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:
Category: Heretical Science
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”
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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 [↩]
Pseudoscience, Pseudo-skepticism and Rejection Bias
Everyone has heard of pseudoscience— unscientific ideas masquerading in the guise of science. But its corollary is less well known. Pseudo-skepticism is also unscientific ideas masquerading in the guise of science. Pseudo-skeptics are also known as debunkers but I prefer the former term as it rightly notes that pseudoscience and pseudo-skepticism are two sides of… Continue reading Pseudoscience, Pseudo-skepticism and Rejection Bias