skeptive

May 17, 2013
20:56	skeptive	True or False? "Israel's laws amount to apartheid against the Palestinians." Added Statement To Viewpoint: “False” That’s a scam. Source: zionistcouncil.com.au
20:56	skeptive	True or False? "Israel's laws amount to apartheid against the Palestinians." Added Statement To Viewpoint: “False” That's a scam. Source: campus-watch.org
20:56	skeptive	How many people have been killed in Syria's recent uprising against Bashar al-Assad? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “o. more than 50,000” Is it now 70 or 80, 000 dead in Syria? Source: zionistcouncil.com.au
20:56	skeptive	How many people have been killed in Syria's recent uprising against Bashar al-Assad? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “o. more than 50,000” Is it now 70 or 80, 000 dead in Syria? Source: campus-watch.org

May 13, 2013
13:04	skeptive	Is a human embryo a human being? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “Yes” Modern human embryology and developmental biology have shown that fertilization produces a new and distinct organism: a living individual of the human species in the embryonic stage of his or her development. Source: utsfl.ncln.ca
11:28	skeptive	True or False? "By some estimates we’re already in the midst of the sixth great extinction wave, one that’s largely human caused, with extinction rates that are 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the background rate of species loss." Added Statement To Viewpoint: “True” By some estimates we’re already in the midst of the sixth great extinction wave, one that’s largely human caused, with extinction rates that are 1, 000 to 10, 000 times higher than the background rate of species loss. Source: Time (magazine)

May 12, 2013
22:14	skeptive	What percentage of abortions take place in the first trimester? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “True” This is why it supports the South Dakota law, which is the closest the movement has come to achieving its avowed goal: to ban abortion at any stage of pregnancy, including the first trimester--when 90 percent of abortions take place. Source: aynrand.org
22:13	skeptive	Is a human embryo a human being? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “No” Led by the American Roman Catholic Church and Protestant fundamentalists, the movement's basic tenet, in the words of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, is that an embryo must be treated "from conception as a person" created by the "action of God." Wha Source: aynrand.org
22:13	skeptive	Is a human embryo a human being? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “No” This growth of cells has the potential to become a human being–if preserved, fed, nurtured, and brought to term by the woman that it depends on–but it is not actually a human being. Source: fvdb.wordpress.com
22:13	skeptive	Is a human embryo a human being? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “No” This growth of cells has the potential to become a human being—if preserved, fed, nurtured, and brought to term by the woman that it depends on—but it is not actually a human being. Source: truthdig.com
22:13	skeptive	Is a human embryo a human being? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “No” This growth of cells has the potential to become a human being--if preserved, fed, nurtured, and brought to term by the woman that it depends on--but it is not actually a human being. Source: aynrand.org
22:12	skeptive	True or False? "Abortion is murder." Added Statement To Viewpoint: “False” But an embryo is not a human being, and abortion is not murder. Source: truthdig.com
22:12	skeptive	True or False? "Abortion is murder." Added Statement To Viewpoint: “False” But an embryo is not a human being, and abortion is not murder. Source: aynrand.org
22:11	skeptive	True or False? "According to a World Health Organization estimate, 110,000 women worldwide die each year from such illegal abortions and up to six times as many suffer injury from them." Added Statement To Viewpoint: “True” According to a World Health Organization estimate, 110, 000 women worldwide die each year from such illegal abortions and up to six times as many suffer injury from them. Source: aynrand.org

May 11, 2013
23:14	skeptive	How long ago did Neanderthals die out? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “30,000 years ago.” It’s thought that both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens evolved from H. erectus, with Neanderthals emerging about 600, 000 years ago (and going extinct around 30, 000 years ago) and modern humans emerging around 200, 000 years ago (and still going strong). Source: ancientfoods.wordpress.com
23:13	skeptive	When did humans learn to make fire? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “1.8 million years ago” He places this development at about 1.8 million years ago. Source: prehistoricarch.blogspot.com
23:13	skeptive	When did humans learn to make fire? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “1.8 million years ago” He places this development at about 1.8 million years ago. Source: ancientfoods.wordpress.com
23:13	skeptive	When did humans learn to make fire? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “1.8 million years ago” He places this development at about 1.8 million years ago. Source: ablogabouthistory.com
23:13	skeptive	When did humans learn to make fire? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “1.8 million years ago” He places this development at about 1.8 million years ago. Source: realclearscience.com
23:11	skeptive	When did humans learn to make fire? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “400,000 years ago” Evidence for the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus beginning some 400, 000 years ago has wide scholarly support, while claims regarding earlier evidence are mostly dismissed as inconclusive or sketchy. Source: medlibrary.org
23:11	skeptive	When did humans learn to make fire? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “400,000 years ago” Evidence for the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus beginning some 400, 000 years ago has wide scholarly support, while claims regarding earlier evidence are mostly dismissed as inconclusive or sketchy. Source: mediavolunteer.org
23:11	skeptive	When did humans learn to make fire? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “400,000 years ago” Evidence for the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus beginning some 400, 000 years ago has wide scholarly support, while claims regarding earlier evidence are mostly dismissed as inconclusive or sketchy. Source: witsendnj.blogspot.com
23:11	skeptive	When did humans learn to make fire? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “400,000 years ago” Evidence for the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus beginning some 400, 000 years ago has wide scholarly support, while claims regarding earlier evidence are mostly dismissed as inconclusive or sketchy." Source: evoandproud.blogspot.com
22:42	skeptive	Do vampires exist? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “True” No ghosts, no goblins, no orcs, no Easter Bunnies, no demonic possession, no vampires, no werewolves, no angels, no psychics, magic crystals don’t cure disease and magnets don’t make you healthier. Source: ianchadwick.com
22:41	skeptive	Do vampires exist? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “True” No ghosts, no goblins, no orcs, no Easter Bunnies, no demonic possession, no vampires, no werewolves, no angels, no psychics, magic crystals don’t cure disease and magnets don’t make you healthier. Source: ianchadwick.com
22:41	skeptive	Do vampires exist? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “True” No ghosts, no goblins, no orcs, no Easter Bunnies, no demonic possession, no vampires, no werewolves, no angels, no psychics, magic crystals don’t cure disease and magnets don’t make you healthier. Source: ianchadwick.com
22:41	skeptive	Do vampires exist? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “True” No ghosts, no goblins, no orcs, no Easter Bunnies, no demonic possession, no vampires, no werewolves, no angels, no psychics, magic crystals don’t cure disease and magnets don’t make you healthier. Source: ianchadwick.com
22:41	skeptive	Do vampires exist? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “True” No ghosts, no goblins, no orcs, no Easter Bunnies, no demonic possession, no vampires, no werewolves, no angels, no psychics, magic crystals don’t cure disease and magnets don’t make you healthier. Source: ianchadwick.com
22:41	skeptive	Do vampires exist? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “True” No ghosts, no goblins, no orcs, no Easter Bunnies, no demonic possession, no vampires, no werewolves, no angels, no psychics, magic crystals don’t cure disease and magnets don’t make you healthier. Source: ianchadwick.com
22:41	skeptive	Is there any truth to astrological predictions? Added Statement To Viewpoint: “No, there is no truth to astrology.” Astrology is bunk. Source: ianchadwick.com