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Old 03-13-2011, 10:56 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Exclamation The Unicorn Corral: warning - reader skepticism is advised!



This subforum contains discussions of modifications which are based on questionable (or non-existent) science, or for which credible proof is sorely lacking. Reader skepticism is strongly advised.

Topics here should bring to mind Carl Sagan's words: "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."

Proponents/defenders of mods & theories in The Unicorn Corral are urged to also see these threads:

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Old 03-13-2011, 11:26 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 03-13-2011, 11:48 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 03-13-2011, 12:00 PM   #4 (permalink)
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This will be a nice forum so that these "questionable" mods aren't in the same place as the real MPG increasing mods.
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Old 03-13-2011, 12:06 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I think I stole the name from Frank...
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I think I stole the name from Frank...
You might as well have called it "the loony bin".

It's just a bit less harsh, eh?
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Topics here should bring to mind Carl Sagan's words: "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."
Or phrased alternatively, ridiculous claims deserve ridicule.
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Old 03-24-2011, 01:35 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I hope no one ridicules my Whirlgas Turbinator..
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Old 05-23-2011, 08:54 PM   #10 (permalink)
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