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(20,606 posts) Tue Mar 25, 2014, 06:54 PM Mar 2014

The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense [View all]

http://crispian-jago.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the-venn-diagram-of-irrational-nonsense.html

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The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense [View all] zappaman Mar 2014 OP

Gee only thing left is a boring life where all upaloopa Mar 2014 #1

Why would that be in there? zappaman Mar 2014 #2

Religious, political, philosophical, even national fairy tales. LanternWaste Mar 2014 #168

. Rex Mar 2014 #4

Reality is more interesting than arguments from ignorance phil89 Mar 2014 #10

Boring? Fuck no- that sounds like fun! Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #11

Actually, there's still things like making your own beer and cheese. MNBrewer Mar 2014 #53

Awesome. nt d_r Mar 2014 #54

Yeah... gcomeau Mar 2014 #62

Thanks but I don't need it upaloopa Mar 2014 #78

So you make your own reality? LondonReign2 Mar 2014 #82

I don't get what is so important about upaloopa Mar 2014 #141

No... you really do. gcomeau Mar 2014 #117

That's just your arrogant ignorance talking. Or your ignorant arrogance. Orrex Mar 2014 #151

There must be a way to work "close minded" or "dogmatic" in there somehow. gcomeau Mar 2014 #157

Yes Springslips Mar 2014 #63

You said that not me. upaloopa Mar 2014 #143

... zeemike Mar 2014 #72

Y'know, the lives of crackpots aren't really all that exciting cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #79

Neither are the lives of the arrogant ignorant. upaloopa Mar 2014 #144

Science is "boring"? And supernatural nonsense isn't? Jgarrick Mar 2014 #80

What first hand knowledge of reality do you have ? upaloopa Mar 2014 #81

I know that astronomy is legitimate science and that astrology is bullshit. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #86

"Other belief systems" created by people with the same limited senses. cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #92

But their beliefs are based on someone's inner visions as they made themselves one with Jgarrick Mar 2014 #113

It's curious that magical thinkers like to pretend to have access to the "real" universe Orrex Mar 2014 #93

What is curious is that you expect others upaloopa Mar 2014 #145

Well, no. Orrex Mar 2014 #146

Man you are blowing this way out of upaloopa Mar 2014 #149

So, you can't actually back up your nonsense. Got it. Orrex Mar 2014 #150

So it's better to peddle pseudoscientific crap and live an exciting life? Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #85

Sadly, many people do find science boring. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #87

And call people out on the Intertubes for bad engwish, (your misery not you misery) snooper2 Mar 2014 #139

After watching a few episodes of "Cosmos" NickB79 Mar 2014 #165

Did you ever entertain the idea that the real world upaloopa Mar 2014 #166

Yes, and the conclusion I come to is that it's immaterial NickB79 Mar 2014 #167

I love getting my back cracked and massaged at the chiro... NightWatcher Mar 2014 #3

I go back and forth on chiropractors... zappaman Mar 2014 #6

I don't think you can get a... madinmaryland Mar 2014 #22

Don't be so sure zappaman Mar 2014 #24

Dr. B.J. Hardick madinmaryland Mar 2014 #30

at least he/she isn't a dentist nt d_r Mar 2014 #55

Please...stop! blackspade Mar 2014 #60

Finest chiropractor I ever came across. riqster Mar 2014 #103

There's parts that have some basis in reality jeff47 Mar 2014 #17

as soon as my chiro goes into that stuff, my eyes roll back in my head NightWatcher Mar 2014 #18

Don't forget the Mega doses of Vitamins... Thor_MN Mar 2014 #56

Mega does of vitamins are actually prescribed bunnies Mar 2014 #105

Yea, I had a vitamin D deficiency one time. phleshdef Mar 2014 #111

Same here. bunnies Mar 2014 #114

Seriously? You advocate that everyone take megadoses of vitamins, regardless if they need them or n Thor_MN Mar 2014 #135

Yeah. Thats what I said. bunnies Mar 2014 #138

About the same as what you did to what I said. Thor_MN Mar 2014 #161

Yes, "for people with severe vitamin deficiencies." Thor_MN Mar 2014 #134

Love having my neck and back cracked also when it is in spasm Mojorabbit Apr 2014 #169

Psychic surgery? Does that come with a huge psychic bill? Rex Mar 2014 #5

How you gonna get there? zappaman Mar 2014 #8

I have an Astral Van. Rex Mar 2014 #9

Or you can take a plane to a whole other plane pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #12

LOL! Are they casting for a new season of Lost on CNN? Rex Mar 2014 #15

I prefer my Camper Van Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #14

Seen them a few times zappaman Mar 2014 #23

I like pretty much everything Dave Lowery has done, personally. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #25

Don't get me wrong zappaman Mar 2014 #28

Yeah, some of those old albums are great. Weird, all over the map. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #37

+100 LondonReign2 Mar 2014 #84

I always ask to repay in Karmic credit. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #109

Cool. Scientology is like one-stop shopping for all your bollocks needs. Liberal Veteran Mar 2014 #7

Ha! I curse your simpering diagram! idendoit Mar 2014 #13

I have friends into something called "oil pulling" lately gollygee Mar 2014 #16

I'll bite zappaman Mar 2014 #21

It's a miracle cure for everything gollygee Mar 2014 #26

Wow! zappaman Mar 2014 #29

Yeah gollygee Mar 2014 #48

Ear candles. Ikonoklast Mar 2014 #120

Every 30 thousand miles Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #40

Stuff on there I never heard of, Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #19

