Michael Shermer

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Little Kitten – Mr Deity And The Skeptic

by podblack on September 16, 2009

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Very cool! Great production too, thanks to Daniel Loxton who mentioned it! With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claims, and get to the truth? Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine lays out a “Baloney Detection Kit,” ten questions we should ask when [...]

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Appears the Mark Wootton / Shirley Ghostman / UK comedy shows Little Duke Productions / Verses story has some additional legs, with quite a few people being drawn into being filmed without realising that they’re part of a project… that has more in common with ‘Borat’ and John Saffran than a Scorsese or Spike Lee. [...]

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Shirley Ghostman Vs Shermer and Dunning!

by podblack on June 4, 2009

I am SO hoping this ends up on YouTube somewhere — what a hoot! From Brian Dunning on SkepticBlog: Today I was invited to host an episode of a new series for a major cable network in which I was to interview and administer a test to three professional psychics. This was the first episode [...]

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I’m heading out tonight for a Science Week event with some friends (and really very glad about the opportunity – after being on the road for qualitative research in the north of the state, I thought that I’d miss everything that was going on) – here’s a teaser before I write a review: National Science [...]

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Appears that DORE is getting a little more attention in the Australasian Journal Of Special Education? Big thanks to Brainduck who brought it to my attention! Within seconds I was leaping over university firewalls and downloading the pdf to give it a good look. But it wasn’t just one article, but two! Although I’ve always [...]

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Skeptologists Promo

by podblack on April 20, 2008

One minute long! As seen on Facebook and now on YouTube!

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