“If you are sure of your facts, you should defend your position.” – Cecilia Payne Cecilia Payne was an astronomer and astrophysicist who discovered how to understand the composition of stars in terms of the relative abundance of hydrogen and helium. Her thesis was attacked by a superior claiming it could not possibly be true that… Continue reading Defend Your Position
Category: Heretical Science
Know Who to Ask About ESP
Never ask a man if sexism exists. Never ask a white person if racism exists. Never ask Scott McGreal over at Psychology Today if there is a scientific taboo against ESP. Ask four-time president of the Parapsychology Association, Dean Radin:
On Courtney Brown’s “Farsight Planet 2014: Great Pyramid of Giza”
On 3/14/14 remote viewer Courtney Brown launched his new project “The Great Pyramid of Giza: The Mystery solved”. He hyped the launch for about 6 weeks on his FaceBook page, with frequent postings of “implications”1. On Jan 22 on his Facebook page, Courtney characterized the announcement: Something important is going to happen sometime next month,… Continue reading On Courtney Brown’s “Farsight Planet 2014: Great Pyramid of Giza”
We don't serve time travelers here
From Dean Radin’s excellent talk, Was Buddha just a nice guy?
Gene Mutation, Thus Evolution, is Not Random
When we think of Darwinian evolution, one supposition come to mind: gene mutation (evolution) is random.
The Job of Clever People
“The job of clever people is to ask difficult questions. The job of very clever people is to ask deceptively simple ones.” —The Economist1 The Economist, September 7, 2013, The man who showed why firms exist [↩]