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Commented on Science of Scams: Derren Brown and Kat the Scientist debunk the paranormal industry
Penn & Teller do a whole bit on this in their stage show. They've also tackled it on 'Bullshit!' but it's nice to see other people bringing awareness to those scumbags who pray on people who are hurting....
Commented on Tramaine de Senna: Double Dub
I'm missing the "Amazing" part of both the music and the video. Maybe I'm just not cool enough to get it?...
Commented on How to make the scariest pumpkin ever
It's not "scary" it simply startles you. For the viewers at home, I'll break it down: Dude with a chainsaw in the dark: scary Loud noise: startling Creaking floorboards in the dark: scary Balloon popping in the dark: startling So...
Commented on Scripting a PC CD-tray to rock the baby to sleep
I don't like how when the tray closes it stops the rocking. I'd just use an oscillating fan. No scripting required....
Commented on 1,000 surveillance cameras = 1 solved crime in the UK
#10, MDH, What are you doing in PUBLIC that has you scared to get your picture taken (even though no one even looks at the pictures)? Are you OK with someone taking and posting this photo? http://www.flickr.com/photos/tingreen/2274439882/ A public space...
Commented on How many minutes do people in your city have to work to buy a Big Mac?
"Less gross"? Some people LIKE the Big Mac. Why be so judgmental? As for the chart, if I did my math right, I'm earning a Big Mac at least every-other minute. So I think I need to the big M...
Commented on Maybe These Massive Wheel Spikes Shouldn't be Legal
As shown on Top Gear, knee-cappers on cars just don't work. You end up wrecking YOUR car, not your... uhhh... opponent's....
Commented on Old Ad for Fake Guns
Weight and feel matter A LOTfor a prop. The audience can tell when something doesn't feel right or weigh enough. It's like when someone is "drinking" from an empty cup. You can just tell that it's fake....
Commented on Jamba Juice accused of stealing "Get Your War On" artist's work - Update: Jamba responds, GYWO calls for boycott
#1: This isn't a joke. They ripped him off and they deserve to pay for it....
Commented on BBC exposes three psychic mediums
I'm reminded of when Penn & Teller did this on there show: Bullshit....
Commented on HOWTO bake dashboard cookies while you're working
But your car will smell like cookies for WEEKS. Why would you do that to yourself? I can't imagine anyone with a new car would want to do this. Maybe con a friend into doing this. Plus, if you're running...
Commented on Mark Ryden's Tree Show postcard set
Awesome! I'm going to get a set and some frames too. These will look great in my office....
Commented on Hunch: Machine learning meets the Magic Eight-Ball
I love hunch. I was a beta tester and I think it has a lot of promise....
Commented on PETA pushes to halt Seattle fish mongers from tossing fish
First: The fish aren't killed to be thrown, they're killed to be eaten. Who doesn't like a good food-fight? Second: If someone were lobbing dead cats around, I think hundreds of people with cameras would flock to it. Third: PETA...
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Hello, may I come in? I promise not to kill you. *CHOMP* Sorry, I lied....
Commented on Web Software Seller Won't Take No for an Answer
That's smithmicro.com Thanks for the promo code. I may be making a purchase now....
Commented on Amy Crehore's hand painted ukuleles
Aren't some of those banjos?...
Commented on Tiny, laser-cut assemblable dinosaurs
Thank you ZAN! That's what I was thinking!...

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BillSmithBooks commented on Science of Scams: Derren Brown and Kat the Scientist debunk the paranormal industry
Yeah, sorry, my bad, saw that instruction on your guidelines about 10 seconds after I posted. Was looking for the edit button when you fixed it for me. :) Won't happen again....
billstewart commented on Science of Scams: Derren Brown and Kat the Scientist debunk the paranormal industry
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... On the other hand, there's tea-leaf reading. The physics are pretty much limited to keeping you talking to the olde gypsy woman until you've finished your tea. By then, she knows pretty much whether you want to hear about that tall dark stranger or whether your boyfriend is cheating or (in some cases) whether she...
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!...

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