Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Since Q.I has finally (finally!) reached Australian TV, I thought I might mention an earlier TV show which features Alan Davies — Jonathan Creek. I began watching this years back when it featured on ABC TV, when I didn’t even know that there was such a thing as ‘skepticism’. What I immediately liked about this [...]
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Firstly – what is a lie-detector? The Skeptic’s Dictionary outlines some factors that should immediately have you thinking twice about its application (let alone all those Hollywood movies and television ads, where the ‘cool customer’ out-thinks it, or the hysterical situations where even saying your name right makes your pulse race!) Psychologists do not think [...]
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Now, this is something I thought existed in a vague sense with the efforts of the Biotechnology Australia group, along with the availability of the CSIRO for consultation and other informal groups like the Australian Skeptics in this country… but Biotechnology Australia closed down this year and I know that checking science accuracy in the [...]
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