1. Never look for the simplest, most obvious cause of something.
Check
2. Always favor the conspiracy angle over the boring angle.
Check
3. Don't accept mainstream science unless it's something you've believed in for years (like gravity).
Check - although they are ignoring the equations for gravity, but not quite the same
4. Try to answer as few direct questions as possible.
Check, check, check, check, check....
5. Use "what if" scenarios to change the subject whenever possible.
check
6. If you're cornered and asked for proof of something, always tell the person that they "can't disprove" your claims.
Lol, check again.
7. Memorize all the sci-babble terms used in the Star Trek series.
Oops, they missed a step.
8. When all else fails, start asking hypothetical questions that have nothing to do with the actual debate.
*cough*50 dice*cough*
9. Accuse your opponent of being a liar, or try some other tactic that will (hopefully) make him angry.
Lol, check... but Norval seems to get more angry than anyone else.
10. Use the word quantum in a sentence, despite not knowing what it means.
Damn, missed 2 steps.
11. Two more words: Paradigm shift.
Probably check, but I may be wrong.
12. Always claim that the other guy is "closed-minded" and that you're as free-thinking as a newborn baby.
Check
13. Drink heavily while posting.
Check, by obseration
15. Use the word "anomaly" as often as possible.
check
16. When your position appears hopeless, your entire audience is laughing at you, and you've lost all credibility (and perhaps even won a Kook of the Month) threaten everyone within proximity with a lawsuit.
Lol, was it crater that threatened me with a libel suit, or someone else?
20. Refer to anyone who doggedly uncovers your latest little scams, time after time as "stalkers."
check
21. Remember to occasionally tell your opponents that you've handed all the information you've collected about them to the local police/Mounties/FBI
Lol, nasa, check.
22. Refer to anyone who does not immediately agree with you as being uneducated on the matter
check
24. Pretend to have a degree.
check
25. Claim that there is no evidence that you are a fraud, kook, net-abuser, spammer, or liar.
check
26. When all else fails.... SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM.....
check, how many threads on this now. How many did I report which got closed?
27. When questioned, be sure to exclaim "They laughed at Galileo, too!" or perhaps "They laughed at Columbus, until he proved the earth was round!"
checked
28. Always bear in mind that The Conspiracy Against You can do almost anything.
check
29. Keep trotting out the one "respectable" scientist
check... unfortunately they have yet to actually provide a name
30. Dig out one reference that supports your position.
damn, they missed another one
34. When debating, remember that the best technique to "proving" your hypothesis is to start with a supposition, and when you get to the third point, refer to the supposition as a "fact".
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35. Sock Puppets are very useful.
Maybe they should try this too...
38. Use lots of ALL CAPS letters.
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40. When all else fails, try to redefine what "skeptical", "skeptic" and "skepticism" mean so that you become a 'real' skeptic who accepts your own nonsense at face value.
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You two are well on your way to success. I look forward to one day seeing your attempt at actual math regarding this theory.