The Many Rants of Larry Russwurm- Are Plants Drunk Off the Excess Carbon Dioxide?
- The Articler
- In the Presence of Dentyne
- The Space Yoyo
- Pieing Lou Ferrigno
- Light at the End of the World
- H. G. Wells, the Teenage Sidekick of the Father of Science Fiction
- The Right is Right, But the Left is More Right: A Mathematical Proof
- The Ads About Nothing
- Newfoundland Houndstooth
Category Archives: Pseudo Science
The Articler
The astute among you will notice that the title has a made up word. The name might make sense if you follow the rest of this post. Over 4 decades ago, mankind first set foot on the moon. It was … Continue reading
In the Presence of Dentyne
If you watched television in the last couple of years, chances are you’ve seen the ‘practise safe breath’ Dentyne campaign for that brand of gum. Basically they use condom like situations to provide the comedy for these ads. I don’t … Continue reading
What Has Really Happened to Germany’s New York Gold
According to this article, the island of Manhattan has the United States’ biggest gold reserves. Bigger than even Fort Knox. An intriguing twist is that much of the reserves belong to Germany. Before Germany’s currency was taken off the gold … Continue reading
Is There Some Science Behind the Chinese Zodiac?
Long time followers of this blog may remember my Traiters post of a couple years ago. In that post I said that the trait part of astrology may have some truth to it. (Note: I didn’t and don’t believe in … Continue reading
Posted in Humourless, Pseudo Science, Science
Tagged astrology, astrology Venn diagram, Chinese Zodiac, Chinese Zodiac repeats every 12 years, Chinese Zodiac still not science, do animals of Zodiac coexist or hate each other?, economic cycle, recession babies have different traits, traiters, traits
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The Case for Vampires Staking Vampires
Since vampires do indeed exist, let’s look at them a bit more scientifically than they usually get looked at. First of all we know they feed off human blood. And those bodies they have fed on turn into vampires. This … Continue reading
The Roman End of Years
Perhaps we’ll get really lucky and survive past Dec. 21 of this year by the skin of our teeth. This will be in defiance of the Mayan doom but remember we still have other cultures of the world to contend … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Mathematics, Pseudo Science
Tagged alternate Roman numerals extension, end of Mayan calendar, end of movies, Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Mayan doom, midnight January 22 3247 AD, Roman doom, Roman end of years, Roman Numerals, Rome founded in 753 BC, the Romans didn't have numbers past 3999, we should all become preppers and survivalists
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Rotting as a Virtue
It’s not just one foodie (a self appointed food expert) that has put forward rotting as a virtue. It is many. They take pictures of food that just doesn’t rot and laugh at it as if it had no nutritional … Continue reading
New Improved Birth Order Theory
In the post All Psychologists are Lazy, I took umbrage with the state of birth order theory. I especially disliked that theory which stated 5th born children are the same as 1st born children and 6th born children are the … Continue reading
Portents and the Hesitation of Our Ancestors to Call it a New Year
I’m expecting many of you to know about comet Lovejoy – the little comet that could. It had a run in with the sun that it was not expected to survive in mid December. Not only did it survive but … Continue reading