly. So it's interesting to see what @Landru and Mick consider impolite in practice, what they'll delete and what they'll warn about, provided they notice it. "Woo" is fine, though (emphasis mine):
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