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- Was life on Earth an alien creation? A critical look at “directed panspermia” 10:28am Jun 28
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By Nicholas Covington Article ID: 1322 This article is a response to a blog post at Uncommon Descent by Walter Remine[1]. I will begin by quoting part of his essay: "Life is unified by an abundance of complex biochemical features possessed by all, or virtually all life...
By Andy Kaiser Article ID: 1321 I have no idea how I first started listening to the deò's Shadow podcast. But there I was. A skeptic. A secular humanist. An atheist. And I was listening to and enjoying a podcast that targeted pagans. Pagans...
Hi everyone, this is Andy Kaiser with a quick announcement. I want to get rid of the ads on the DBSkeptic website and you can help. Here’s my promise: If I can get enough new subscribers to equal the amount of money the ads bring in, I will remove all ads from the website. As [..
Hi everyone, this is Andy Kaiser with a quick announcement: I want to get rid of the ads on the DBSkeptic website and you can help. Here's my promise: If I can get enough new subscribers to equal the amount of money the ads bring in, I will remove all ads from the website...
By M Parrott Article ID: 1319 It's a growing trend to believe that a pill can cure anything. Any aches, any pains, any sores. It's a big reason why people are still looking for a pill to make you thin. While I think we have become far too reliant on pills, I'm not saying to scrap all drugs...
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By Nicholas Covington Article ID: 1318 Most world religions, especially the Abrahamic faiths, promote the idea that God has spoken to man in the past and present. If they are right, we should find strong evidence that future knowledge was handed down to man in the form of prophecy...
By Nick Farrantello Article ID: 1316 I don't believe in anything. UFOs, Bigfoot, ESP, the Loch Ness Monster, ghosts, you name it. In my mind it's all a bunch of hooey. Despite that, I still consider myself very open-minded...
By M Parrott Article ID: 1314 It is my belief that self-proclaimed psychic Uri Gellar has been deluding people for several decades by bending spoons, stopping watches, changing the movement of compasses and making predictions as to what is on a piece of paper...
By Andy Kaiser Article ID: 1313 Hi everyone, this is Andy Kaiser. I'd like to share an interesting experience. I have a unique perspective on the Digital Bits Skeptic website, because I'm the administrator. I edit and post all articles...
By Nicholas Covington Article ID: 1312 The Kalam Cosmological Argument was popularized by the Christian philosopher William Lane Craig, and it has become the most widely discussed argument for God's existence in contemporary philosophy[1]. These three points make up the Kalam: 1...
By Andy Kaiser Article ID: 1310 Imagine you're sitting at home on your favorite overstuffed armchair. You sink down in the stuffing and relax. You've got a cigarette in one hand, a drink in the other. You smoke and drink. You're sleepy, and the lazy trail of cigarette smoke is a gentle hypnosis...
By Nicholas Covington Article ID: 1312 The Kalam Cosmological Argument was popularized by the Christian philosopher William Lane Craig, and it has become the most widely discussed argument for God's existence in contemporary philosophy[1]. These three points make up the Kalam: 1...
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Bless me father, for I have sneezed
http://www.dbskeptic.com/2009/03/08/bles
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Spontaneous human combustion and “the wick effect”
http://www.dbskeptic.com/2009/02/28/spon
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Anti-Republican sentiment - and not Barack Obama - gave the Democrats the Presidency
http://www.dbskeptic.com/2009/02/22/anti
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Orgone chips review: New Age versus the scientific method
http://www.dbskeptic.com/2009/02/14/orgo
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The skinny on the Body Mass Index (BMI)
http://www.dbskeptic.com/2009/02/08/the-
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Why pick on religion? Why religion matters to the non-religious
http://www.dbskeptic.com/2009/01/31/why-
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Thanks for the feedback. As to your question:
"what makes you so sure aliens are actively searching for us?"... Read More
Re-read the last couple paragraphs of the article again - I'm not saying anything about life searching for us. I'm specifically saying that the Drake Equation can't help us with this answer.
As much as I personally would like to believe that other life out there is trying hard to say hello, we just don't have any evidence this is the case.
http://crispian-jago.blogs