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Shermer's Last Law
Any sufficiently advanced extraterrestrial intelligence is indistinguishable from God
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The Sciences
More Baloney Detection
How to draw boundaries between science and pseudoscience, Part II
The Sciences
Baloney Detection
How to draw boundaries between science and pseudoscience, Part I
The Sciences
I Was Wrong
Those three words often separate the scientific pros from the posers
The Sciences
Nano Nonsense and Cryonics
True believers seek redemption from the sin of death
The Sciences
Deconstructing the Dead
"Crossing over" to expose the tricks of popular spirit mediums
The Sciences
Starbucks in the Forbidden City
Eastern and Western science are put to political uses in both cultures
The Sciences
Fox's Flapdoodle
Tabloid television offers a lesson in uncritical thinking
The Sciences
The Erotic-Fierce People
The latest skirmish in the "anthropology wars" reveals a fundamental flaw in how science is understood and communicated
The Sciences
Colorful Pebbles and Darwin's Dictum
Science is an exquisite blend of data and theory
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