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Things that go bump in the bank account

25 mayo 2011
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Science, Collingwood life
There's a front page story in this week's Enterprise Bulletin about self-professed ghost hunters looking for a "haunted" house in Collingwood to feature on a new TV series called "Paranormal House Inspection." That really bothered me because it reads like an advertorial on the front page (and equally that the Discovery...

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Tags: psychics, claptrap, superstition, haunted houses, gullibility 3 Comments


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Debunking psychics

01 agosto 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Science, Collingwood life
Why aren't all psychics filthy rich? I mean, if you can predict the future, surely something as basic as the stock market's rise and fall should be a snap. Surely they can predict the winning lottery numbers, too. I never buy lottery tickets because there's always a lineup of psychics ahead of me, cashing in their winnings. No wonder...

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Tags: psychics, superstition, Collingwood, debunk 2 Comments


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