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Category: psychology

  • Reality Television Secrets

    So I TiVo’ed American Idol last night and watched it this morning. I discovered that, if you fast forward through the commercials and useless filler, you can watch a 2 hour episode of Idol in approximately 40 minutes. That means about 66% of the show is skippable. It’s not a good sign when you’re watching…

  • Skeptiko

    A new podcast, called Skeptiko, has just started releasing episodes. It’s about controversial scientific issues, and the scientific method. I’ve enjoyed the two episodes so far, so if you’re interested in this sort of thing, you can download the shows from the official site or the usual way through iTunes. The reason I mention this…

  • Book Review: Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality, by Dean Radin

    Wow. I’m always blown away after reading books about parapsychology. This is no exception. Entangled Minds is almost like 3 books in one. It starts with a brief overview of what psi (i.e., phenomena like ESP and PK) is, with some examples, and an even briefer review of parapsychology’s relatively long history. Radin is constantly…