by podblack on June 15, 2010
Some days it appears the whole world is against you — I have a cold and I’m writing this away from home, as internet access is still fairly sporadic. Ah well. None of the following may help your mood either, so you have been warned… John Edward. In Australia. Gah. You may recall this ambush [...]
by podblack on May 27, 2010
Here’s the first three of six! Psychic skeptic presentation by Karen Stollznow at the SkeptiCAL conference on April 24th, 2010.
by podblack on December 7, 2009
Isn’t he brilliant? Write into SkepticZone.tv and tell him so.
by podblack on July 13, 2009
From Life In Italy: CLAIRVOYANT ARRESTED FOR SENDING SMS MESSAGES FROM THE DEAD – Police here in northwestern Italy have arrested a self-styled clairvoyant on charges of fraud for allegedly sending SMS text messages to a client`s cellphone and telling her they were from her late father. The 48-year-old woman, who called herself the `Sorceress [...]
by podblack on July 7, 2009
Believe it or not — I actually put a question on this in the survey I co-created. I think people are thankfully a little smarter than this TechTalk endorsement… It’s? me Gvhftr Kijl! I’m your true love!
by podblack on June 17, 2009
Just in from Orlando Sentinal! You can’t keep a shaggy dog story down… especially when it’s one that ends up having people put in jail unfairly – wha? Hang on? News item from Central Florida, where apparently people were being convicted of violent crimes, based almost exclusively on the “testimony” of a police dog – [...]
by podblack on June 3, 2009
Now, Joel, Andy and Jack have all begun asking questions on Twitter – so, I have started asking more questions myself about the Dr Richard Wiseman ‘Psychic Twitter Science Experiment’ or whatever he and New Scientist are calling it. Psych-twitters? Anyway, it’s the one I noticed back in this post, Twitter If You’re Psychic? Or [...]
by podblack on June 1, 2009
Dr Richard Wiseman, who has been active with several experiments online during his career, many which can be found on official website (and busy blog) – now branches into using Twitter. From the UK Telegraph: In the first scientific experiment to be conducted via the social messaging service, experts will investigate “remote viewing” – the [...]