Paranormal

On Education, TAMOz And The Bent Spoon For The ACARA

by podblack on November 27, 2010

‘What does make a difference, then? A number of things. Better trained teachers. A school culture that reinforces cross-curricular skills. Improved career prospects for teaching and non-teaching staff. Good resources. Community involvement in the classroom. It’s not a simple solution, let alone one that can be addressed through a liberal dose of public mockery. Rather, [...]

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Little Kitten – QI Crop Circle

by podblack on September 15, 2010

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My second day of Dragon*Con 2010! Includes the setting up of the Skeptic Track after Friday night, the first ‘coffee morning’ with James Randi, The Parsec Awards, Benjamin Radford’s Paranormal Workshop and the Parenting Beyond Belief podcast.

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This is by Doctor Atlantis — one of the hosts of Monster Talk and I’ll see him at Dragon*Con this year! Yay! The 8/19/2010 episode of SyFy’s show “Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files” included an investigation of a graveyard phantom. The team missed something pretty obvious — the actual solution!

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When I was in Sydney, I saw the musical ‘Wicked!’ Yes, someone who investigates paranormal claims, superstitions and the scientific measurement of belief… watching witches? Well, it’s all part of further research – and a love of drama! Earlier on, in a blog-post I wrote about sports, theatre (or theater!), dramatic arts and study superstitions [...]

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The Saga Of Stopping Sylvia Browne Continues

by podblack on June 23, 2010

Firstly, hello to a certain co-worker who said she’s checked out my site! You might even like to suggest something I could investigate for you. Simply pop in a comment at the end of this post. And hello to your husband as well. Sylvia Browne. What to say? After following her efforts to silence Robert [...]

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Here’s the first three of six! Psychic skeptic presentation by Karen Stollznow at the SkeptiCAL conference on April 24th, 2010.

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A response to “female representation. Where the hell is it?” by The Rather Friendly Skeptic. “…why is it only a few women are ever seen speaking at conferences and why do we never see a predominantly female line up at such conferences?” They linked to my site! As Desiree Schell mentioned in the comments of that [...]

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