Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Funny of the day – Ben Goldacre catches “detox” scammer in a lie, live on BBC Radio 4! I was additionally amused to see the particular ‘detoxers’ on a Facebook group… oh dearie me, they didn’t expect this, I’m sure! Apparently in the interview, Nas Amir Ahmadi of detoxinabox.com tried to challenge the claims of [...]
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Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie give their thoughts on science, religion and their own beliefs in various TV & radio clips.
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I can’t decide. I really can’t… First – that the fantastic news that a friend of mine, Michael McRae, who was at TAM6 and is the Science By Email CSIRO writer… is now going to hit radio big time! He got footage whilst at the Amazing Meeting 6 (as you might remember, the last one [...]
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ABC radio here in Australia interviewed Richard Saunders about Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer! You can read and hear the story here: RICHARD SAUNDERS: I’m entirely and utterly unconvinced. It seems to me and it’s really obvious that it’s a publicity stunt for their website. The whole idea is for the media to be talking [...]
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Camp Offers Training Ground For Little Skeptics – NPR by Barbara Bradley Hagerty Angie McQuaig, a Camp Inquiry counselor and elementary school administrator in Georgia, wants her son Zack to make his own choices based on facts, not just faith. Camp Inquiry in upstate New York seems at first like an ordinary summer camp, with [...]
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No, didn’t get both of them talking to each other – but there’s two links you should be checking out! First – Dr Karen ‘Skepbitch’ Stollznow is going to be on the APSR Paranormal Talk Radio Show! Apparently she’s “the skeptic” on Monday’s Into the Light show. Keep an eye out and check it out! [...]
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According to her blog – 3rd of May is the day! I’m getting married May 3 and I have so much to do and so many conversations to have, so much lighting to supervise and napkin folding style to decide upon – and you know, I have to admit, I love this wedding planning – [...]
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PodBlack Cat
Women and Superstitions – Part Three
by podblack on June 10, 2008
Following on from Women and Superstitions Part One and Women and Superstitions Part Two. Again, despite my own skepticism, I’d like to reiterate something – belief in weird things like charms, psychics, or conspiracies does not lead to justifiably claiming that someone must be stupid, insane, foolish or even irreversibly gullible. There’s plenty of people, [...]
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