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Growing up I was always fascinated, obsessed even, with the paranormal. I would watch all the primetime specials purporting to investigate UFOs, psychics, and of course ghosts. Sure I didn’t believe in every psychic, UFO sighting, and ghost story I ever heard. In fact, I thought that probably over 99% of all [...] From Flickr by mahfrot This past Friday, I wound up in the midst of an impromptu game of “Settlers of Catan” with a bunch of doctors. I had never played this game before, I’d never heard of this game before, but my dear readers if there’s anything that I am not above, it’s a little [...] Since history research is not really my thing, I decided to go easy on myself and provide a couple of links and quotes by others who put in the time “debunking” Thanksgiving “myths.” I put “myths” in quotations because a lot of these weren’t really my idea of myths.The funny thing is that while each [...] Frances Griffiths and friends. The last time I read the Sherlock Holmes stories, I was struck by how similar the great detective’s deductions are to the techniques used by self-proclaimed “psychics.” Time and again, Holmes picks up some innocuous, seemingly unrevealing object—a walking stick, for example—which belongs to someone unknown to him. After giving the [...] You’ve probably already heard about Jaycee Lee Dugard, the now 29 year old woman who’d been held kidnapped, raped repeatedly, and become a mother twice over the past eighteen years. It’s astounding that Miss Dugard has been found alive, I’m sure I speak for all of the New York City Skeptics when I say that [...] |
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