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- The Flight of Dragons movie: Magic versus science 7:06pm Nov 15
- The League of Scientists 12:47pm Nov 8
- IEDs and the futility of increased armor 11:43am Nov 1
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The majority of people who visit Digital Bits Skeptic are – you’ll be shocked to know – mostly skeptics. Many of us here have related interests in critical thinking, in science, and in wondering about how the world works. ...
By James Lochbaum Article ID: 1343 For the United States, there is probably no other weapon as symbolic of today’s conflicts as the Improvised Explosive Device, or IED. Up until 2007, IEDs were responsible for 63% of U.S. casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom (1). ...
By James Lochbaum Article ID: 1342 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is a Naval base established at the end of the Spanish-American War. It has since become a sort of frontier outpost in a country that, while not openly hostile, is certainly not friendly. Bagra...
by Jeff Kilroy Article ID: 1341 I attempt to have rational arguments with theists about their beliefs. I really do...
By David Annis Article ID: 1340 Today I heard an advertisement on the radio urging me to go back to college. “College graduates make a million dollars more over a lifetime,” the advertisement said. It directed me to a website where I could find a ...
By Andy Kaiser Article ID: 1339 Let me tell you about an adventure my family had a few weeks ago. I should also say that I'm not a doctor, and nothing you read here is official medical advice. This is my understanding of what happened in this specific case...
By Navin Kumar Article ID: 1338 Of all the interesting, insightful models produced in the last two or three hundred years of economics existence (I’m not including the models of financial markets: those are neither interesting nor insightful) few h...
By Navin Kumar Article ID: 1337 1.8 trillion US dollars. That's the cost that Climate Change will inflict upon the United States by 2100 . But there is a problem with the 2008 NRDC report that generated this figure: it’s based on 2008 technology. ...
By Nicholas Covington Article ID: 1336 "And when we say also that... [Jesus] was produced without sexual union, and that He... was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended into heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe regar...
By Andy Kaiser Article ID: 1335 This is it, everyone! Digital Bits Skeptic episode 100! And to start things off, I’d like to make the following point: A ...
Some of you remember I had to delay last week’s episode because of illness in the family. The illness has gotten worse. I’m delaying again this week – there will be no new article or podcast this weekend. Ther...
We’re done with the ads for now. I’ve removed them. DBS still loses money. But to use a needlessly graphic analogy, the loss is more of a quiet warm trickle than an Excalibur-induced spurt. Thanks to all subscribers for making this change possible! If...
By Nicholas Covington Article ID: 1334 Abstract: This article is a rebuttal to Gary Habermas, who defends the Jesus’ resurrection appearances against the hypothesis that these appearances were simply hallucinations. A plausible natural explanation...
by Kevin Bridges Article ID: 1333 A synchronicity is another word for coincidence. The difference between the two is that, with a synchronicity, there is more to the event than mere coincidence. Events in a synchronicity are said to be a part of ...
