Gwangi Valley - Lost Blog of the Gwangi

Where dinosaurs are extinct, crystals aren’t magic and the Earth is more than 6,000 years old.

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    Beware: Non-apologetic skepticism, science and rational thinking rules here.

    Do you believe the Loch Ness monster is real, that there may be a hidden valley full of living dinosaurs somewhere, that pads on your feet will draw out 'toxins' or that crystals will heal you? Well, if you do, no matter if you're a Raelian or a thalian or a Baptist... you're kind of an idiot. There? Does that set the tone of this blog well enough? The 21st century is no place for hoky ancient mysticism and old wives' tales. Grow up or grow extinct.

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The Accidental Genius of Anonymous

Saturday, March 15th, 2008
cults, pop culture, pseudoscience, quackery, society | No Comments »

It’s an open secret that the Church of Scientology’s first defense against criticism is to attack the person criticizing and ignore the criticism (their now-dead leader L. Ron Hubbard told them to always attack, never defend). And usually this attack is aimed not at defusing the criticism, but at intimidating the criticizer so forcefully and [...]

What’s that voice [in Pat Robertson's head]?

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
quackery, skepticism, society, supernatural | No Comments »

Pat Robertson fancies himself a prophet. The only problem is that, unlike your average hindsight prophet who gets to write things down after the fact so that they’re 100% accurate, Pat has to make his up beforehand.
And he fails so spectacularly at it that you almost feel sorry for him. But then you start to [...]

And the gossip sites shall lead them

Saturday, February 9th, 2008
cults, pop culture, quackery, society | No Comments »

It’s a rare thing for me to stand up and applaud gossip sites and magazines. But I do so today. I do so with a feeling of pride. Pride in a part of popular culture which has, let’s be honest, primarily been involved with dumbing us down, not standing us up.
Well, the ‘Tom Cruise [...]

What do you have against flying reptiles?

Monday, January 21st, 2008
pop culture, pseudoscience, science, skepticism, society | Comments Off

The world is full of misunderstandings. The rhino’s horn is misunderstood; it’s not a bone nor is it made of hair*. Chewing gum does not stay in your body for years**. And there are a number of myths about dinosaurs and ancient reptiles, as well, that need some airing out.
Fallacy: Pterosaurs couldn’t possibly have [...]

Did you drink your 8 glasses of water? Probably.

Monday, January 14th, 2008
skepticism, society | No Comments »

Are you ready for this?
You’ve heard that you should drink 8 glasses of water a day, right? Well… from whom did you hear that? Most likely you heard it from someone who heard it from someone. Apparently the original someone was a 1945 pronouncement by some nutrition board, except… that what it said was that [...]