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Commented on Chicken-suited street musician plays "What is Love" on Melodica, rocks righteously (video)
@jaytkay "Holy moly, that's a $500 US instrument. Playing music on the street in a chicken suit pays better than I would have guessed." And how much do you think the most ubiquitous street instrument out there -- a saxophone--...
Commented on Science of Scams: Derren Brown and Kat the Scientist debunk the paranormal industry
And before part of what I say gets blown out of proportion (I just reread it. Preview button next tim), I realize that "Extraordinary things require extraordinary evidence." is a Carl Sagan quote, but it's not really applicable here. Sagan...
Commented on Science of Scams: Derren Brown and Kat the Scientist debunk the paranormal industry
Derren Brown is a charlatan, PLEASE read / respond to this Cory, as this guy's act has gone on for too long. Derren Brown has bothered me for years, ever since I saw the "trick of the mind" episode where...
Commented on Cartoonist Lucy Knisley's comic strip about a 7-day-fast
"Do your own research. Try things." Ok, but don't fall for a bunch of stupid scams. (Which is what this whole "cleanse" fad is). I'm REALLY sick of being called "close-minded" and "immature" because I'm skeptical of things that have...
Commented on Cartoonist Lucy Knisley's comic strip about a 7-day-fast
Too bad the whole "cleanse" thing is complete B.S. (especially the 'colon cleanse' aspect). It's pure quackery, and it's dispiriting to see so many people fall for it. Especially when a lot of this could actually prove harmful to our...
Commented on "F**king Hell": Jake and Dino Chapmen's "Hell" rises from the ashes
Wow. Number 7 and 8 are absolutely ridiculous comments. As someone who has seen the original dioramas in person (the fire was in 2005, not 2000), I can say that they rank as not only physical awe striking (they created...
Commented on Artist paints herself having sex with each president of the USA
Also, this is nothing like Attila Lukacs work. Neo-Japanese / Kama Sutra style homo-erotic, violent nazi imagery VS. gestural portraiture of very intimate sex? Sorry dude, not seeing it....
Commented on Artist paints herself having sex with each president of the USA
"Neo-Marxist power dialectics" que trumpet sound: wa-waaaaaaaaaa...
Commented on Shepard Fairey on the Obama Photo Controversy
@#2 "If you were to digitally compare the two images they'd be as different as apples and bananas at the array level." Check out the page done by the TineEye people. It's obvious that he traced it. @#23 "In my...

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Modusoperandi commented on Science of Scams: Derren Brown and Kat the Scientist debunk the paranormal industry
PeaceLove "Evidence for psi produced in multiple labs over many years is in fact quite robust. I would recommend Dean Radin's book, The Conscious Universe, as a good place to start, but I am aware that most "skeptics" are in fact closed-minded on the subject and will dismiss any evidence as flawed or worthless -- even when it has been replicated over and over." The Conscious Universe, a critique "Charlie Tart calls this phenomenon 'fundamaterialism,' fundamentalist materialism." I prefer "naturalism". "He accused CSICOP of increasingly unscientific behavior, for which he coined the term "pseudoskepticism."" Ah, "pseudoskeptic", the rallying accusation of...
Modusoperandi commented on Science of Scams: Derren Brown and Kat the Scientist debunk the paranormal industry
billstewart "There are also some things that work by mixtures of science and woo-woo. Take firewalking - yes, it's mostly safe because of the physics, but the woo-woo seminar about getting beyond your fears is what makes you actually willing to STEP ON A FRACKING FIRE..." It's not science and woo, it's physics and technique....
overunger commented on Science of Scams: Derren Brown and Kat the Scientist debunk the paranormal industry
I second that of comment #2. I would love to hear a conversation with a old martial arts master in the Himalayas about whether or not chi exists. And to Cory- have you even READ R.A.W. or Grant Morrison? Alan Moore's Promethea? I agree there are a lot of charlatans and people should be skeptical -but c'mon, you must live in a bigger universe than this!...
AirPillo commented on Chicken-suited street musician plays "What is Love" on Melodica, rocks righteously (video)
Oh! Well in that case, not such a tough crowd after all. You could get a snack and a soda for each one of those coins' worth here, not bad!...
ChesterKatz commented on Chicken-suited street musician plays "What is Love" on Melodica, rocks righteously (video)
@Anonymous#31: He performs in a Melbourne band with a bandmate who dresses as a banana. Just look at him: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=458467&subj=205515055159&id=1044555088...

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