Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
FANTASTIC interview, go check it out over at the Point of Inquiry Podcast! In this conversation with host Karen Stollznow, Rowland explains the history and meaning of cold reading, and how and why it works. He demonstrates how cold reading is a “Win-Win Game” and psychics are “right” even when they’re wrong. He claims that [...]
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Two things first – firstly, an interview with Stephen Fry, a Star Trek review and news on the anti-vaccination portrayal on Australia’s Channel 7 news – all on the just released Skeptic Zone Podcast. Secondly, head to Dr Karen Stollznow’s article called Skepticism: Going Out Of Business? Enjoy the read. A little while back I [...]
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Well, I just got in the door; I’m on the couch with Chinese food and watching the latest ep of The Mentalist. Here’s a quick vid of one of the days — hope you enjoy it and catch you with a breakdown later. I have an early start tomorrow with teacher-training for a Philosophy course, [...]
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Bugger! I should have guessed Blake Stacey would beat me to blogging it! The wonderful Digital Cuttlefish has a new poem about the Large Hadron Collider: The switch was thrown in Switzerland And protons zoomed around a bend— Across the world, we clasped our hands And waited for the world to end. The scientists at [...]
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I had to check regarding the footage (see the magic trick at the very end!) before posting this final in the series of the Skeptic Track and goings-on at Dragon*Con 2008. But here it is, the last in my series. Looking forward to next year! Final panels of Dragon*Con, featuring comments on treating paranormal believers [...]
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The West Australian: Hollywood studio Columbia is planning to revive its hit 1980s franchise Ghostbusters with a third film that will reunite stars Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, it was reported today. Entertainment industry daily Variety reported on its website that Columbia Pictures had already hired screenwriters Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to write the [...]
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Might as well throw this in, since this damned video of Day Two is taking too sodding long to upload… I’m currently sitting on the floor, next to Shaun of the JREF, near the audio booth. If there’s anyone attending the Daniel Loxton ‘Manifesto’ panel, that’s where I’m hiding. When I have the footage up [...]
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