Comments on: Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience

By: ZT

ZT — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:09:18 +0000

@AJ: I don’t think the website attracts a high proportion of morons; rather, the morons are the ones who get angry because of the website, and angry people are far more likely to comment.

By: Famous Mortimer

Famous Mortimer — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:03:09 +0000

The “Skeptic” term has essentially become equal to “nut-job” in my mind, thanks to these almost avant-garde replies on every skeptics site that I have visited.

They effectively support Shermer’s “Why Smart People Believe Weird Things” theory. It seems that focused minds are very good at filling in the gaps with a host of different dreamscapes. It’s like watching someone wield a chainsaw for fun. You might want them to stop, but ultimately, there’s very little you can do about it.

Now, I’m quite certain that there’s a spattering of genuine mental illness at play here as well, but to have to wade through, and even expect these rampant mutterings on such a well nuanced site really breaks my heart.

I consider it grafitti.

By: GALM

GALM — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:43:58 +0000

Well, I gues there are some other psychic walking around. soon they will be asking for attention because they predicted that an Afroamerican woulbe president… and voila! Obama is the president. I guess if you go out everyday with an umbrella and say “it’s going to rain” I guess you will be right one day.

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:13:53 +0000

wow, it’s sad that shermers website attracts so many people who just dont get it. Keep up the work mike. The books are great. I just wish they were easier to get a hold of in New Zealand.

By: chad Simonds

chad Simonds — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:20:54 +0000

You know, Michael, you’ll eventually need to write a book about the 9/11 Truthers and Scientology. I look forward to your thorough analysis.