Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Yesterday I got an alert from one of my many Facebook contacts, about a documentary that has just been released in the US and is yet to arrive in Australia: Waiting for Superman. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive [...]
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News just in from Michael Shermer’s Twitter!
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Great article, hat-tip to Pharyngula – From Newsweek: …Her viewers follow her guidance because they like and admire her, sure. But also because they believe that Oprah, with her billions and her Rolodex of experts, doesn’t have to settle for second best. If she says something is good, it must be. This is where things [...]
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Just a quick note — very, very busy this week and a workshop (again!) on the Friday and probably another interview to conduct. I was told of this via the Stop Jenny McCarthy contributors: As detailed on Pharyngula: Oprah asks so sweetly: What Should Jenny Do? You’ve seen it all over the news…Jenny McCarthy, one [...]
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Today I was cleaning out some of my files and found a variety of useful articles that I used in class. Quite a few of them challenged the stereotypical ‘women’s mags’ pro-psychics, pro-homeopathy, what have you. The stories include analysis of Oprah’s love of ‘The Secret’ and a investigation of psychics – instead of the [...]
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