Comments on: Sylvia Browne, still exposing herself http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:24:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/comment-page-1/#comment-135166 Mark Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:08:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/#comment-135166 @Roz: Isn’t there the old adage, "Talk is cheap, but action speaks louder than words"? Well, what are her actions? She’s fleecing vulnerable people. She’s making up stories. She claims she’s right with her predictions when actually she’s not. And the list goes on and on. Any of these actions are not exactly laudable in <i>my</i> book... @Roz: Isn’t there the old adage, “Talk is cheap, but action speaks louder than words”? Well, what are her actions? She’s fleecing vulnerable people. She’s making up stories. She claims she’s right with her predictions when actually she’s not. And the list goes on and on. Any of these actions are not exactly laudable in my book…

]]> By: Roz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/comment-page-1/#comment-135161 Roz Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:10:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/#comment-135161 wow. there's a lot of hate going on here...have any one of you actually read any of her books? do you know what concepts she talks about? that is her true essence. . . wow. there’s a lot of hate going on here…have any one of you actually read any of her books? do you know what concepts she talks about? that is her true essence. . .

]]> By: Oot and aboot | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/comment-page-1/#comment-130833 Oot and aboot | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:29:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/#comment-130833 [...] Last week, I wrote about hero Robert Lancaster’s run-in with the evil Sylvia Browne at one of her live sh.... He has received some emails from other members of the audience, and one woman who was a supporter [...] [...] Last week, I wrote about hero Robert Lancaster’s run-in with the evil Sylvia Browne at one of her live sh…. He has received some emails from other members of the audience, and one woman who was a supporter [...]

]]> By: Go Robert Lancaster | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/comment-page-1/#comment-113070 Go Robert Lancaster | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:14:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/#comment-113070 [...] went on CNN to show that "psychic" Sylvia Browne is very, very icky, and then to link to his personal run-in with this awful person. He is the creator of the website Stop Sylvia Browne (for which he has taken [...] [...] went on CNN to show that "psychic" Sylvia Browne is very, very icky, and then to link to his personal run-in with this awful person. He is the creator of the website Stop Sylvia Browne (for which he has taken [...]

]]> By: Chasmanian Devil http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/comment-page-1/#comment-96062 Chasmanian Devil Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:54:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/#comment-96062 Wonder who else is seeing this banner ad for an astrologer: http://www.aboutastro.com/cgi-bin/reg2008.cgi?r=plpy4-uc&a=2007-12-04 I'm not sure this is the best place for this blog and I'm a two-decade long Discover mag subscriber. Wonder who else is seeing this banner ad for an astrologer:
http://www.aboutastro.com/cgi-bin/reg2008.cgi?r=plpy4-uc&a=2007-12-04
I’m not sure this is the best place for this blog and I’m a two-decade long Discover mag subscriber.

]]> By: LaCreption http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/comment-page-1/#comment-3741 LaCreption Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:12:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/#comment-3741 Here is some footage: http://cectic.com/164.html Here is some footage:

http://cectic.com/164.html

]]> By: Chaos http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/comment-page-1/#comment-3778 Chaos Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:30:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/27/sylvia-browne-still-exposing-herself/#comment-3778 @Daffy: I was thinking more about his behavior when people have differing opinions about certain "untouchable" subjects. But then, as one of those skeptics against whom Claus Larsen has a jihad going, maybe my experience on the receiving end of his petty, spiteful nastiness makes me biased in that regard. @Bill: Good point about reincarnation - and more importantly, a point believers should be able to accept, even if they keep believing in reincarnation. @Daffy:

I was thinking more about his behavior when people have differing opinions about certain “untouchable” subjects. But then, as one of those skeptics against whom Claus Larsen has a jihad going, maybe my experience on the receiving end of his petty, spiteful nastiness makes me biased in that regard.

@Bill:

Good point about reincarnation – and more importantly, a point believers should be able to accept, even if they keep believing in reincarnation.

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