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I've moved Metabunk over to a new server. Hardware specifications are unchanged, but I essentially reinstalled the software from scratch, prioritizing user security. This includes changing SItrec to run from a container. This is a virtual...

It's fixed in beta, and will be fixed for guests in the next full release.

This was intentional as I was still fiddling with some of the parameters of the stitch after posting - so I wanted any clicks to go to the latest version.

Yes, a thermal camera focuses radiation through a lens (or via mirrors) onto a sensor. There are various types of sensors, even for visible light. Older film and plate cameras relied on one of several photochemical effects. It's a camera. It...

Thanks! It's been a lot of fun. And I'm well aware that no recreation in the world can fully debunk the case per se. But I do think the efforts made by skeptics have shown that the photo itself could quite easily have been faked, which means it...

Thanks! It's been a lot of fun. And I'm well aware that no recreation in the world can fully debunk the case per se. But I do think the efforts made by skeptics have shown that the photo itself could quite easily have been faked, which means it...

Yes, a thermal camera focuses radiation through a lens (or via mirrors) onto a sensor. There are various types of sensors, even for visible light. Older film and plate cameras relied on one of several photochemical effects. It's a camera. It...

Thanks! It's been a lot of fun. And I'm well aware that no recreation in the world can fully debunk the case per se. But I do think the efforts made by skeptics have shown that the photo itself could quite easily have been faked, which means it...

Thanks! It's been a lot of fun. And I'm well aware that no recreation in the world can fully debunk the case per se. But I do think the efforts made by skeptics have shown that the photo itself could quite easily have been faked, which means it...

Many cognitive biases might be inherent, not dependent on upbringing. social environment or beliefs. (Some undoubtedly have a social/ learning component). In fairness I haven't any evidence to cite, but I doubt if (e.g.) recency or primacy...

Thanks for the replies. Andreas, that’s a heroic amount of effort you’ve put into debunking that Calvine picture.

I often think that UFO hoaxes and fluff pieces about them on news channels are considered a kind of "harmless" fun in some ways, of course even in the past there were sometimes mentally unstable people exploited by them. However these "post...

Yes, a thermal camera focuses radiation through a lens (or via mirrors) onto a sensor. There are various types of sensors, even for visible light. Older film and plate cameras relied on one of several photochemical effects. It's a camera. It...

And religion doesn't seem to ever go away.. Or the human need to feel special. And search for meaning in the face of mortality.

this the fundamentality foundation from which all other beliefs/motivations/ unconscious biases are built on imo