Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
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Recorded earlier today (well, late on Halloween) – here’s the seance that was conducted (love the waiter jokes by Randi!):
Justin Robert Young and Andrew Mayne, along with help from Brian Brushwood, James Randi, Penn & Teller, the chat room and more.
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From New Scientist: Supersense - Bruce M. Hood, a psychologist at the University of Bristol, UK, reckons that we are equipped with a “supersense” that tunes into a hidden (and, let’s face it, almost certainly imaginary) world of spirits, fates and spooky connections. Thanks to the supersense, objects such as pens and cardigans can be imbued [...]
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Now, I don’t have time to blog on this extensively, but you can certainly check out my series of three posts (so far!) on ‘Women and Superstitions‘ where I’ve touched upon these issues before. In fact, go to my Essays pages for quite a bit on social influences.
If you’re not familiar with the work [...]
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I’m heading out tonight for a Science Week event with some friends (and really very glad about the opportunity – after being on the road for qualitative research in the north of the state, I thought that I’d miss everything that was going on) – here’s a teaser before I write a review:
National Science Week [...]
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So, whilst all the rah-rah rubbish about the ‘women to men’ ratio of The Amazing Meeting turned out to be a complete and utter non-issue (hey, just like I’ve said all along! What a surprise!!) – one of the female presenters did have something to say about the show. In particular, what she noticed about [...]
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