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TheBookgeekFrau

Pseudoscience and the Paranormal | Terence Hines

#SchoolSpirit #Professor

Written by my college professor

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs 🖤💛🖤 3mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So cool! 😎 3mo

tournevis I just started my class on Pseudohistory this afternoon! Great minds and all that! 3mo

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TheBookgeekFrau @tournevis Well of course, we're both on Litsy! 😂 Seriously though, great minds being alike--that course sounds hugely Interesting! 3mo

tournevis @TheBookgeekFrau The first class went marvelously and they seem to the up for the challenge! 👽 3mo

TheBookgeekFrau @tournevis Cool!! May many good questions be asked 🤨😊 3mo

tournevis @TheBookgeekFrau Hope so too! 🤞 3mo

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caffeinated

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark | Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan was a professor, and in the first few chapters of this book, he told stories about the professors who influenced and supported him to be the scientist he was.

#SchoolSpirit September 3rd #Professor

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Nicely done 👏🏻👏🏻 You must be a Daria fan?? 3mo

caffeinated @Eggs I am! 😊 3mo

Eggs @caffeinated “…Quinn‘s cousin er whatever” 3mo

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Billypar

Supernature | Lyall Watson

#Tuesdaytunes @TieDyeDude
There are so many musical acts that I'm aware of, have listened to a few songs, but haven't really given much thought or attention. Until a few days ago, Goldfrapp was one of those acts for me, but I somehow found myself listening to their album Supernature and wearing out the like button on Spotify. It's got so many attention-grabbing, danceable tracks. Really glad they came up on my streaming roulette!

Bookwomble Goldfrapp are great - glad you've found them. "Seventh Tree" is another brilliant album of theirs, though it's a bit more folky. "Head First" is more similar to "Supernature", but I honestly don't think you can go wrong with any of their albums ? 7mo

Billypar @Bookwomble Thanks for those recommendations - I will definitely be listening to more of theirs! 7mo

TieDyeDude Thanks for sharing. 7mo

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TheBookgeekFrau

Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time | Michael Shermer

#NewYearNewBooks #WhyInTitle

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Looks so interesting 🥰 10mo

TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs I was a whole other person when I read this back in the 20th century🤣😂 But from what I remember - it was very interesting! 10mo

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GingerAntics

Body: A Guide for Occupants | Bill Bryson

A croc eats 2-5 pounds of meat a DAY. That‘s 1302-3255 calories a DAY that a croc eats. So according to Bill, humans MUST (he said must) eat 39,060-97,650 calories a day. Either he‘s got his science wrong here, he‘s got his science wrong about the dieting, or he‘s got his science wrong all the way around. I want to see some sources.
#BillBryson #TheBody #audiobook #busbook #science #pseudoscience #questionable

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ this is even worse. I don‘t think this is right. I think this would kill the average human. 1y

ImperfectCJ @GingerAntics You're going to want to read that quote again. It doesn't say what you think it says. 1y

CBee He just means that a human should eat in a day what a crocodile eats in a whole month 😊 1y

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GingerAntics @CBee which is 2-5 pounds of meat. 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ what do you think it says? It says that each day we need to eat as much as a crocodile eats in 30 days. That‘s what it says. Clear as day. 1y

ImperfectCJ @GingerAntics This means that a crocodile eats only one day a month. It doesn't eat the other 29 (or 27 or 30, depending on how you count a month). Humans eat every day of the month the same amount that a crocodile eats on that one day out of the month. 1y

ImperfectCJ The calorie intake you've calculated for a crocodile is per month, not per day. Reptiles eat much less frequently than mammals. 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ that is incorrect. Crocs eat every 3-5 days. However, a different source stated that a 100kg croc eats 700g of food each WEEK, and that a 100kg/220lb human needs to eat that amount DAILY. If you consider that crocs eat only meat, that‘s going to factor to about 2016 calories a day for a 220 pound human. 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ That IS actually closer to the amount a grown adult needs to eat, and it washes when you consider this is the minimum for the human body to function healthily. Once you add activity, climate, etc, you‘re going to have to add more. 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ I am fully aware of this. I took the fact I found “A crocodile eats on average 2-5 pounds of meat per day, or roughly 5% of its body weight per week.” I figured out how many calories that would be. 1302-3255 calories. Since that is the average a croc eats “per day” I multiplied by 30 since Bryson is claiming we need to eat in a day what a croc eats in a month. 39,060-97,650. According to Bryson, this is what we should eat a day. 1y

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Chariots of the Gods | Erich von D�niken

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I‘m all about reading and seeing other perspectives on various subjects. Was God an ancient astronaut? This book did have some really good arguments for this thought process and approaches our history in ways I hadn‘t considered. Am I totally convinced? No but it did make me think.

Reggie Last year for Thanksgiving I gave the prayer and my grandmother gets bothered but she still laughed when I said to the aliens who left us here, can you please come back and save us before we destroy each other. Lol 2y

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LibrarianRyan

Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers | Charles Seife

Proof post one. I have only managed to log 2 out of 3 pages of bingo cards but I have 3 just on these pages. #teammonstermash

StayCurious

AnnR Way to go! You are close to getting a bingo for #AutumnBingo2022. 🎃🍁 2y

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TheNeverendingTBR

Chariots of the Gods?: Unsolved Mysteries of the Past | Erich von D�niken

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There are many things in ancient history that can't be properly explained by mainstream archaeology, and the book shines light on a few.

This interesting concept of aliens on earth is very thought provoking.

I've read so many similar books so there wasn't much in here that I've not read about before.

If you watch Ancient Aliens a lot of the information comes from this book.

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Tkgbjenn1

Skeptoid 2: More Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena | Brian Dunning

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Second of his books by Brian Dunning host of the Skeptoid Podcast. As good as the first. In a time of limitless conspiracy theories there is need for more critical thinking. Brian Dunning‘s purpose in life is to encourage people to look at things with a more critical eye.

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