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Also, The standard of evidence on this appears to be very low. For example, some of the events that their machine "detected" or "predicted" include Mark McGwire's homerun record, the finale of Survivor, and Oprah Winfrey visiting Africa.

I run a skeptic-oriented search engine called Skeptic Planet
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I also run a Slash-based news site called Skeptic News...

Cool. Haven't played with them, yet, but they're bookmarked now =) Definitely relevant to the topic under discussion.

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By the way, I run a skeptic-oriented search engine called Skeptic Planet that indexes 40 of the topic skeptic sites. That makes it easy to find skeptical examinations of this type of thing. (Entering "crop circles" came up with 427 matches, every one with a skeptical viewpoint.)

I also run a Slash-based news site called Skeptic News, which is another good source.

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Sigh.

I did do my own research and I dug up this. Please stop filling the world with crap.

<plug>Over at Skeptic News (a Slash-based site), we discussed this very briefly in Fox Moon Sweeps Week and One False Step for Man.... Not too much information on this one (other than a link or two and some comments), but if you like to follow this type of think from a skeptical point of view, you might consider bookmarking the site and stopping by from time to time.</plug>

<plug>Over at Skeptic News (a Slash-based site), we discussed this very briefly in Fox Moon Sweeps Week and One False Step for Man.... Not too much information on this one (other than a link or two and some comments), but if you like to follow this type of think from a skeptical point of view, you might consider bookmarking the site and stopping by from time to time.</plug>

<plug>Over at Skeptic News (a Slash-based site), we discussed this very briefly in Fox Moon Sweeps Week and One False Step for Man.... Not too much information on this one (other than a link or two and some comments), but if you like to follow this type of think from a skeptical point of view, you might consider bookmarking the site and stopping by from time to time.</plug>

You wrote, "Humility, a value of many religions scoffed at by scientists, is still the paramount character trait to seek."

On the contrary, humility is an intrinsic part of science, far more so than in religion. ("This just in: Pope admits Catholic church is wrong; mass conversions to Wicca are expected.")

I think this quote from Carl Sagan sums it up best:

In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken," and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.

I also like this one by Jean Rostand, writing in writing in "Penspes d'un Biologiste" (1939):

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

P.S. If you want more science vs. pseudoscience discussions, you might consider visiting Skeptic News.