by Dale Gieringer, Ph.D. Coordinator, California NORML Myth: Marijuana is a Dangerous Drug Myth: Marijuana is Harmless Myth: One Joint Equals One Pack (or 16, or maybe just 4) Cigarettes Myth: Prohibition Reduces the Harmfulness of Pot Smoking Myth
The frequently cited idea that ALL communication simply breaks down into 55% Body Language, 38% Tonality and only 7% Words is shown to be a myth. So called "Body Language" experts have either not checked the facts when writing their books, or have simply been perpetuating a lie to fill their bank accounts.
Origins and meanings of "Hyperborea" in myths, legends, and literature.
The Skeptics Society is a scientific and educational organization of scholars, scientists, historians, magicians, professors and teachers, and anyone curious about controversial ideas, extraordinary claims, revolutionary ideas, and the promotion of sci...
A retired chemistry prof's critical take on miscellaneous goofy and crackpot water-treatment schemes and scams.
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Candid discussion of my own false expectations of myself ... perhaps others also have them!
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一篇寫得頗認真的文章，揭露了 Firefox (Windows 版) 一些常被忽略的弱點。文章結尾提到有些人一聽到有違自己信念的說法，便會不經思考而盲目反駁，這一點也值得引以為誡。
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Public-key infrastructure has been oversold as the answer to many network security problems. We discuss the problems that PKI doesn't solve, and that PKI vendors don't like to mention.
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"At the beginning we thought it was a big fish, but then we spotted hair on the head of the monster and ... the front part of his body was equipped with arms."