Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Go check out Dr Karen Stollznow’s work over at the CSI site (she’ll be at Dragon*Con this year, weee heee! ): Many athletes are famous for their superstitions. Some wear lucky clothing, while others carry good-luck charms, eat a special meal before the game, or practice crippling routines and rituals. The superstitions are praised for [...]
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New Skeptic Zone podcast out! I’ve interviewed Dr Petra Boynton on sexuality, skepticism and myths! She’s a lecturer who has one of the most practical, succinct and informative feeds that you can get under 140 characters with her account @drpetra. It was there that I first learned about ‘Clitoraid’ and it is well-worth your time [...]
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For the past few years (dotted in amongst my posts of YouTube videos and my complaints about doing the ‘Wireless Waltz’ in conference rooms waving my laptop around, trying to get AirPort to pick up a signal)… I have blogged about various research interests and referenced a few papers. It’s good fun to keep track [...]
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So, I’m next to Richard Saunders as he quickly goes through his arsenal of technology in order to document Dr Rachie’s presentation on quackery. If you enjoyed the presentation in Melbourne and Perth, you’ll be thrilled to know that it’s going down with the same level of acclaim – it’s a great summary of the [...]
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Today, in the very early morning, I received an email about how one of my former students died. Naturally, this led me to post cryptic depressed messages on Twitter, jump to a conclusion about something I heard, discover in my other emails that a deadline has shifted and generally turn into an echinoderm with a [...]
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It’s just not fair. Here I am, typing away all day on my thesis: ‘The dichotomous Rasch measurement model (Rasch, 1960/1980) provides a probabilistic formulation of a deterministic Guttman model. The Rasch method provides us with the mathematics and way to create linear measures of variables…” And Richard Saunders of the Skeptic Zone podcast is [...]
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You can find out if that’s true by subscribing to the special Friday the Thirteenth edition of the Skeptic Zone podcast! That’s hosted on iTunes – Skeptic Zone on iTunes That’s found on the website – Skeptic Zone That’s found on the blog – Skeptic Zoners That’s found crossing your path, smashing your mirrors and [...]
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The third day of the Lunar New Year is traditionally regarded as unlucky to visit other people’s homes. So people turned up in droves at the Che Kung temple in Sha Tin to spin the wheels and bang the drums in the hopes of gaining good luck in the Year of the Ox. Police estimated [...]
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