Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
This is by Doctor Atlantis — one of the hosts of Monster Talk and I’ll see him at Dragon*Con this year! Yay! The 8/19/2010 episode of SyFy’s show “Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files” included an investigation of a graveyard phantom. The team missed something pretty obvious — the actual solution!
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Australian news just seems to be full of wacky things that happen to animals. Since reporting about the doped wallabies in Tasmania who create crop circles – I’ve discovered another issue involving another Aussie iconic figure – the footballer. First for ten points, dear readers? What are Calf’s Blood Injections? Is it something to do [...]
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Submission for March Scientiae – ‘Who inspires you or motivates you? Who would you call your role models, at any stage of your career?’ “I wanted my cancer to mean something. When I heard about a clinical trial testing a new treatment for breast cancer that offered better chances of survival with less of the [...]
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Are parapsychologists just jumping on the ‘weird physics’ bandwagon? My first response to this question was actually a recollection of an event last year; Dr Richard Wiseman (who was interviewed earlier in this course) was presenting at a university on the topic of luck. During the Q&A, an enthusiastic listener stood up and asked if [...]
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Some really good statistics / surveys included in it! Does Religion Make You Nice? Does Atheism Make You Mean? Many Americans doubt the morality of atheists. According to a 2007 Gallup poll, a majority of Americans say that they would not vote for an otherwise qualified atheist as president, meaning a nonbeliever would have a [...]
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This interests me, because it was actually one of the questions that Dr Martin Bridgstock and I did for our survey of over a thousand Australians on paranormal, pseudoscientific and conspiracy theories. Yes, it’s forming the basis of my M.Ed dissertation, so you’ll just have to read my blog-posts to get an idea of my [...]
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What?? Myths about ‘You can’t buy a black cat before Halloween due to fear of potential Satanic rituals?‘ MSN reports: Sort of. Many shelters make adopting black cats before Halloween more difficult — but not necessarily due to the threat from cat-sacrificing satanic cults. In fact, little evidence exists to support the cat-sacrificing theory. The [...]
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