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I guess people who pay attention to my writings elsewhere will know they I am currently reading Richard Wiseman’s latest book, Paranormality: . I have read and enjoyed The Luck Factor, which I always saw as a response to Broughton’s suggestion that psi could hide in plain sight in every day life as luck; I recently enjoyed 59 seconds, or whatever the title was, and intriguing hotch-potch of modern psychology research a bit like the BPS homepage, where unlikely sounding research findings that are demonstrably true (at least among a population of second year psychology undergrads –so predominantly middle class white women aged 19-21???– seeking course credit) are entertainingly presented in the worlds first under a minute self help book with some degree of empirical justification. While I much prefer Wiseman’s interesting academic papers, these pop-science self help potboilers (there is another one equally good, I forget the title) are splendid reads where Wiseman’s impish sense of humour is given free rein. Yep, you should buy and read them. I bought Paranormality from Waterstones for £13 – you can get it on Amazon for £6.49; if what follows appears grouch, unreasonable and ill argued, then paying twice the cost I could have bought it for may be a significant factor. Continue reading →