Posts Tagged ‘Russell’s Teapot’

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The Ghosts of Woo: Part One

by Maki on November 23, 2011 at 10:43 am
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Read The Intro In Part One of our tale, Craig is visited by the Ghost of Woo Reasoning, namely Bertrand Russell’s Teapot. Makes sense. After all, both are unfalsifiable, imaginary things. The Ghost of Woo Reasoning was almost Ferdinand’s Booger, from the short-lived series I did on anecdotal vs. experimental evidence a while back. Acupuncture [...]

└ Tags: acupuncture, Ghosts of Woo, Logic, Logical Fallacy, rationality, reason, Russell's Teapot
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Misplaced (Pr)iorities

by Maki on July 25, 2011 at 9:06 am
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Speaking of priorities, before I talk about today’s comic I’d like to convey my heartfelt condolences to the people of Oslo, Norway in the wake of Friday’s terror attack.  I’ve always viewed Norway —the whole Scandinavian region, really—as a safe, welcoming place for freethinkers, and it broke my heart to see it torn by this [...]

└ Tags: Allegory, Bible, Fiction, Jesus, Medicine, Odin, Russell's Teapot, Science, Science Writing, space art
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This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

by Maki on June 13, 2011 at 9:36 am
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I know, I know. Today’s comic is a doozy. As I was drawing it, I found myself having to step further and further back to try to convey the ideas. By the time I was crafting an electromagnetic (EM) spectrum in photoshop, I had to say “Alright, that’s enough. We’re getting into grade-school science now.” [...]

└ Tags: cell phones, radiation, Russell's Teapot, space art
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Risk/(Be)nefit Deficiency

by Maki on June 8, 2011 at 8:18 am
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I’m back from the depths of science. It was a rough (though fantastic) weekend, so you’ll forgive me if I’m slightly behind on subject matters. One the eve of the World Science Festival that so cruelly whisked me away from you, I saw an article on CNN.com that made a pretty stunning announcement: Cell Phones [...]

└ Tags: cell phones, probability, radiation, risk, Russell's Teapot, space art, WHO
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On The Road, Heading for Geek Paradise.

by Maki on March 9, 2011 at 7:44 am
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Aw. Yeah, I know. Really sorry everyone. As today’s ‘comic’ states, Nadir and I will be leaving for the Penny Arcade Expo tomorrow, and since work has decided to punish me for taking time off, I didn’t have time for a proper comic. I’ll make it up to you. I swear on me mammy’s grave. But [...]

└ Tags: Burnistoun, Freethought Dayton, PAX East, Russell's Teapot, Skeptic, space art
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Does This (B)us Go To NGC 2419?

by Maki on February 28, 2011 at 7:20 am
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No, it doesn’t. And there is no bus stop metaphor. I tried, dear sweet baby Velociraptor Jesus, I tried. I actually wrote a whole post trying to compare it with the future of space travel in America. But I felt it just took away from a self-admittedly wonderful comic. So I will mince words and [...]

└ Tags: astronomy, Bus Stop, Maki, Metaphor, Russell's Teapot, space art, stars, Velociraptor Jesus, Wallpaper
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Carl Sagan (Cs) is a Verb Now

by Maki on January 17, 2011 at 8:04 am
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Let it be known that as of January 17th, 2011: ‘Carl Sagan‘, or in this case ‘Sagan‘, can now be used as a verb. To Sagan is to wistfully ponder upon or wax poetic about the cosmos. Webster’s Dictionary, take note. What with the recent Astrology news, I scrapped the previous astrology comic I had [...]

└ Tags: Astrology, Atheism, Carl Sagan, Confirmation Bias, Language, Life, Maki, pareidolia, Pseudoscience, Russell's Teapot, Skepticism, Space, space art, Superstition, zodiac
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Finding Atomic Needles in Universal (H)aystacks

by Maki on December 15, 2010 at 8:12 am
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Today’s comic not only introduces a new character, Bertrand Russell’s Teapot, but points a giggling finger at the lack of plausibility in homeopathic claims. Homeopathy is part of a collection of pseudoscientific modalities doctors like Dr. Mark Crislip, MD of Quackcast like to call Supplements, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, or SCAM. When you buy a homeopathic cold remedy [...]

└ Tags: Alt Med, Homeopathy, Pseudoscience, Russell's Teapot, Skepticism, space art
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