Then… the answer. Reminds me of a Dr Wiseman trick!
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Richard Wiseman
Dear all, Over the past few days there has been two five to six hour round trips to south of the state; some getting over a cold; one teacher workshop on critical thinking (where I presented on skepticism for the fourth time); a rather worrying development in the health of a co-worker; one house-guest (who [...]
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Just a quick one here — Richard Wiseman recently posted yet another one of those Carmina Buranda parodies, which if you checked A Blog Around The Clock in January, you would have seen a distinctly squidy-version already. Whilst I’ve written about audio illusions before, with a more academically-minded post called Going Backwards, which talks about [...]
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Great summary over at Communicate Science / Zoonomian with blog entry: Dogs Are Spies from Venus‘ – ‘Contrary to popular belief, dogs are in fact spies from Venus. So maintained University of London philosopher Steven Law at today’s Centre for Inquiry London ‘Weird Science’ event at Conway Hall.’ Photo taken by that site. ‘Ben’s [Goldacre's] [...]
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From Richard Wiseman’s new blog (yes, check it out – he’s very chatty; he’s got about a handful of entries for every day… maybe he’s trying to catch up to other prolific bloggers out there – such as Derren Brown who has his own great blog!): Quite a few people have sent the following illusion [...]
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Okay — strike me confused… he’s now saying he IS doing magic tricks? Thanks to iTricks, the home of magic news online: International Magic Convention in London — the recipient of the Berglas Foundation Award is Uri Geller. In reflection of all of the nonsense he’s promoted over the years — you can see many [...]
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Times Online: Crisis, what crisis? Ten minutes in Richard Wiseman’s room and you’ll wonder what all the fuss is about: A British psychologist has developed a panacea to lighten the darkening mood. In a campus on the edge of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Richard Wiseman claims to have created the most relaxing room in the world. The [...]
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