Pseudoarchaeology and Elongated Skulls
Elongated skulls of ancient people like the Peruvians have long been a source of mystery and fascination, particularly for significance-junkies that find aliens wherever they […]
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Pseudoarchaeology of the Serapeum, a 19th Dynasty Egyptian Site in Saqqara
The wonder and awe isn’t found in fantasies of ancient aliens and “high technology” of long lost civilizations -rather it comes with the understanding that we are more than the sum of our parts when we decide to do something together. A fact that our ancient ancestors understood all too well. For better or worse.
Is a homeopathic laugh really funny?
Or is it just a watered down joke? I found a small package of “medicine” recently in the desk drawer of a former employee and […]
GMO Hating Squirrels?
There’s a popular Facebook meme making it’s rounds –I’ve seen it at least three times now– about GMO foods and how it’s supposed to be […]
Grave Dowsing?
What’s a water dowser do when his method is demonstrated time and again to be nonsense on stilts? Turn to dowsing for graves, I suppose. […]
The Pseudoscience of Homeopathy
I am not responsible for any keyboards for those who tried reading this with their morning hot cup of joe! If you’ve never visited xkcd, […]
Pseudoscience and the Serpent Mound
I recently blogged about the Serpent Mound after a visit to the Ohio archaeological site, sharing a few of the photos I took while there. […]
Does Scientism Exist?
The topic of “scientism” keeps coming up in conversations with both those who criticize the rigorous demands of the scientific method as well as through […]
