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[I have sent this to RSL in an e-mail, but I thought I would post this here also to get a little feedback on whether my assessment is valid or not. I'm relatively new to critical thinking. I've always been skeptical, but less than analytical in my youth.] As a recent member to the forums, I was...

There is a pretty good german summary about the most popular conspiracy theories: http://www.verschwoerungen.info/wiki/Hauptseite ausgewählte Verschwörungen / Verschwörungstheorien 11. September, AIDS, Bermudadreieck, Bielefeld, Bilderberger, Bücherverschwörung, Cannabis, CIA...

In Germany, a woman bought a love spell from a witch. When it failed to work, she sued. "A love ritual is not suited to influence a person from long distance," the court said. "As the promised service could not be rendered, the plaintiff is not obligated to pay." (Darn, I seem unable to post...

The Mysterious "Piano Man" is Really the "One-Note-Playing, German Suicidal Man" 'Piano Man' revealed as German I'm putting this in the General Skepticism section because I thought it was so pertinent to the issue of the fallibility of anecdotal testimony. It's now being said that not only...

A science programme on channel ARD, Germany's biggest public-service channel, often ends with answers to very short, concrete questions. Last night one of the questions was, Does telekinesis exist? Instead of a long answer the people behind it simply pointed to the one million $$...

I really want to hear from the German skeptics here....what do you think of the controversy over the "new rules" instituted a few years back eliminating the B (double s) and wreaking all sorts of havoc with tried and true grammar and spelling? Now that the deadline is coming up and it's time to...

So now these power hungry Krauts and trying to defeat our Island Nation by selling us combustible buses! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3563279.stm

Sex. Poor wife. I think she's better off in Thailand.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20030701/od_uk_nm/oukoe_odd_germany_sex German man has sex while driving, hits a road sign, flees the scene, and is arrested. The arrest was for fleeing the scene of an accident. Apparently it's legal to have sex while...