Thanks to IDoubtIt — Live at The Amazing Meeting (TAM8) 8 in Las Vegas, Richard Saunders, Bruce Hood, Brian Dunning and Rick don the mustaches for a rousing rendition of the Star Trek theme.
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Bruce M. Hood
I’m going to be interviewed for a University course! There’s a new online course that is being produced by the University of New Hampshire by Dr Henn, about skepticism. Much like the course I did in Parapsychology online via the University of Edinburgh, this one features podcast interviews with people. One of which will be [...]
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Thanks to Bruce M. Hood, author of ‘Supersense’, there’s been some regular blog posts on this most ridiculous (and absolutely, unquestionably horrifically dangerous in what they claim and then fail to do) contraptions. First, it was awareness-raising through his post ‘Dowsing for Death’, which introduced the ADE-651, a product which ‘claims to detect concealed explosives, [...]
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When does superstition go from a rather absurd movie plot and just becomes a local danger? I was reminded today of a friend who asked if I was interested in seeing a film from India that has just come out in Australia — ‘What’s Your Rashee?’ which pretty much translates as ‘What’s your Zodiac Sign?’ [...]
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Bruce M Hood reports on the Australian story with his personal insights as both a researcher of beliefs and a father (with a tip-o-the-hat to our very own Richard Saunders – we spoke to Prof. Hood for his very first podcast interview in Skeptic Zone episode #30) – A Tragedy of Homeopathic Ignorance: …It was [...]
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‘Evolution Keeps Us Superstitious. Now That’s Lucky‘ – Times, Sept 5th, 2006: ..Even the most rational people behave in irrational ways and supernatural beliefs are part of the same continuum, Professor Hood told the British Association Festival of Science in Norwich yesterday. To demonstrate his theory he asked members of the audience if they were [...]
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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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From New Scientist: Supersense - Bruce M. Hood, a psychologist at the University of Bristol, UK, reckons that we are equipped with a “supersense” that tunes into a hidden (and, let’s face it, almost certainly imaginary) world of spirits, fates and spooky connections. Thanks to the supersense, objects such as pens and cardigans can be imbued [...]
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