Category: A moon/candle in the dark night

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Miscellaneous “Alternative Medicines”(Quest science month special)

There are recurrent memes or myths in CAM( complementary and alternative medicine) that refuse to die. Like zombies, they keep rising up again no matter how many times they have been debunked. This lecture Includes a survey of some of the truly bizarre odds and ends that can...

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Energy Medicine (James Randi foundation)-(Quest science month special)

Energy medicine claims that there is an energy field undetectable by scientific instruments that somehow gets out of balance, somehow causes illness, and somehow can be adjusted by practitioners to restore health. Energy medicine is not measurable, not falsifiable and therefore is not in the realm of science.

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Parapsychology and Science-Professor Chris French(Quest Science month special)

Professor Chris French of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths University speaking at the Centre for Inquiry(CfI) UK event on science and pseudoscience at Conway Hall, London. (CFI UK’s primary aim is education, with the focus on the following three areas: (i) the application of science and/or...

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Pseudoscience and Bullshit -James Ladyman(Quest science month special-weekend edition)

James Ladyman, Former editor of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science and and author of Understanding Philosophy of Science (Routledge 2002) and (with Don Ross) Every Thing Must Go (Oxford University Press 2007) speaking at the Centre for Inquiry UK event on science and pseudoscience at...

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Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things- Michael Shermer(Quest Science month special)

Every day, we see intelligent people embracing unintelligent things. They’re skeptical in some areas of their lives, gullible in others. They seem to shift from logical to illogical at the drop of a hat. Maybe this refers to another. Perhaps it describes ourselves. In this conversation, Seth Andrews...

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DOUBTFUL NEWS-(Quest Science month special)

A sharp-eyed view of questionable claims Evidence-based critique of news of the paranormal, pseudoscience, health claims, and anomalies. Doubtful News logos created by Aaron Scott Mercer (aaronscottmercer.com) DN is a privately-owned, science- and evidence-based site brought to you by Lithospherica, LLC. We help our audience see beyond the news...