Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
I’ve been attempting to find the correct name for this for some time! As someone who attended classes in Australian Sign Language and learned a little of the history of sign and how there are issues with lip-reading, this is well worth viewing and reflecting upon. Wikipedia: The McGurk effect is sometimes called the McGurk-MacDonald [...]
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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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Thanks to MsInformation and Eric for these finds – Apparently ‘millimeters matter’! LYRICS Intro: We hear every damn day about our fragile country. Every damn day about the brink of catastrophe, and how it’s a shame that we can’t work together. The truth is we do. We work together to get things done
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Well, I’m not well. :/ But I’m more worried about another friend, Milton, who is currently so unwell, he’s in hospital. Really hope things improve quickly for him and hopefully he’ll enjoy this when he’s better. I really love Stephen Fry’s ‘Podgrams’ podcast (yes, I have to get back to work on my podcast too!) [...]
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Argh, overwork — the only time I get free I start thinking ‘Ooh, sleep!’ :p This should wake us all up — AC/DC vs Ghostbusters. I thinks someone got pregnant just by listening to this. WITH GHOSTS. Thanks to Jen for the find! This is by Wax Audio.
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Ah dear, work has started again for me and that means that the blogging may be a *little* lighter than usual. Here’s a favourite skit from the Chasers that has kept me smiling during this time (especially during moments of editing where I find myself wanting to say the same thing five times over — [...]
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There were a variety of news items about this yesterday — Science is vital — found at www.scienceisvital.org.uk – here’s a link to Carmen D’Cruz‘s take on it all — Science Is Vital: Yesterday I attended the Science Is Vital rally outside the Treasury building in Westminster… We were protesting to try and prevent the disastrous [...]
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