Episode 001: Manifesto of Sciencetics

In this episode, Porter and Hotel lay out the manifesto of Sciencetics. You may be surprised to learn that intelligent design creationists are infanticidal hippie winos, and that holocaust deniers favor your mama jokes over rational discourse.

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Episode 002: Young Earth Creationists

Among the ugliest, most disfigured "people" to have ever lived are young earth creationists. They believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible, which is a book. They will stop at nothing to return the United States to a pre-enlightenment era of education. They sacrifice children in their caves.

Sites mentioned in the episode:

Talk Origins: for creationist debunking purposes	Institute for Creation Research: holy shit; these people are fucking insane

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Episode 003: Intelligent Design Creationists

This week we feature 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.

Sites mentioned in the episode:

The Panda's Thumb: the latest on ID nonsense; more up to date than Talk Design.	The infamous Wedge Document. It outlines the long-term plan of the Discovery Institute to take over the United States using ID. (Update: they have failed.)

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Episode 004: Moon Landing Hoaxers

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.

Sites mentioned in the episode:

Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy site. Link goes directly to moon landing dehoaxification page	The Mad Revisionist convincingly demonstrates that the moon does not exist	Time Cube Guy!

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Episode 005: Pseudo Psychotherapy

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.

Sites mentioned in the episode:

	Statue: "Can you believe this shit?" An overview of primal therapy.
	debunkingprimaltherapy.com, a site offering advice and experience from a former Segway cult member

Books mentioned in the episode:

Crazy Therapies by Margaret Singer and Janja Lalich	Therapy Gone Mad by Carol Lynn Mithers	Insane Therapy: Portrait of a Psychotherapy Cult by Marybeth Ayella

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Episode 006: Bigfoot

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".

Skepticism:

Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America's Enduring Legend by David J. Daegling	If this face says one thing, it's this: "Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?" Exposing Roger Patterson's 1967 Bigfoot Film Hoax by Kal Korff and Michaela Kocis

Nutjobs:

	"I can has endangered species protection?" The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
	The Alliance of Independent Bigfoot Researchers. Yes, they have t-shirts.

On the fence:

Me Write Book: It Bigfoot Memoir by Bigfoot	The Patterson-Gimlin footage by some pranksters

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Episode 007: Numerology

Numerology is like a science, except that it's not anything like a science. Indistinguishable from mathematics until 2,600 years ago, numerologists tap into the "ancient wisdom" of "numbers" such as "14". Modern numerologists use data mining to trick people into believing that random coincidences are meaningful. Also, they make sculptures out of earwax.

Resources:

The Skepdic entry on numerology.	numerology-guide.com. It actually includes these sentences: "Some people are skeptical that a series of numbers associated with letters can foretell how you should live your life and what your future will be. Read more about Skeptics."	Personalized numerology readings. Apparently by Tor Johnson.

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Episode 008: Holocaust Deniers

People who deny the holocaust aren't "people" in the biological sense, though a few million years of evolution might lead them in that direction. Hotel and Porter travel to rural Louisibamasippi to interview one of these abominations, and try to discover why holocaust deniers refuse to wear pants.

Resources:

The Simon Wiesenthal Center.   Named for one badass Nazi hunter.

One-stop shop for Holocaust denial information.   Also, the most depressing site on the Web! Huzzah!

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Flash Episode 008a: The Morals of Atheism

Porter and Hotel show that you can't be a moral person unless you devote your life to an invisible superhero who lives in outer space and was invented in the Bronze Age.

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Episode 009: Flip Flopping Scientists?

Why can't scientists make up their minds about anything? Because that's how science works, dumbass. Porter explains how scientific progress is made, and why the public should be grateful and worshipful of scientists, AKA gods on earth.

Scientific Literature Searches:

arXiv, hosted by Cornell. 450,000+ articles in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology and Statistics.	PubMed, hosted by U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Life Sciences search engine.
CiteSeer, hosted by Penn State. 750,000+ articles primarily in Computer and Information Science.	Google Scholar. All academic literature, scientific and otherwise. If you can't find it here, it's probably bullshit.

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Episode 010: Listener Feedback

Thank you for the feedback you've sent so far. We could have done it without you. And we did. In this episode, we answer your letters and leave you lacking both dignity and pants. Also, the Sciencetics Store is open! Finally, you have a chance to do some unpaid advertising for us.

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Episode 011: Satanism

Child sacrifices, drinking goat blood, summoning demons. These are good ice breakers. But are they the province of Satanists, or just inventions of Fundamentalist Christians, the mainstream media, and Hollywood? Answer: They are inventions of Fundamentalist Christians, the mainstream media, and Hollywood. Now you don't have to listen to this episode.

Stuff:

The Religious Tolerance Project's entry on the Church of Satan.	The Church of Satan. These guys sound like a lot of fun.

Summary of the Satanic Panic. 1980s: accusations, lawsuits, Geraldo. 1990s: science, countersuits, Geraldo apologizes.

Satanists have their own radio station! How cute!

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Episode 012: Homeopathy

Homeopathy is like sociopathy, in that its practitioners have no conscience. They claim to be able to treat any disease, including those for which real medicine has found no cure. This offering of false hope is wack, and so is your face.

Science-based Medicine:

A detailed essay on homeopathy's worthlessness from Quackwatch	The Scientific Evidence on Homeopathy by David Ramey. Spoiler alert: there is none.

Crap-based Medicine:

The National Center for Homeopathy, featuring daguerreotypes of (alleged) goat rapist Samuel Hahnemann.	hpathy.com. Now featuring no omeo.

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Flash Episode 012a: Darwin Day

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.

Charles Darwin, eater of souls.