Debunking: The Bermuda Triangle

Dear Atheist Bob,

Has any vehicle that entered the Bermuda Triangle ever come out fully functional with it’s crew alive?

Tammy

 

Here, you take a look at this picture of the Bermuda Triangle and you tell me if anyone has ever made it across alive.

http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/assets/i…

Pay particular attention to its ENORMOUS SIZE, and that it would theoretically block 1/3 of the US Atlantic coastline from boats or planes attempting to travel in a straight line to the US.

Pay additional attention to the fact that the western point of the triangle is Miami, Florida, a large US city, and that most ships or planes leaving the city would have to enter the triangle.

Finally, take note of the fact that the majority of the islands in the Bahamas — a hugely popular vacation spot — are actually INSIDE the Bermuda Triangle.

I hope this clears it up.

Atheist Bob

Palmistry

Dear Atheist Bob,
How is palmistry able to give such accurate predictions ?
What is the science behind it?

Chazz

Dear Chazz,

Palmistry is junk. It’s a way for swindlers to make money off of gullible people. 

From Wikipedia:
“The practice of chiromancy [palmistry] is regarded by many as a pseudoscience, and no hard scientific evidence has been found to back up claims of veracity. It should be noted that the information outlined below is representative of modern palmistry; there are many – often conflicting – interpretations of various lines and palmar features across various “schools” of palmistry. None of these interpretations have been verified by any objective scientific research.”

One technique used by palm readers but also used bysalespeople, interrogators, church pastors, hypnotists, psychics, graphologists, palmists, astrologers, and con men is called “cold reading,” which, generally speaking, refers to any technique with which the interviewer finds information from the interviewee without any prior knowledge.
More specifically, it refers to a handful of techniques (such as “shotgunning”) that usually involve the interviewer tossing out several general facts or questions to see what elicits a reaction and getting more specific from that point on.
2 years ago
Source(s):
www.wikipedia.org
http://www.skepdic.com/coldread.html

Atheist Bob