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Debunkers' Delight: Penn & Teller, Sullum, Sokal, Waite, and New Atlantis
By Todd Seavey
The most frequent complaint about us skeptics is that we're party-poopers. How much more fun
the world would be, say the non-skeptics, if only we all believed in unicorns, psychic powers,
God, or panhandlers who really just lost their wallets and only need a few cents for bus fare back home.
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June 6, 2003
I think that Penn and Teller are excellent magicians, but when they bully people
on stage in their idiotically-named show, they cross the line into pure snake-oil
salesmanship. Is harassment considered science? After all, it was Friedrich Hayek
(one of my personal heroes) who warned of the dangers of the abuse of science.
When you use specious industry-funded studies to prop up your "science," you are
corrupting the process.
—airgun177
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