Is Your Best Already Behind You?
If you believe you’ve already peaked in life, then you’re probably right.
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skepticism
Welcome to Johnlebon.com
This website has grown and changed over the past two years. This is true of both the content and the user base.
So I decided to get the opinions of some of the OG crew: people who were here back when this place was an empty mud-hut compared to what we see now.
I asked them: where should new members begin, when trying to make their way through the archive of older material?
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The Practice of Skepticism
What do people mean when they use the term ‘skepticism’?
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We Have A Problem – Is There A Solution?
It is one thing to identify a problem. It is another thing entirely to seek out a solution.
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The ‘Hundredth Monkey’ Myth
If you want an example of how gullible the average person today really is, look no further than the case of the 'Hundredth Monkey Effect' (HME): an amusing myth believed and perpetuated to this day by conspiratard and normie alike.
A proper analysis of the HME myth yields important insights into how and why the typical human today believes the nonsense he does.
Put simply: people want to believe, people are searching for answers, people like stories, and people love to believe in stories which they think give them answers.
Couple this with the fact that modern schooling does not teach basic logic or research methodology and it is no surprise that people still believe in HME in 2017.
It is also no surprise that prominent voices within the 'alternative'/'truth'/'conspiracy' (ACT) scene actively promote the myth - that they do so (and get away with it) proves yet again that the entire 'truth movement' is a joke.
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New Planets Discovered! ‘Peer Review’ Science vs Religion
JLB1721 – New Planets Discovered! Peer Review Science vs Religion (23-Feb-2017) Full Ged Skeptic Chat: Link How We Can
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Melbourne Plane Crash ‘Hoax’: Conspiracy & Skepticism
JLB1719 – Melbourne Plane Crash ‘Hoax’: Conspiracy & Skepticism (22-Feb-2017) LINKS & REFERENCES Peekay’s video: Link Daily Mail article: Link
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37 Things Normies Believe
What follows is a non-exhaustive list of some of the things which the typical western person (or ‘normie’) believes.
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JLB1650 | Flat Earth Theorists and the ‘Hundredth Monkey Effect’
Do you believe in the ‘Hundredth Monkey Effect?’ If so, why? [Backup upload] LINKS: GlobeBusters S2E7 (10-Apr-2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_PL08JY7tg Nathan
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JLB1612 | Truthers vs Skeptics
In this video I illustrate what I see as the difference between two related but distinct groups of people: ‘truthers’ on the one side, and ‘skeptics’ on the other.
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