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Adam is the President and founder of The Michigan Skeptics Association. As an Atheist and Skeptic for most of his life, he founded MISkeptics to give Michigan a larger and more unified skeptical voice. He was born in South East Michigan and has lived in Michigan for his entire life.
When not working with MISkeptics, Adam is an IT consultant. He travels across the country helping companies with big IT issues.
He is also a big fan of writing bios in third-person and his favorite drink is a Gin Martini though he usually stays with Rum and Coke.
Mindwolf · 3108 days ago · link · · parent · post: Dear "Skeptics," Bash Homeopathy and Bigfoot Less, Mammograms and War More
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/john-horgan-is-skeptical-of-skeptics/Unfortunately the talk, which he has now published on Scientific American’s website (which means it’s fair game), was more than a bit disappointing – not because he was critical, but because he does not seem to get skepticism with a small or a big “S.” The result was a string of cherry picked strawmen.
Mindwolf · 3187 days ago · link · · parent · post: Bigger than the Higgs, bigger even than gravitational waves...
FYI: This is a bit of over-hype. Sensationalism is probably not the best word for it. The events the article (and others listed below) are statistical anomalies. Mere bumps in the data. It would be really cool if it were accurate but so far nothing to say, write an article behind a paywall about...
Mindwolf · 3198 days ago · link · · parent · post: The 12 Greatest Challenges for Space Exploration.
Yeah a pretty dumb line.
Mindwolf · 3200 days ago · link · · parent · post: Household electromagnetic radiation doesn't make you ill or give you cancer. Here's why.
The hammerhead shark used the electromagnetic field given off by its prey to detect and catch them.
Mindwolf · 3209 days ago · link · · parent · post: World's largest solar plant goes live, will provide power for 1.1M people.
Well you are the final boss...
Mindwolf · 3209 days ago · link · · parent · post: World's largest solar plant goes live, will provide power for 1.1M people.
Do... Do I have to fight you now?
Mindwolf · 3245 days ago · link · · parent · post: How to use the Feynman technique to identify pseudoscience
I dub this the #science #tagoftheweek winner! rrrrr, the duty to name next week's winner now falls upon your head!
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