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Did I Fall Asleep? Neural Reductionism and Dollhouse
Fox's Dollhouse - Season 2 premiere Sept 25th Joss Whedon fans rejoiced last February with the series premiere of Dollhouse on Fox. I had an especially delighted outlook, being both a fan of Whedon’s,...
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What America’s greatest hoax has to teach us about memory
From Flickr user tinchouse's photostream It was just an ordinary Sunday evening in Grovers Mill, New Jersey. The date was October 30, 1938. But soon after 8pm, panic broke out. The reason was that...
View ArticlePodcast Teaser: Love, a skeptical inquiry
Hey there, rational readers! I’m honored to be a guest blogger for Rationally Speaking and Gotham Skeptic, and co-host of the upcoming Rationally Speaking podcast for the NYC Skeptics. Since our second...
View ArticleThe Desiree Jennings Case, a Win for Skepticism
I don’t usually write a post that solely tells you to read another blog post, but in the strange case of Desiree Jennings, Steve Novella has become something of a primary reference. I recommend his...
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‘Face of Jesus’ discovered in Rorschach test
Eerie ... 'Jesus' face in Rorshach Test I’d always heard weird news stories about the likeness of Jesus or the Virgin Mary being miraculously discovered in the most odd and random of places like on an...
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The Role of Empirical Evidence and Skepticism in the Same Sex Marriage Debate
I teach a course in experimental psychology and research methods. Being a skeptic as well as a psychological science enthusiast, I try to imbue my lessons with the importance of rational inquiry...
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The power of prayer… to numb your mind?
A fun and interesting study was published online at Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (doi: 10.1093/scan/nsq023) that investigates what happens in people’s brains when they are listening to a...
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The Mozart non-effect
(This was originally posted on Rationally Speaking and we thought it would be of interest to Gotham Skeptic readers.) Remember the Mozart effect? That was the idea that if we only expose our infants...
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Generation Rescue denies autism
I often refer to those pushing the “vaccines cause autism” lie anti-vaccinationists or vaccine deniers because more often than not, their real target is the vaccines while the autism claim, though the...
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