Dr Chris French

Teaching Anomalistic Psychology And Skepticism To Teens

by podblack on August 12, 2009

Interesting discussion (and clearly, rather tongue-in-cheek) stemming from a post on the Derren Brown blog in response to Dr Chris French’s article (‘Spoon Bending For Beginners‘) in the Guardian. …Don’t panic. I believe this is a development to be warmly welcomed, although I should declare a vested interest. From September, anomalistic psychology will be offered [...]

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The ‘Child Psychic’ – Dr Krissy Wilson Speaks Out On Today Tonight

by podblack on March 4, 2009

Today, Dr Chris French, professor at Goldsmith’s Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at the University of London announced that: “The Guardian online’s science pages will, from this week onwards, be featuring regular monthly columns by Simon Singh, PZ Myers of Pharyngula blog, Andy Miah and me. Further details at The Guardian’s page at ‘And Now For [...]

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Reviews of Weird Science At Centre For Inquiry London

by podblack on January 18, 2009

Great summary over at Communicate Science / Zoonomian with blog entry: Dogs Are Spies from Venus‘ – ‘Contrary to popular belief, dogs are in fact spies from Venus.  So maintained University of London philosopher Steven Law at today’s Centre for Inquiry London ‘Weird Science’ event at Conway Hall.’ Photo taken by that site. ‘Ben’s [Goldacre's] [...]

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