Sensing Murder – Series Three
It’s back!!! I am of course talking about everybody’s favourite show – Sensing Murder. Okay obviously the show is not to absolutely everyone’s taste and it certainly elicits strong responses from both...
View ArticleNZ Skeptics Conference
Those people who follow skepticism internationally will only just be recovering from all the great interviews and articles that came out of the Amaz!ng Meeting in Las Vegas in June 2008. On the...
View ArticleBelieve it or Not: NZ Survey
The Sunday Star Times (A New Zealand paper) is running a survey in conjunction with Marc Wilson (A senior philosophy lecturer at Victoria University) over the next week or two testing New Zealand’s...
View ArticleThe Threat of Defamation
An Australian poster going by the name of AndyD on the JREF forums has recently had a run in with Ezio De Angelis, a self described psychic medium who was a finalist in the recent television series...
View ArticleStop Boris Kreiman
A person going by the name of Boris Kreiman has whipped up the www.stopsylviabrowne.com domain while its owner, Robert Lancaster is recovering from a serious stroke that he suffered some months ago....
View ArticleVideo on anecdotal evidence
This video is the best explanations I have ever seen of why anecdotal evidence doesn’t do the job. Hat-tip: onegoodmove
View ArticleSkeptics in the Pub – Coming to a Pub Near You
As advertised on the recent episode of the Skeptic Zone, a Skeptics in the Pub has been planned for those with a skeptical inclinition who are living in Christchurch. On Monday the 8th of June 2009 the...
View ArticleDebunking Divining in 1556
While doing research for my PhD I stumbled across a little gem from 1556. De Re Metallica (On the Nature of Metals) by Georgius Agricola is a comprehensive technical book covering metals and mining in...
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