Scientific American – Brain scientists Stephen Macknik and Susanna Martinez-Conde explain the science behind the mental manipulations of gentleman thief Apollo Robbins.
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This is Rhys – he’s 15 years old and has Crohn’s disease. “It appears a great number of the people who make up Crohn’s forum are in love with so called alternative medicines.” This short ‘tweet-vid’ discusses what happened to him on a Crohn‘s Disease forum board and attitudes he’s come across (he’s also a [...]
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Just as I’ve been enjoying reading the very skeptically-minded breakdown (and an excellent one at that) of ‘Is that a fallacy in your pocket or can you cite some sources? A Response to “Feminism at TAM”‘ — here’s some more skepticism! From the official site: “In October 2008 Tim worked with Animator Martin White to [...]
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The quick and dirty world of women’s magazines from Christine Ottery from Women’s Mag! A great site, lots of discussion and resources there. I met Petra Boynton to discuss women’s magazines, and in particular sex surveys, dodgy experts, and the mixed and confusing messages that women’s mags send out about women’s sexuality. To put pressure [...]
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This one is for the hive.
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It should be on the new Skeptic Zone podcast, episode #86! Have a listen to my interview with Professor David Blair and then watch this to see for yourself what the Gravity Centre looks like.
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22 Comments By Christopher Hitchens
by podblack on June 8, 2010
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