Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
I really loved this book and really enjoyed interviewing the authors – now you can read a segment of it from over at the Committee For Skeptical Inquiry website, in my ‘Curiouser and Curiouser’ column! An Interview with Professor Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris – CSI Professor Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris have released The [...]
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Expect to see it around soon, if you’re in the UK! 59 Seconds — Think a Little, Change a Lot. Here’s the vanishing head illusion he’s done! From the extract: Both the public and business world has bought into modern-day mind myths for years and, in so doing, may have significantly decreased the likelihood of [...]
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Well, have you? I’m still hanging around the postbox for my copy to arrive from the USA (thank you Amazon for supplying my fix of science texts world-wide!), but you lucky people over there can not only nab a copy but catch the end of Bruce M. Hood’s fantastic tour! I just had a quick [...]
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Just two quick notes — Bruce M Hood, who is currently touring the US, has some news: “Supersense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable“ is out on April 7th. Amazon features an author video too, for your viewing pleasure! Where does such supernatural thinking come from? Are we indoctrinated by our parents, churches, and media, [...]
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Digital Cuttlefish features in it! The Bad Astronomer features in it! AND PODBLACK CAT BLOG (yes, this one) features in it! From Blog Around The Clock: I know you have all been trembling in anticipation! But the day has finally arrived – the third science blogging anthology, The Open Lab 2008, is now up for [...]
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Hat-tip to Neil Gaiman.
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The world’s first skeptic origami pig has a new fan-video out! This one is by vivoslibertos, for a student project, and I love the way he levitates off the screen: The creator, Richard Saunders (of the Australian skeptics, the Mystery Investigators show and the Skeptic Zone) has an Origami DVD out as well: Learn how [...]
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by podblack on June 8, 2010
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