Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
At approximately 11pm, after nearly three years of illness due to brain cancer, my mother-in-law died. She is the fourth member of our family that we’ve lost in two years. We were all very close and I don’t think I can write much more on this. Please excuse the hiatus and I’ll resume writing next [...]
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A claim that music can sound like ingesting a psychoactive plant! My first inclination was to talk to Barbara of ICBS Everywhere, about whether ‘Salvia Divinorum Frequency Emulation’ might have something to do with synesthesia… but then as I read on, I discovered that it’s a ‘no’. a Stunning Acoutic Frequency Emulation DOWNLOAD YOUR FREQUENCY [...]
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Just as I do the first podcast ep for the Token Skeptic. ‘On Santa’ – the Wall Street Journal reports on magical thinking in kids! The Power of Magical Thinking – Research Shows the Importance of Imagination in Children’s Cognitive Development: The researchers found that while children as young as 3 understand the concept of [...]
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How did the Skeptic Zone Podcast do in 2009? What can we improve on? What have you liked so far and what would you like to see more of? We’ve done it before – and we’re doing it again! Please enter in for the Skeptic Zone 2009 Survey. This fairly basic demographic survey will help [...]
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Just launched the first episode yesterday (will be tinkering with sound, pace… will improve, honest!) – the Token Skeptic podcast first episode “On Santa” online and is heading towards iTunes as I type! While listening to a great Skepticality podcast episode (www.skepticality.com), I found I had many unanswered questions. Delving into the research, I started [...]
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From the people who brought you An Engineer’s Guide to Cats.
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A few new developments on the horizon and looks like the off-line life is going to be a little more serious than usual for a while too. For people who haven’t checked out all the work on this site (there’s actually quite a bit, the more I look over it, which honestly surprises me) – [...]
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I was alerted today to the interest that pop-culture has in earcandling recently – and since Dr Rachael Dunlop’s entry on the Skeptic Zone blog (don’t forget to check out her ‘Sceptics’ Book’ blog too) has a very vital message for people – read on and pass on the links to her site when you [...]
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