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Don
Lancaster's
Pseudoscience
Library
Pseudoscience is what the Houynnyhymms politely termed
"That which is not so". Ludicrosities such as free
energy,
alien abductions, cold fusion, UFO's, or perpetual motion.
There are three levels of pseudoscience:
Because so much of it is so mesmerizingly awful, much of
pseudoscience makes for wondrously fascinating reading.
My goal here is to place a big pile of pseudoscience onto a
large stage. Shine a bright light on it. And then get you to
personally conclude: "Yup - that sure is a big pile all right."
The only tiny problem is that an awful lot of it keeps leaking
out of the bottom of the pile.
Most library files require an Adobe
Acrobat 3.0 plug-in for online
viewing. Offline, these may be accessed by an
Acrobat reader, or
with use of any program (GhostScript, Transverter, Illustrator... )
that can accept v 3.0 or higher .PDF files as inputs.
| Blatant
Opportunist #49 BASHPSEU.PDF
How to Bash Pseudoscience. Meta studies. Looks like a duck. Binary consequence tree. Ockham's razor. Follow the Cash . Avoid negatives. Roswell. Dowsing. Brown's Gas. Homopolar gens. Magic lamps. |
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| Resource
Bin #86 RESBN86.PDF
(March 1999) How to superluminally dowse for Brown's Gas in Roswell. Art Bell Bill Beatty. Keelynet. Saucer Smear. Borderlands. More miles per gallon. Skeptical Inquirer. Preposterosity Du Juers. More. |
Click here for Crystal Fire book info.
| Tech
Musings #124 MUSE124.PDF
(May 1998) How to bash pseudoscience. Some wind energy resources. New white LED caving lamp. ExtraOrdinary Science conference papers. Reading web site extended referral logs. Free samples. |
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| Tech
Musings #140 MUSE140.PDF
(September 1999) Low cost printed circuit drill. "Laws" as theorems. PostScript robotics. Free USGS maps online. More on scanner "photographs. Water soluble plastic films. Recommended GPS books. |
Click here for GPS Navigation book info.
Resource Bin #26 RESBN26.PDF
(March 1994)
Pseudoscience
ripoffs are a multi-million dollar industry. Here's an
extensive
directory of where to go to get the latest insider info on
UFO's
perpetual motion, aliens, and wonder medicines.
Tech Musings #129 MUSE129.PDF
(September 1998)
Understanding DMX512 theater lighting controls.
Hydrogen energy
journal.
Some stage lighting books. Overunity energy fantasies.
Asynchronous
RS422 and RS485 network communications.
Tech Musings #108 MUSE108.PDF
(January 1997 )
Debunking
miracle energy sources, A history of color organs,
Those
great new baby PIC's, New consultant's insider magazine,
AC
phase control fundamentals, linearizing by table lookup.
Tech Musings #120 MUSE120.PDF
(January 1998)
NewTek's new PIC Calibar tv generator, investigating
Brown's
Gas,
television broadcast magazines, understanding meta studies,
comparing
energy densities, plastic injection molding book, more.
Hardware
Hacker #64 HACK64.PDF
(May 1993 )
Steam
calliope sources. Micropower oscillators. Avoiding
energy
scams. Thermodynamic basics. Communications trade
journals.
Understanding process reversibility.
Tech Musings #107 MUSE107.PDF
(December 1996 )
SX
laser printer repairs, linear phase digital filters, home theater
opportunities
and resources , debunking some techno-myths,
improved
access to government surplus electronics.
| Tech
Musings #134 MUSE134.PDF
(March 1999) Online aerial photo access. A collection of loose ends. Selected SETI books. PIC video overlay displays. Underwater arc absurdities. Military manual source. Shooting the AOL messenger |
Click here for SETI Books info.
Tech Musings #112 MUSE112.PDF
(May 1997 )
A.C.
power measurement tutorial and basics. Aerogel
resources
and developments. 99 cent Telephone extension lockouts.
Understanding
RMS currents. Several column corrections.
Tech Musings #123 MUSE123.PDF
(April 1998)
AC power measurement new options
and tutorial. $49 Acrobat
source.
Rapid simultaneous A/D converters. Solid state
power
meters. Home energy monitoring. DNA computing.
Tech Musings #119 MUSE119.PDF
(November 1997)
Miracle motor suppressed! Handheld data acquisition
resources.
A
useful hydrogen book. Thoughts on electrolysis. Reactance
limiting
concepts. Web FM radio search service.
Tech Musings #121 MUSE121.PDF
(February 1998)
FM Wireless Broadcasters. The Radio Shack 12-2051.
Surplus
and
auction update. A homopolar traction motor. A new power
measurement
chip. Understanding the Faraday Disk. Cool cars.
Tech Musings #94 MUSE94.PDF
( November 1995 )
Important
EE Internet sites, pseudoscience strikes again, a new
MIDI
electronic music book, Basic Stamp II microcomputer,
a
collection of microcomputer startup resources.
Hardware Hacker #87 HACK87.PDF
(April 1995 )
AC
motor drive fundamentals. New Basic Stamps from Parallax.
PIC
Microcomputer resources. Additional details on forced zero
magic
sinewaves. Dealing with "too good to be true" results.
Tech Musings #117 MUSE117.PDF
(October 1997 )
Real PostScript for PIC Robotics. Shattering
homopolar machinery
myths. Six clicks to display PostScript. Motor and generator
intro
and
fundamentals. Melody IC's and sound modules.
Hardware Hacker #77 HACK77.PDF
(June 1994 )
Thermodynamic
Second Law violations. Soliton waves, references,
and
resources. Superb CD ROM directory. Santa Claus machines
review
and update. Some hacker opportunities.
Hardware Hacker #86 HACK86.PDF
(March 1995 )
The
DNA computer language. Some wavelet book resources.
Magic
digital sinewave codes. Engineering economics review.
Hot
new fringe FM RBDS tuner.
Hardware Hacker #82 HACK82.PDF
(November 1994 )
Cyborg
cosimano helmets, long range remote control, unique direct
toner
decals, Powerful new PIC software, "virtual ways"CAM machine,
pseudoscience
resources, FCC periodic regs, more...
RMS current & voltage finder FINDRMS.PS
A
PostScript utility to find the rms and average values of any complex
waveform.
Especially triac phase controls. Also investigates recent
outrageous
lighting efficiency claims.
Tech Musings #111 MUSE111.PDF
(April 1997 )
Evaluating
energy claims. the CIE Chromaticity diagram.
Superb
digital video book. Understanding color spaces. Innovative auto
electronics.
A new current monitor. A skeleton for your closet.
Surf to "real" Pseudoscience
web sites.
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