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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:55 PM Original message |
The Pigasus Awards: The 5 Worst Promoters of Nonsense (psychics, pseudo-scientists, & faith healers) |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. As I understand it, Hoover didn't claim to find living organisms, |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Good catch. Changed it to "evidence of" in the OP (Consistent with the language of the award) n/t |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Randi (R) and his phony 'Institute' are full of mis-representations & ugly bullshit |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. No. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Can you cite an instance where Randi did anything to promote a Republican? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. James Randi is a Democrat |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Think you have the wrong Randi |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. James Randi is a Democrat... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Republican 'scientific materialism'? |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. sounds like you got your toes stepped on SpiralHawk. Maybe you believe one of the 5 myths? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Just pulling the olde Randi chain |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. "transrational phenomena"... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. AKA "make-believe disproven horseshit that comforts me". |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Yeah |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
68. Randi has been called a lot of things. |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. Homeopathy? Oh Horrors! |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Well, considering it doesn't work and people throw money at it--yes. |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Look who's doing the "proving" - Big pharma |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Homeopathy works in the same way as a placebo sugar pill works. Mental only |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. There is a reason ---- $$$$$$ |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. So, big pharma, the AMA, major medical schools and the FDA are conspiring against homeopathy? |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Chiropractors, homepathy, and snake oil. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Says the guy with the Native American avatar. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Are you saying that that those item DO pass controlled tests? |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Not at all, because frankly I have no idea. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Ok, I think I see where the confusion lies. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Native Americans do not use homeopathy. At least not traditionally. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
64. I think there was a misunderstanding on my part. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Homoeopathy is not a traditional medicine in the sense of being used by Native Americans |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
65. Yeah, got it. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
72. Native communities have been using something invented in 1796, for thousands of years?...nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
62. What does having a NA avatar have to do with snake oil medicine, homeopathy, chiros? Edited |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
67. Sorry for the snark... |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. You'll never change these peoples minds. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Zombies? You are projecting, of course. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
61. No, the reason is bec@u$e !t'$ Bu!!$#!t. nt |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. LOL! And yet placebos DO WORK. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. The placebo effect is a very strange thing--it does not make homeopathy any more valid |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Thats like saying Prayer "works". |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Homeopathy has never been proven to work |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Throwing the baby out with bath water. There are many homeopathic remedies that work |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. That's not homeopathy--homeopathy is the "power of dilution" stuff |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Those are true but there is more to it |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Ddebating natural cures is all well and fine, but I think there is a real misunderstanding of |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. It's because the word "homeopathy" |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. Actually there is evidence that St Johns Wort may be helpful to people with mild/moderate depression |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Those aren't homeopathy. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Its' funny that some of the most strident defenders of homeopathy... |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. It is the only reason I can think of that this has been rec'd back to 0 |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. Take a look at your rec /unrec figures |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
52. Therein lies the problem |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. "Let's repeatedly dilute until there's nothing left! POWERFUL STUFF!" |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Nice poster... |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. No harm? |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. You are 100% wrong about your assertion. |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
51. Homeopathy IS just like Medical MJ |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. By that logic, Medical Marijuana and Homeopathy are just like leprechauns and fairy dust, too. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
73. The point is that medical marijuana contains active substances; homeopathy doesn't. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Homeopathic A&E... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Precisely. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. No, it's nothing like marijuana. Would you pay $60 for an 1/8th of distilled water and expect it |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. About CVS |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
15. The problem when someone believes in one of these areas of nonsense |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. If there is some confusion, homeopathy is NOT natural cures, it is belief in the power of dilution |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. K&R... |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
31. TEPCO, Top of the list |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. Where are the nuclear advocates, and the Iraq war supporters (WMD et al)? |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
66. That was my first reaction too. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
56. Did they give a posthumous award to Milton Friedman? |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. and an afterlife(time) achievement for this guy and his predecessors, perhaps: |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
60. Homeopathy deserves a lifetime achievement award. nt |
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SteveG (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
70. Why didn't you include Republican Governor's, Congress Critters |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Not my list and not the point of the list, either |
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