It's not! Scootaloo Mar 2014 #34

Good point. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #43

I didn't see this earlier when I asked the same question Aerows Mar 2014 #50

Bah! DU is just a collection of suppressive persons. longship Mar 2014 #20

Excellent Venn diagram. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #27

I don't know what "Cupping" is Flying Squirrel Mar 2014 #31

Hmmm zappaman Mar 2014 #33

In the same vein...I give you the Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #32

If only there was room for ontological materialism..... AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #45

Seems to be missing the alternative medicine section (nt) LostOne4Ever Mar 2014 #47

That's a whole lotta bollocks!...nt SidDithers Mar 2014 #35

What the hell Aerows Mar 2014 #36

Don't give them any ideas! pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #39

LOL! Aerows Mar 2014 #49

Light candle, look through opposite ear for light: All is in alignment. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #148

Ewww Aerows Mar 2014 #156

"Angel therapy" is a thing? Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #38

"Angel therapy" gets 384,000 hits on Google. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #88

Speaking of Venn diagrams, here's another good one: Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #41

Teabaggery's floating around in bits there somewhere. byronius Mar 2014 #42

Crispian forgot one thing.....ontological materialism. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #44

Using "ontological" like people don't know you mean "scientific materialism" mathematic Mar 2014 #68

"Perhaps you're hanging out around too many highly religious science skeptics." To be honest: nope. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #75

You're mischaracterizing Dawkins' position Orrex Mar 2014 #99

Not at all, I'm afraid. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #132

Out-of-body experiences are entirely neurological. longship Mar 2014 #71

"To claim that they are some magical thing" I don't, TBH. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #74

Nope. OBEs are understood. longship Mar 2014 #77

"That's what the science says." Not quite, TBH. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #133

And, there's no shortage of grifters making big $$$ off all that shit. n/t MerryBlooms Mar 2014 #46

I'd think "Trickle Down Economics" falls under the "Religious" and "Pseudoscientific" crescent. HughBeaumont Mar 2014 #51

Nicely done. A lot of work, and thought, went into mapping the nonsense. morningfog Mar 2014 #52

They left out Area 51 zappaman Mar 2014 #73

Where's the evil eye? Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #57

Oh, my mistake RobertEarl Mar 2014 #66

Well, there's that too. Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #67

Yes, I believe the dollar bill exists. zappaman Mar 2014 #69

I feel this way about it. Ferretherder Mar 2014 #58

Science is not on that map rickyhall Mar 2014 #59

Of course it isn't. It's a diagram of irrational nonsense. RedCappedBandit Mar 2014 #65

And why would it be? Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #83

I've had excellent results using dowsing rods. obxhead Mar 2014 #61

Dowsing rods are good for finding "random objects" jberryhill Mar 2014 #76

Where's your reviled 9/11 skepticism zappaman? whatchamacallit Mar 2014 #64

Dunno. zappaman Mar 2014 #70

Uh huh... whatchamacallit Mar 2014 #119

Here ya go, my friend. zappaman Mar 2014 #124

I have many things to be happy about whatchamacallit Mar 2014 #126

You're welcome! zappaman Mar 2014 #128

Excellent resource. Thanks ! -nt Bonx Mar 2014 #89

Karma is bollocks? Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #90

Of course it is. Just ask Joseph Stalin or Mao Zedong. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #96

The Venn-like Diagram of Rational Limitation, Fail & Nonsense Berlum Mar 2014 #91

+1 G_j Mar 2014 #94

Thanks G-j. Berlum Mar 2014 #98

Well, we know where you fall on the spectrum zappaman Mar 2014 #106

Yup. On the healthy Whole of it. Berlum Mar 2014 #110

Your feel-good clipart postings have inspired me to abandon science and reason Orrex Mar 2014 #116

nothing from western medicine? G_j Mar 2014 #95

It says that western (that is, *actual*) medicine is based in science Orrex Mar 2014 #100

I suppose you are fortunate to have such faith in it. G_j Mar 2014 #104

I work very hard to have faith in as little as possible. Orrex Mar 2014 #107

it depends on what passes for science G_j Mar 2014 #108

That's not science; that's misrepresentation of data. Orrex Mar 2014 #112

I love science G_j Mar 2014 #121

Which practices of western medicine should be included in the chart? Orrex Mar 2014 #122

caesarean deliveries? where does science and the use of it part ways? G_j Mar 2014 #125

A couple of points. Orrex Mar 2014 #129

I take your points G_j Mar 2014 #130

That's intollerant! progressoid Mar 2014 #97

Personally, I'm just glad to see a rekindling of the Woo Wars. Orrex Mar 2014 #101

Also irrational: Union Scribe Mar 2014 #102

+1 nt bunnies Mar 2014 #115

Awesome! whatchamacallit Mar 2014 #127

I'd add economics, politics and social psychology... nt GliderGuider Mar 2014 #159

Another version Not a Fan Mar 2014 #118

Wow! zappaman Mar 2014 #123

Excellent! thank you! n/t etherealtruth Mar 2014 #137

LOL! The Smurfs?!? Behind the Aegis Mar 2014 #158

Very interesting Gothmog Mar 2014 #131

I hesitantly K&R this. I'd remove a chunk of that - acupuncture and Ayurvedic med helped me Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #136

For starters- that Karma is on there shows the utter stupidity of the person making the diagram. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #140

That's one definition of karma. Orrex Mar 2014 #142

Actually, the improper use of the word "energy" does annoy me. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #152

Shame on you for forcing them to adopt your paradigm Orrex Mar 2014 #154

I hang my head... Jgarrick Mar 2014 #155

No- that's the definition. It's a Sanskrit word. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #163

No, that's the origin. Orrex Mar 2014 #164

Here's another person for you to call stupid Orrex Mar 2014 #162

Ear candles? ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #147

Too late zappaman Mar 2014 #153

The phrase "acculturated groupthink" comes to mind. GliderGuider Mar 2014 #160