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A Sobering Fact: Popular Articles Usually Have Something to do with Sex or the Paranormal
I like to keep track of popular science web sites and which articles collect the most traffic, which are most popular, and which are shared on social networks. I couldn’t help but notice that
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James Randi to speak in Toronto
Noted skeptic and magician James “The Amazing” Randi will be giving a talk on September 27th in Toronto. I will be attending and blogging about the event. James Randi exposes popularly accepted fakery by
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Mothman: The Bad Omen Bringer?
It’s an Owl! It’s a Crane! No, it’s… Mothman!?? It’s been 45 years since the first reported sighting of the famed Mothman. No, not the character “Killer Moth” from Batman, but the creature who
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Why do people believe in the paranormal, pseudoscience, and other weird things?
The short answer, is that people want to believe. According to Brian Cronk, a professor of psychology at Missouri Western State University, “The human brain is always trying to determine why things happen, and
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Celebrity Ghost Stories: Television Has Reached A New Low
Recently, I was watching the Biography Channel and saw an ad for a show called Celebrity Ghost Stories. This is a show, where Class A celebrities, like the bald guy who was Carrie’s friend
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