Tag Archives: James Randi

Pigs Might Fly! Randi, Bem and A Sceptical Failure?

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

I like James Randi, a lot. He has had a rough year, and I wish him well – and I have long supported the JREF, despite endless objections to some of Randi’s videos. Long time readers of this blog will … Continue reading →

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Where Is The Effective Sceptical Activism Really Happening?

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

Skeptics are a funny lot. I have jokingly in the past suggested that modern organized Skepticism follows on from what Charismatic Christianity was in the mid 80’s, Wicca was in the late 80’s/early 90’s and  ufology was in the 90’s … Continue reading →

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How Sally Met Infamy: Psychic Sally Morgan Caught: or was she?

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

OK, a very quick post. I don’t know anything about stage psychic Sally Morgan, apart from having once seen her name on a poster.  I looked her up on Wikipedia, and there was not much to say: she has received … Continue reading →

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Psychic News closes down after 78 years — but why?

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

I am aware of the byzantine politics of the Spiritualist movement, and the complex theological, administrative and personality clashes which sometimes (always?) arise. In this the Spiritualist National Union is much like any other church, or much like any other organisation, be it poetry club or gardening society.

In those two factors, economic issues and doubtless some political manoeuvring we see the immediate reasons for the decline of Psychic News (a newspaper that as long term reader of this blog may recall once featured me on the front page!). It is a shame, but possibly to be expected. And yet… Continue reading →

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My Problem with the Paranormal!

Posted on March 13, 2009 by

OK, so tonight I’m going to talk about my problem with the paranormal. And here we have a problem straight away – what is the Paranormal? The term is used so loosely as to be almost meaningless. Continue reading →

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