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Resistance Is Futile: You Will Be Assimilated

Chris Gyford

Apr 7
3 min

Resistance Is Futile: You Will Be Assimilated

So, I’ve been thinking about vaccines, microchips and assimilation (both Piagetian and Borgian).

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Piaget Says You Have a Mind Like a Mollusc

Chris Gyford

Apr 5
2 min

Piaget Says You Have a Mind Like a Mollusc

How Piaget's theory of cognitive development helps explain why personal experiences are not to be relied upon when forming beliefs.

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Chris Gyford

Mar 29
3 min

Fata Morgana, Encore!

So, I've been thinking once again about misguided scepticism, churnalism and these so-called "floating ships".

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Chris Gyford

Mar 23
2 min

Stitch Has a Glitch

So, I've been thinking about alternate realities, a cabal of satanic child abusers, a BBFC examiner and an animated Dinsey classic.

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Chris Gyford

Mar 20
2 min

Mostly Accurate Reporting from CBN News

So, I've been thinking about conspiracy theories about RFID chips in COVID-19 vaccines and where this dangerous nonsense originated.

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Chris Gyford

Mar 8
2 min

Fata Morgana, Fait Accompli?

So, I've been thinking about churnalism and misguided scepticism worthy of the worst of the flat-Earth community.

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Chris Gyford

Nov 25, 2020
1 min

Because There Is a Planet B

So, I've been thinking about planetary protection and the threat to planet B.

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Chris Gyford

Nov 25, 2020
2 min

Something for the Weekend?

So, I've been thinking about the role of planetary protection a new era of space exploration.

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Chris Gyford

Nov 18, 2020
2 min

Wielding the Rusty Razor

So, Ive been thinking about the history of The Skeptic's Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience.

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Chris Gyford

Nov 12, 2020
2 min

Leapin' and Hoppin' on a Moonshadow

So, I've been thinking about the photo and video evidence for and against the Moon landing hoax.

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Chris Gyford

Nov 12, 2020
2 min

Look! Up in the Sky!

So, I've been thinking about what is actually up there.

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Chris Gyford

Nov 5, 2020
2 min

Why You Gotta Be So Mean?

How the cyclical nature of everything from sports performances to medical conditions results in regression to the mean.

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Chris Gyford

Nov 5, 2020
2 min

Happy Birthday, Harold Davenport!

How the high probability of so-called coincidences occurring can be explained by the law of large numbers.

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Chris Gyford

Oct 31, 2020
2 min

The Pseudoscience of Ghosts

So, I've been thinking about the somewhat-pseudoscientific explanations for apparitional experiences.

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Prof. Richard Wiseman and Ash Pryce’s Bizarre Choice

Chris Gyford

Oct 31, 2020
2 min

Prof. Richard Wiseman and Ash Pryce’s Bizarre Choice

So, I've been thinking about what was behind the bizarre choice in our dear friends' recent media appearance.

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There's Nothing Natural about Getting a Medical Degree

Chris Gyford

Oct 29, 2020
2 min

There's Nothing Natural about Getting a Medical Degree

So, I've been thinking about naturopathy and its fallacious appeal to nature.

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Chris Gyford

Oct 29, 2020
2 min

'Tis the Season for Something Insidious

So, I've been thinking about what lies beneath the spooky season stories in the press.

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I'm a Conspiracy Theorist, But That's OK

Chris Gyford

Oct 24, 2020
2 min

I'm a Conspiracy Theorist, But That's OK

So, I've been thinking about my own conspiritorial beliefs and the control I have over them.

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Chris Gyford

Oct 24, 2020
2 min

Prof. Edzard Ernst's Very Strange Story

So, I've been thinking about the real reason behind our dear friend Prof. Edzard Ernst's recent unexpected media appearance.

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QAnon, #SaveTheChildren & Conspiracy Theory Extremeness

Chris Gyford

Oct 18, 2020
2 min

QAnon, #SaveTheChildren & Conspiracy Theory Extremeness

When encountering a conspiracy theory for the first time it’s easy to dismiss it as silly and to wonder how anyone could buy into such obvio

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