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What Is Unhealthy Skepticism?
According to Webster’s dictionary, a skeptic is “One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.” Marcello Truzzi...
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Can You Trust What Wikipedia Tells You About Science?
Wikipedia is not considered an authoritative source in academia or in journalism, but it’s often the go-to source for the general public. Who’s behind the information? A team of activists under the...
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Can Human Thoughts Physically Change Water? A Look at 4 Experiments (+Photos,...
It seems the most difficult aspect of testing the power of human intention is controlling the intention of the scientists conducting the experiments. Some skeptics have scathingly dismissed research...
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2 Paranormal Cases That Convinced Prominent Skeptics
Major reports of paranormal phenomena always stir up debate between those who believe the reports may be genuine and those who try to debunk them. On one end of the spectrum, some people seem to...
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The Boggle Threshold: How Open-Minded Are ‘Open-Minded’ Scientists?
“Boggle threshold” is a term coined by writer and historian Renée Haynes (1906–1994). She defined it as “the level above which the mind boggles when faced with some new fact or report or idea.” Last...
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Scientists Investigate If Pets Telepathically Sense When Owners Are Returning...
British psychologist Dr. Richard Wiseman is often consulted by media outlets as a skeptic of parapsychological claims. For almost 20 years, controversy has surrounded his much-publicized “debunking” of...
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What Is Unhealthy Skepticism?
According to Webster’s dictionary, a skeptic is “One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.” Marcello Truzzi...
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Can You Trust What Wikipedia Tells You About Science?
Wikipedia is not considered an authoritative source in academia or in journalism, but it’s often the go-to source for the general public. Who’s behind the information? A team of activists under the...
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Can Human Thoughts Physically Change Water? A Look at 4 Experiments (+Photos,...
It seems the most difficult aspect of testing the power of human intention is controlling the intention of the scientists conducting the experiments. Some skeptics have scathingly dismissed research...
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2 Paranormal Cases That Convinced Prominent Skeptics
Major reports of paranormal phenomena always stir up debate between those who believe the reports may be genuine and those who try to debunk them. On one end of the spectrum, some people seem to...
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The Boggle Threshold: How Open-Minded Are ‘Open-Minded’ Scientists?
“Boggle threshold” is a term coined by writer and historian Renée Haynes (1906–1994). She defined it as “the level above which the mind boggles when faced with some new fact or report or idea.” Last...
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Scientists Investigate If Pets Telepathically Sense When Owners Are Returning...
British psychologist Dr. Richard Wiseman is often consulted by media outlets as a skeptic of parapsychological claims. For almost 20 years, controversy has surrounded his much-publicized “debunking” of...
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