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The recent New Jersey drone scare tells us a lot about how panics spread | Dave Hahn The New Jersey drone scare is a perfect case study in how panics seize on oddities and unfounded speculation in order to spread fear skeptic.org.uk/2025/01/the-re…

A lovely reminder from years ago, but still one to remember.

This week, I talk about the podcast that's taken the world by storm, "The Telepathy Tapes", which claims that autistic nonverbal children are all telepathic, psychic, and capable of supernatural feats. I explain why these claims are based on flawed experiments and false hope.

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Absolutely embarrassing from Liverpool Echo: “I went to see Sally Morgan and watched people moved to tears”. If you wanted to know how her show works, and why it’s awful advice to tell people to try it out, we’ve been doing the work for 15 years. liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/revie…

In Case 2 of #Uncanny TV - The Charity Shop Poltergeist, we tested this 'audio pareidolia' experiment - does it work on you? This toy makes the same sound every time, but depending on which words we see when we hear it, our brains may interpret the sound differently...it just

Are plane crashes on the rise, and is it happening because Trump and Elon are firing everyone? Here are the actual stats and history of airline safety skepchick.org/2025/02/is-air…

He's going to change the community notes because he doesn't like being fact-checked.

Sometimes vaccine efficacy is subtle Sometimes it isn't

Joe Nickell, legendary skeptical investigator, dies at the age of 80 skeptic.org.uk/2025/03/joe-ni… via The Skeptic

Chiropractors, and in many countries including the UK osteopaths, literally make up reasons to try and justify their treatments for babies and children. These treatments don't "restore balance" (what does that even mean?!), improve sleep or have any other benefits

Popular science used to be scientists translating their work so everyone could understand it. Now it's popular people ('influencers') giving their opinion on medical & scientific topics even if it has no grounding in facts. Legitimacy comes from # of followers, not expertise.

Joe Rogan claims the gunman who shot up a pizza restaurant was a plant, designed to stop us from taking Pizzagate seriously. He's wrong - the gunman was a true believer in the theory Joe's happy to keep spreading. Conspiracy theories have consequences. knowrogan.com

Birds of a feather

Sometimes when two sides appear on “the extremes” of an issue, it’s because one side is right and the other side is made up by insane people, not because people aren’t having a nuanced conversation with the middle.

🤔 Once again the language around how people talk about evolution seems to point towards an active choice. Just swap "to trigger" for "which triggers" - tons better.

Many cant discern the veracity of images used in news articles real and fake. Care to take the test to assess your keen ability? theconversation.com/can-you-tell-t…

Right… time to get content sorted. The geology of oil shale and how it forms. To learn more about this you can come along on a wee tour with me on the 7th May - find out more about it on my website. #geology #geologist #scottishgeology #scottishgeologist #reelsaboutrocks

For those who are “spiritual but not religious” Which of these comes closer to what you find “spiritual”… A) Things that can be observed and explained by science (nature, common humanity, consciousness, collective action) B) Not explainable by science (God, miracles, etc)

Reality: little more than placebo theatre. Do cold-water plunges really speed post-workout muscle recovery? sciencenews.org/article/cold-w… "Compared with the control group, neither the cold- nor the hot-water immersion groups differed much in muscle strength, soreness or swelling."