Skepticality
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Skepticality #160 - Paranormality - Interview: Professor Richard Wiseman
This week on Skepticality, Swoopy talks with Professor Richard Wiseman ...
This week on Skepticality, Swoopy talks with Professor Richard Wiseman about his new book, "Paranormality: Why What We See Isn't There" and discovers how paranormal research has led to amazing insights on how we believe and interact with our every day...
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Skepticality #159 - From Darwin to The Ledge - Interview: Matthew Chapman
For over 30 years Matthew Chapman, the great, great grandson ...
For over 30 years Matthew Chapman, the great, great grandson ofCharles Darwin has written and directed major motion pictures, as wellas authoring notable books of his own on the topic of evolution -"Trials of the Monkey - An Accidental Memoir",...
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Skepticality #158 - Return to Lake Skepticamp - Featured Talk: Tim Farley
As the international skeptical community gears up for another seasonof ...
As the international skeptical community gears up for another seasonof conferences presented by established groups like The SkepticsSociety's Science Symposium, The James Randi Educational Foundation'sAmazing Meeting, and the Committee for Skeptical...
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Skepticality #157 - The Believing Brain - Interview: Dr. Michael Shermer
Over the past 30 years, Skeptics Society founder Dr. Michael ...
Over the past 30 years, Skeptics Society founder Dr. Michael Shermer has questioned how and why humans believe what we do in all aspects of our lives—from our suspicions and superstitions to our politics, economics and social beliefs. This week...
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Skepticality #156 - Humanism and Happiness - Guest: Jennifer Hancock
In 1765, the author of an anonymous article in a ...
In 1765, the author of an anonymous article in a French Enlightenment periodical spoke of "The general love of humanity ... a virtue hitherto quite nameless among us, and which we will venture to call ‘humanism’, for the time has come to...
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Skepticality #155 - Human Hacking - Interview: Christopher Hadnagy
Skeptics are well versed in the many tools of the ...
Skeptics are well versed in the many tools of the trade used by charlatans and hucksters to defraud their unwitting victims. Some of these same tools - elicitation, pretexting, influence and manipulation to name a few - are also used by hackers, spies...
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Skepticality #154 -Packing for Endeavour - Guest: Mary Roach
On this special bonus episode of Skepticality, celebrating the eve ...
On this special bonus episode of Skepticality, celebrating the eve before the final launch of the Space Shuttle "Endeavour", Swoopy catches up with author Mary Roach whose best-selling book "Packing For Mars" was recently released in paperback.
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Skepticality #153 - The Science of Fat - Interview: Gary Taubes
Each year 45 million Americans diet to lose weight, spending ...
Each year 45 million Americans diet to lose weight, spending $33 billion on weight-loss products - and yet, 68 percent of Americans are now classified as overweight or obese. If the prescription to eat less and exercise more, or maintaining a calorie...
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Skepticality #152 - Catastrophes! - Interview: Dr. Donald R. Prothero
The 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake and tsunami which devastated Japan ...
The 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake and tsunami which devastated Japan on March 11th, 2011 is being reported as one of the five most powerful earthquakes since seismological records began being kept in 1900. The awesome destructive power of our...
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Skepticality #151 - The Science of Usability - Interview: Charles Mauro
What was it about iTunes that changed the way we ...
What was it about iTunes that changed the way we buy music? What inspires people to donate to causes online, and what factors make the game Angry Birds so addicting? This week on Skepticality, Swoopy talks with Charles L. Mauro, a Certified Human...
