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Archive for July, 2009

Congratulations, you may be psychic!

Posted in Charlottesville, Randi, paranormal, pseudoscience, skeptic, virginia on July 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Weekly World News, that bastion of scientific credibility, has reported that 53% of people are psychic, based on a study done at the University of Virginia on the townspeople and students of Charlottesville. Say what now? This study was published by the “parapsychology division of the University of Virginia School of Medicine” in the Journal [...]

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Blog on vacation…

Posted in Dragon*Con, book, music, skeptic, travel on July 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Hey all, it’s been a while again.  I’ve been sloooowly getting things done at work. As Swoopy aptly puts in the latest Skepticality (106), When I get to talk to scientists, often they are in the lab and they are taking a break from research. What are they doing? They are running samples, they are [...]

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Correlation, Causation, and Coincidence

Posted in Sagan, critical thinking, skeptic, travel on July 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I’ve been running around again.  I’m back to CVille and to work, but before that I was out of town and away from my computer for almost a week, driving to New York, then flying to Georgia, with my “little” brother to get him set up for his new life in grad school. (I use [...]

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