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[*] posted on 8-2-2014 at 12:46


Quote: Originally posted by Etaoin Shrdlu  
The structure of water is altered by emotions.

I'd never have heard of this ridiculousness except I just ran into someone worried they were damaging their fish by being near the tank while upset.


Sadly, my college has a copy of Emoto's book on the subject filed under "chemistry".




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[*] posted on 21-5-2014 at 16:13


Came across this, kind of hard to believe

http://www.macleans.ca/politics/america-dumbs-down/
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[*] posted on 21-5-2014 at 16:55


I agree with the overall sentiment, but that article is pure spin.

"Just 12 per cent expressed strong confidence in the press to accurately report scientific findings."

How...how surprising, what with their reputation for checking facts instead of mindlessly repeating their competitors (and the Onion).
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[*] posted on 22-5-2014 at 03:28


I just saw this as an add on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hejJknpb0YQ




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[*] posted on 22-5-2014 at 14:12


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efAUCG9oTb8



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[*] posted on 22-5-2014 at 16:54


Quote: Originally posted by bismuthate  
I just saw this as an add on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hejJknpb0YQ

Hahaha! hat's the most retarded thing I've seen in a while (quite an accomplishment considering how many stupid thing I see on a regular basis). Look a one of the comments:

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Through necromancy and the power of imagination, we bring you Sapphire Waves. This app causes a micro placebo effect cascade causing all those within a one meter radius to become made of protoplasm and have increased levels of asininess, plus it turns normal water into hydrogen dioxide! Check out our other cool apps which allow you to download more RAM and make pure low cal fat free diet hydrogen dioxide pour from your speakers!

We here at Sapphire Dave's reject reality and substitute our own!

Hydrogen peroxide I assume they meant. Answer me this then you mouthbreathers, were the fuck does the extra oxygen atom come from?




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[*] posted on 22-5-2014 at 17:41


I'm sure they meant dihydrogen monoxide.



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[*] posted on 22-5-2014 at 18:08


That comment was clearly satire.
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[*] posted on 22-5-2014 at 19:03


Etaoin Shrdlu, now that you mention it, I think you're right - I hope you're right.



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[*] posted on 28-5-2014 at 10:14


Quote: Originally posted by Zyklonb  
Etaoin Shrdlu, now that you mention it, I think you're right - I hope you're right.

Nah, it's gotta be - you can hear the snark dripping off that paragraph.




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[*] posted on 28-5-2014 at 10:23


Well, in that case, good for him!



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[*] posted on 28-5-2014 at 11:27


The Bemer?

Further superfluous proof that; "There's one born every shagging minute!"

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[*] posted on 28-5-2014 at 14:48


...what the hell is it even supposed to be? None of their supposedly explanatory links say anything about the machine itself. Most scams at least propose some method of function; this one just skips past the "how" and claims efficacy straight-up. It's almost admirable in its effrontery - and they claim to have been in business for over a decade.

Any fans out there? Because I too believe in research and the power of science to banish initial reasonable doubts, and I have been recently developing a companion machine which through aligning rhythms and sub-quantum vibrations has been proven in several double-blind studies to alleviate such myriad ailments as gullibility, boredom, and pocket change: introductory cost only $299.99 USD.
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[*] posted on 23-6-2014 at 20:24


http://www.naturalnews.com/045695_global_warming_fabricated_...

Hilariously, hilariously wrong. What a fraud it is to add data to a chart, apparently.




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[*] posted on 24-6-2014 at 08:50


Yeah, I don't understand what they're claiming there. 97% of scientists agree that human caused climate change is real… who cares about some graph?
Edit: Just look at the comments under that article and you can clearly see the sort of audience that that website caters to, particularly if you sort it by "best"...

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