Ridley Scott’s Prometheus and anti-science
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. I am a big fan of science fiction with a few caveats. Make it fun or horrifying, preferably both, and scientifically plausible....
View ArticlePrometheus and bad science-Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Prometheus goes 35 light yrs into space, but CharlizeTheron gaffes “We’re a half billion miles from Earth”- just past Jupiter — Neil...
View ArticleReview of Prometheus on “Why Evolution is True”
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. From Guest post: Sigmund pans the movie “Prometheus” (spoiler alert) « Why Evolution Is True. I rarely do this (well, never), but...
View ArticleRidley Scott’s Prometheus and anti-science–an update
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. For some reasons, the new movie Prometheus by Ridley Scott has struck a nerve with the skeptic blogosphere. I’m pretty certain,...
View ArticleWorld War Z is not going to be popular with the vaccine deniers
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. I am a huge fan of the zombie horror movies, ever since being dragged to see George A Romero’s original and iconic Night of the...
View ArticleReview of Trace Amounts – bad science and conspiracies
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. This article is by Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law (San...
View ArticleVaxxed – a guide to Andrew Wakefield’s fraudulent film
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. This week, the Tribeca Film Festival, a New York City based film festival that focuses on independent films and documentaries, is...
View ArticleRobert De Niro and Wakefield’s propaganda film – Vaxxed
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Several sources report that Robert De Niro was the power behind the throne that got Mr. Andy Wakefield’s propaganda film, about a...
View ArticleWakefield, Tribeca Film Festival – old claims new package
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. In the words of my young son, it appears that Tribeca Film Festival made a bad choice (thumb down). It apparently decided to screen...
View ArticleTribeca pulls the Wakefield fraudulent documentary
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Not much to say here – the Tribeca Film Festival and Robert De Niro have chosen to pull the Andrew Wakefield fraudulent documentary,...
View ArticleMike Adams invents Tribeca vaccines conspiracy theory
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. I thought I was done with the whole Robert De Niro/Tribeca Film Festival/Andrew Wakefield fraud documentary. De Niro pulled the...
View ArticleRobert De Niro talks vaccines – misinformation and ignorance
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. I guess this story won’t die. After the huge kerfuffle with respect to the fraudumentary, Vaxxed, you’d think that I wouldn’t have...
View ArticleVaxxed misinformation – legal remedies for those harmed?
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. The documentary Vaxxed uses misrepresentation to scare people from vaccinating and protecting their kids from disease. For example,...
View ArticleVaxxed emotional appeal – putting kids at risk
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. The Vaxxed emotional appeal, not supported by scientific evidence, can and will put kids at risk. To help those of you who will see...
View ArticleVaxxed review – my personal take on that fraudumentary
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. I was given the opportunity recently to watch Mr. Andy Wakefield’s fraudulent and self-serving anti-vaccination documentary...
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