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Sciencetics: a collection of essays...
...constructed with logic, rationality, and deliberate malice. The aim: to battle pseudoscience, superstition, and related nonsense while spreading blatant lies about their practitioners. Pay attention. We're about to educate the shit out of you.
Essay 007: Darwin Day
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Darwin Day: the holiday on which humanists and scientists drink the blood and eat the flesh of our long-dead lord. No wait.. that's barbaric and repulsive. We just eat cake.
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Charles Darwin, eater of souls
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Essay 006: Bigfoot
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Bigfoot is all, "Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?" (because Willis had been talkin' 'bout him)
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Do you have size 22 (US) or above feet? Are you nine feet tall? You might be a Bigfoot--there are some nutjobs who would like to take your picture, and some NBA scouts who would like to speak with you. Porter and Hotel examine this North American legend and provide several arguments against its/your existence. They also unveil the surprising "photoejaculatory hypothesis".
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Essay 005: Pseudo Psychotherapy
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Are you mentally ill? Porter tells you why you should avoid primal therapy, a cult disguised as a method for curing mental illness. The goal of primal therapy is to release you from repressed "Pain"... with a capital P, that rhymes with T, and that stands for Tool. Also, you have to ride a Segway.
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A statue: "I can't believe this shit."
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Essay 004: Moon Landing Hoaxers
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Phil Plait rips apart moon landing hoaxers/your face.
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A staggering number of people (four) do not believe that human beings ever set foot on the moon. Like terrorists and Democrats, they hate America. Porter explores their arguments, their motivations, and their moms.
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Essay 003: Intelligent Design Creationists
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Porter interviews Underdrawers, a special guest who holds a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science from a non-accredited university that he invented. He will explain how the young earth creationists made a Smeagol-like retreat into their dank caves, only to emerge Gollum-like under the banner of Intelligent Design.
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Read about Intelligent Design Creationism's failed attempt to overthrow Science.
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