Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Okay, colour-changing-card-me confused about the combination of a new paper and a much older report on the benefits of magic tricks for children! Questioning something that even I find rather palatable upon first reading isn’t unusual, particularly if it involves education claims. I guess I like to question even my own fervent hope that an [...]
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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 [...]
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Two quick announcements before I get back to some solid nose-to-grindstone work for the next few weeks (excuse the absence, but it’s for a good cause). First — hope you’re going to be tuning into the very next Skeptic Zone podcast, because we interview Dr Richard Wiseman! He also has a quirky blog. Secondly — [...]
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On a day where ‘University offers course in training the Jedi way‘ (but not really- ‘”But I can teach you to recognise other people’s state of mind through empathy, which is the basis of all human social interaction.”‘) and where once again, there’s a claim that teaching magic tricks will improve confidence and self-esteem (yes, [...]
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Just got the mailout from Dr Richard Wiseman’s site – new YouTube to advertise Quirkology in paperback format in the UK! And if you’re into what is promised to be ‘an unusual speed dating experiment’ (hint – originally he found that talking about pizza toppings was a good opener…) Borders Bookstore in London’s Oxford Street [...]
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