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Creation Museum – Michael Shermer & Georgia Purdom

March 16, 2009 | By: aparamore | Category: General | 2 Comments

Last month I drove Michael Shermer down to the Creation Museum for a little visit. It was quite the interesting trip.
(Click above for more pictures!)
While down there, we recorded a short interview between him and Georgia Purdom, their PhD scientist. It’s really hard to sit there and film, and not say anything.

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Michael Shermer this Thursday

February 16, 2009 | By: aparamore | Category: General | No Comments

Well everyone, the day is near! Michael Shermer will be coming to Ohio State this Thursday. Arrive early! The room isn’t that big!
Here’s everything copy-pasted from http://www.sffosu.org/meetings/
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Michael Shermer – Why People Believe Strange Things
Thurs February 19th – 7:00pm
200 Campbell Hall
Ever wonder why people believe in UFOs and alien abductions, mind-reading and psychics who talk to [...]

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Columbus Dispatch Editorial: Mount Vernon School District’s Mistake

January 15, 2009 | By: aparamore | Category: General | 1 Comment

Last week, DispatchPolitics.com published a cap to the whole Freshwater debacle:
The unfortunate experience should be a cautionary lesson to other school districts dealing with teachers whose personal beliefs get in the way of their responsibility to educate: Don’t look the other way for years, even if the teacher is well-liked and personable. The mistake was [...]

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Psychics = Economic Salvation

January 14, 2009 | By: aparamore | Category: General | 2 Comments

In a time of economic uncertainty, it’s nice to see businesses are spending their money on something useful…

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“What I do is I give hopefully most of the time accurate information. Sometimes in the future.”

That’s what Laura Day said on Nightline the other night. Confident as ever. This psychic, or ‘intuitive’ as she [...]

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