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As mentioned above, I wanted to look more deeply at Cutler's study and put forward further reasons why this widely-cited source appears to be replete with 'bad science'. Here are some of the problems I see with the methodology: The 78.2% of subjects whose menstrual cycles didn't show a mean...

An old and persistent myth is that the lunar cycle and the human menstrual cycle are (or should be) connected and synchronised. While many studies have shown this idea to be erroneous, others have appeared to support it. One of the most commonly cited is the study produced by Winnifred B...

Can you explain what you mean by "Dr Shivago Syndrome" please?

Blimey: I see that Mick already suggested this way back in 2013. I know there is already the thread about 'confronting our own biases', which addresses certain aspects of "the psychology of debunkers". I also notice that there's next to nothing online about the subject online - which is...

I agree. But then the question that occurs to me is "why?" Why is it that not everyone experiences "being wrong" as "bad"? What's the difference between those that do and those that don't? Personally speaking, being wrong doesn't bother me too much because all it means is I've learned...

Any time. :) And going back to an earlier post... I agree, it's different. But I wouldn't be surprised if there are parallels. I was struck recently by some interactions I've been having on facebook, but with friends, about a seemingly benign topic - the idea many people still have that...

I think you might be misunderstanding me. Number one, the reason I posted that quote was because it inspired me to go on a line of thinking, and appeared to tie in with certain other things I've been thinking lately: namely, that our beliefs have more to do with our self-identity than we perhaps...

Well of course I'm delusional, to some degree. Who isn't? ;)

Nah. I think I'm thinking just about the right amount. Or maybe not quite enough. ;)

I've been thinking a bit more lately about how best to engage with conspiracy theorists and others with faulty beliefs, and what my own role should be in this. I find less and less interest in engaging with them, which appears to be partly as a result of the apparent fruitlessness of it (for me...

No rationale, really: I was reckless and cocky and frustrated and young, and I doubt I would have done it if I'd known what was going to happen. Though, to be fair, I took nine one day about six years ago, for completely different reasons, resulting in a very different experience. It's a peek...

Thanks Mick. That's a very sensitive and understanding response. I think I may actually have been driven to write my reflection while listening to your audiobook this morning, and a chapter that talks about a "turning point". Kinda fun that my 'classic' turning point happened in a class on...

I don’t think I’ve ever been much of a conspiracy theorist, but I’ve certainly dabbled in my fair share of wild beliefs – most of them spiritually-based, and most of them, perhaps in contrast to the average CTist, of a positive slant. Paranoia hasn’t been something I’ve experienced, but rather...

Something like that would be an interesting test: I often think that there are really (at least) two levels to beliefs. There are those we state, and those we live by - for example, if someone says they believe in an afterlife, and especially in heaven, then death shouldn't be a problem. So then...

That's incredibly poor value for money. I'd've thought they would have filled pages and pages on that subject.

That's the whole chapter?

I would question that theory. Unless one of your definitions for intelligence is "always doing your own [thorough and competent] research". I also think many intelligent people sometimes believe what others tell them and repeat it. Or perhaps you were talking strictly about 9/11 controlled...

Try this then: aim a punch at your other hand (open palm) - but stop short - and feel the air on your skin. Then compare that to wafting your hand on your palm. A punch displaces almost nothing.

Give it a try. You won't need twelve candles, just one about seven feet away.

The movements look in sync, but the hands aren't in the same place (quality looks good enough to me). Is it possible that the picture in the iPad is a split second behind the picture in the main frame? Also, there would be no need to manipulate the video here: the manipulation - split screen -...