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Why Do Ghosts Go “Woo”? Part One.
OK, a light-hearted one this lunchtime. “why do ghosts go woo?” is an excellent question that was asked on Twitter by Ian Rennie to Hayley Stevens, and she, Kimberley Kendall and I discussed it for a while. I always joke … Continue reading
Posted in Debunking myths, History, Paranormal
Tagged Athenodorus Cananites, David Curtin, etymology woo, ghost noises, ghosts, Hayley Stevens, Ian rennie, Kimberley Kendall, Laurel & Hardy, Letter to Sura, phantom housebreakers, Pliny the Younger, Steve Parsons, sympathy for the devil, Victorian ghosts, woo, woo-woo
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Skeptics – Help Stop CJ23.com!
I was just thinking: we have Robert Lancaster’s excellent Stop Sylvia site, which I think is an excellent cause, and now we have other similar sites dedicated to stopping prominent woo’s. I originally intended on the morning of April 1st … Continue reading
My Problem with the Paranormal!
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
Posted in Debunking myths, Paranormal
Tagged Arthur C Clarke, Arthur C Clarkes Mysterious World, defining the paranormal, defining the perinormal, Fortean, Forteana, ghosthunter, Giant Squid, James Randi, JREF, Most Haunted, Paranormal, paranormal meaningless term?, Paranormal TV, parasychology, perinormal, psychical research, Richard Dawkins, woo
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Education, Atheism – are they the enemies of Reason?
I have a rather heretical thought, about ‘paranormal’ beliefs, and their relationship to atheism. I originally posed a question on Professor Dawkins forum as it was inspired by his show… Continue reading →