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Mad Mike: Foolish Road
On Sunday, an American thrill-seeker named Mike Hughes died after attempting to launch himself to an altitude of 5,000 feet on a homemade steam-powered rocket. A video of the accident is available because a crew of the Science Channel filmed … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth curvature, false balance, flat Earth, flat earth society, flat Earthers, Karman line, Mike Hughes, pseudoscience, Science Channel, upper atmosphere
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Something worse than a flat-Earth society
Read two interesting articles this morning: 1. An editorial in the Indian Express about how India is the “land of the gullible”, where even the “mere trappings of science suffice to tantalise” people into believing BS and coughing up fortunes … Continue reading
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Tagged flat earth society, knowledge is power, Michael Foucault, Ramar Pillai
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