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Home - The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
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This week's topics are:
Interview with Pixar's Chris Ford
This Day in Skepticism: The Great Moon Hoax
News Items: The Sun is Round, DNA Storage, FDA and Homeopathy
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Pregnancy from Rape, E-bay and Magic
Science or Fiction
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This week's topic is:
What's the Harm?
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Aug
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The Power of Replication – Bems Psi Research
Steven Novella, Neurologica
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Note – This article was also cross-posted at Science-Based Medicine. I love reading quotes by the likes of Karl Popper in the scientific literature. A recent replication of Bem’s infamous psi research, Feeling the Future, gives us this quote: Popper (1959/2002) defined a scientifically true effect as that “which can be regularly reproduced by anyone who [...]
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Aug
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The Power of Replication – Bems Psi Research
Steven Novella, Science-Based Medicine
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I love reading quotes by the likes of Karl Popper in the scientific literature. A recent replication of Bem’s infamous psi research, Feeling the Future, gives us this quote: Popper (1959/2002) defined a scientifically true effect as that “which can be regularly reproduced by anyone who carries out the appropriate experiment in the way prescribed.” The paper [...]
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The Skeptics Guide to the Universe is a weekly Science podcast talkshow
discussing the latest news and topics from the world of the paranormal,
fringe science, and controversial claims from a scientific point of view.
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