Another Venn diagram of irrational nonsense

Just two weeks after Crispian Jago gave us the Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense (a variant of Jago’s Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense, which itself recently got upgraded), Imgur user dehydrationstation now presents an even more detailed and comprehensive version with “An Organized Collection of Irrational Nonsense” (previous versions here):

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There’s something reassuring to the fact that no matter how wide the variety of ways these bollocks can be classified, Scientology will always have its spot of (dis)honor right in the middle of it all.

(via Friendly Atheist)

The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense

Crispian Jago once again shows us how it’s done (classifying irrational nonsense, that is):

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I think I want a poster of this even more than of his “Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense”. Though, I have to quibble with some of the overlapping (or lack thereof) – isn’t all pseudo-medical quackery a part of pseudoscience by definition, with all the bullshit explanations drawn up to bolster them (and excuse their invariable failure)? And Christianity’s “faith healing” component should arguably grant it a spot right by Scientology’s side. But I’m just nitpicking at this point.

Seriously, posters. Make them happen.

(via Friendly Atheist)

SMBC explains why we aren’t being probed by aliens

You know who doesn’t want aliens visiting Earth and anal-probing its moderately evolved citizenry? The aliens:

Transcript: (click the [+/-] to open/close →)

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PANEL 1:

ALIEN 2: You do know the humans are like… 25 light years away, right? It’ll take at least 30 generations to get there.

ALIEN 1: Then our descendents will CONSUME THE HUMANS.

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PANEL 2:

ALIEN 2: The humans evolved separately from us. They probably won’t be tasty or nutritious, and they might be poison.

Go forth and read the rest – and don’t forget to hover your mouse over the red button^*. So very true.

(via Pharyngula)

* Wait – a little red button that provides otherwise secret enjoyment if one knows the quasi-secret method for interacting with it? I mean, come on.

Tags: SMBC • Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal • UFOs • Unidentified Flying Objects

Daily Blend: Thursday, May 03, 2012

Gov. Nathan Deal (R-GA)

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) ^[pictured] signs “fetal pain” bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks into law.

FBI heroically stops yet another of its own terrorist plots: Anarchists edition.

The ridiculously mundane origins of five famous urban legends.

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Tags: Nathan Deal • Georgia • fetal pain • Federal Bureau of Investigations • FBI • terrorists • anarchists • Cracked.com • urban legends • myths • Illuminati • Nesta Webster • the grays • aliens • Betty Hill • Barney Hill • alien abductions • El Chupacabra • Species • El Dorado • conquistadors • Paul is Dead • The Beatles • Paul McCartney • Tim Harper

Daily Blend: Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Pictured: Bigger risk to yourself than others

• Sad factoid from PolitiFact: The most common form of shooting deaths are suicides by a margin of over 25%.

• Sarah Palin should take this opportunity to learn not to trust any information gleaned from Glenn Beck’s website. The details provide even further lulz.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Interesting article, but I would suggest the reason why these films (or Hereafter, at least, having not yet seen The Lovely Bones, myself) failed was because of pacing and/or plot issues, not uncomfortable themes.
  (via Project Reason)

• The 8 Most Successful Politicians (Who Weren't Human). Oh, the puns that come to mind.

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