Months in the making, Vue Weekly unleashed their first ever (hopefully not the last) Bullshit issue. Complete with a Mad magazine-esque fold-together cryptic cover, it was an entire issue dedicated to exposing bullshit in politics, science, film, music, business, food and everything else.
I’m proud to say that I contributed four articles of anti-bullshit content.
Making a living of bullshit detecting
Perhaps no program has been more successful in popularizing scientific skepticism the way SGU has. Novella hosts SGU with his panel of comical skeptic “rogues,” which include his brothers Jay and Bob, Even Bernstein and Rebecca Watson—who also operates skepchick.org and has become the Lucy Lawless of science geek circles. SGU consistently sits in iTunes’ top 10 science podcasts and enjoys a weekly listenership of about 40 000.
We’ve all been hustled. Whether it was buying an oregano-filled joint or the time Tommy bet you a nickel he would kiss Mary-Sue, only to learn that Mary-Sue was in on it too. But while these small-timers destroy an evening at most, some scam artists have destroyed entire families’ lives. There are far too many faith healers, spirit mediums, pyramid schemers and snake oil salespeople waiting to pounce on your pockets, but here’s a short primer on five of the most infamous and dangerous swindlers out there.
Ironically, Tremblay’s article works against the very environmental and humanitarian causes he advocates. By absolving humans of fault, they are no longer accountable for the destruction of their planet. It becomes an issue that is out of their hands, so why try changing it? We apparently live in a video game like the slapped-around-hookers of Grand Theft Auto. We (Stelmach and Syncrude included) are on autopilot.
But Larry King is not a movie critic, he’s a talk show host—or, at the very least, a caricature. His quotes are not attributed to any TV program, print or radio show, only his name. For all we know, his comments could have been overheard from a bathroom stall.
Tags: bullshit, gnostics, larry king, michael shermer, novella, randi, rebecca watson, skepticism, skeptics guide to the universe, vue weekly
August 29, 2008 at 6:41 pm |
My favourites were “Dial “B” for Bullshit” & “Tar Sands an ET Pilot.”
This allowed me to laugh at how gullible some people are while contemplating how the media can support any claim by attaching a recognizable surname.
Funkin’ kudos ‘Om-eslice.
Love + Peace
Melissa
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