Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
I’ll be very busy and tied up with work and personal business for quite a while – so I will let you enjoy the following gem in celebration of Darwin, beyond Darwin Day! Michael McRae, CSIRO’s Science by Email coordinator, was interviewed earlier on this blog about Science Communication and Education. I had the opportunity [...]
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So, it’s Monday, and in a few days I’ll be on the road, again. Spot that recurring theme over the last few months or so on this blog? Here’s a few more directions I’ll be heading in, so you have a heads-up on how this blog will go from this week onwards. When I can, [...]
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Shirley Ghostman doesn’t really believe himself a psychic. Really Shirley is just an over-the-top character of a spoof comedy show. Here Skeptic Christopher French goes up against Shirley and shows how hard it can be to tell a legitimate looney from a joke.
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[ If you don’t know the context -- it’s here and here. “Every bit of my bullshit detector goes off like crazy over global warming and every fucking thing that Al Gore says; he seems to me to be a lying sack of shit who’s wrong about everything. He seems that way to me, but [...]
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The site is up and over here! — Sadly, no longer active, oh well. Now, I think my favorite spoon-bending session will always be the regulars done by the Sydney Skeptics In The Pub (led by Richard Saunders), but it’s still kind of cool to see a record set: and if you missed out Teller’s [...]
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Now, a friend of mine, Liz, is featured briefly in the first of a vodcast series on the recent TAM6, by Soccergirl Incorporated! Looking gorgeous as always, but made me scream out loud with her ‘look at me, I’m a circus freak!’ arm trick! She sounds more suave than freaky on her own gaming podcast, [...]
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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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Penn Responds To Begley’s Newsweek Article On TAM6
by podblack on July 4, 2008
Remember Sharon Begley on TAM6, particularly Penn’s comments? Penn has responded in the LA Times: Every year, in Vegas, the James Randi Educational Foundation gathers together for a conference as many like-thinking participants as you can get from people who question whenever people think alike. There are smart, famous and groovy speakers such as Richard [...]
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