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#483: E. Calvin Beisner
Although one may like to give a nod to Sharon Begley for her tendencies to play up manufactroversies and non-existing conflicts she is generally in the vicinity decent at covering science. E. Calvin...
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#484: Bill Belew
No, the Bill Belew in question is not the fashion/costume designer who died a few years ago, but a professional blogger who – among other things – writes about the “creationism vs. evolution debate”...
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#485: Michael Belkin & The Refusers
Michael Belkin is a financial forecaster-turned-musician, and The Refusers is his band. Belkin lost his daughter in 1998 hours after receiving a required vaccine, which is, of course, a horrible...
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#486: Art Bell
The legendary Arthur W. Bell III was the original host of Coast to Coast AM, which is currently run by George Noory, and although retired he occasionally drops in to talk loon (his classic ramblings...
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#487: Mark Russell Bell
It is common to make small revisions when you issue a new edition of an old book. A book such as the Bible has undergone numerous such revisions to tidy up the language (or remove unsuitable passages)....
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#488: Daryl Bem
Daryl J. Bem is a social psychologist and professor emeritus at Cornell University, the originator of the self-perception theory of attitude change, and proud recipient of the 2012 Pigasus Award...
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#489: Eliana Benador
Eliana Benador appears to be a “publicist to neoconservative stars,” meaning that she gives advice on what they should do to look good on TV. Her company, Benador Associates, got some attention for...
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#490: John Benefiel
When you look into the people participating in Rick Perry’s prayer rally in Houston in 2011, The Response (you can see spokesman Eric Bearse reveal the purpose of the rally here), you’ll find some...
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#491: Flip Benham
A.k.a. “the carnival barker on the religious midway” Philip “Flip” Benham is a fundamentalist minister and the national leader of Operation Save America. That’s Randall Terry’s organization (which has...
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#492: Stephen Bennett
Stephen Bennett is the founder of Stephen Bennett Ministries, which reaches out to those wanting to leave the homosexual lifestyle. Bennett himself claims to have been “set free” himself a couple of...
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#493: Alex Benzer
A.k.a. Ali BinazirTodd Bentley is Canadian and therefore disqualified. Alex Benzer is of course not comparable in terms of the kind of forceful challenge to reality he represents, but he should still...
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#494: Philip J. Berg
Philip J. Berg is a legendary activist attorney and conspiracy theorist, with several famous attempted lawsuits to his name. In 2001 he demanded the disbarment of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day...
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#495: George Berkin
George Berkin is a conservative (well, fundie) columnist for NJ.com who is sufficiently wingnutty to have been caught defending Conservapedia on at least one occasion. He also produced an...
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#496: Jason Bermas
Jason Bermas is a filmmaker most famous for his involvement in films such as Fabled Enemies, Loose Change, and Invisible Empire. Loose Change is, of course, the famous documentary asserting that 9/11...
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#497: Tom Bethell
While Kentucky governor Steve Beshear deserves honorable mention for his endorsement of the expansion of the Creation Museum, it may be hard to take it as evidence for lunacy rather than opportunism....
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#498: Anne Beversdorf
The inclusion of Anne Beversdorf in our Encyclopedia calls for some stage setting. Well, part of it doesn’t. Beversdorf is an astrologer who runs, or is at least involved in, the website...
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#499: Harvey Bialy
Harvey Bialy is an American molecular biologist and AIDS denialist, who claims to represent something called the Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV–AIDS Hypothesis. He has even written a...
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#500: Mike Bickle
Mike Bickle, erstwhile member of the Kansas City Prophets (several of whom have later ended up in various adultery and sex-related scandals), is the leader of the International House of Prayer...
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#501: Timothy Birdsall
No, this is not the famous British poet. This Timothy Birdsall is a naturopath and Vice President of Integrative Medicine for Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA). As a naturopath he is of course...
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#502: Don Black
Honorable mention to professor of kinesiology at the University of Alabama for this display of subtle anti-science attitudes, but it doesn’t quite unequivocally merit a separate entry – at least not...
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