2 posts tagged “science”

"Festival attacked over paranormal 'nonsense'"

The British Association was attacked yesterday for giving credence to heretical ideas such as telepathy, out of body experiences and life after death at the largest science festival in Europe.

[...]

"Prof Peter Atkins, of Oxford University, said: 'Work in this field is a complete waste of time. Although it is politically incorrect to dismiss ideas out of hand, in this case there is absolutely no reason to suppose that telepathy is anything more than a charlatan's fantasy.'

"He said it was 'extraordinary that the BA should consider them worth a platform.'"

...or "Links that'll go in the sidebar once I figure out how that works with the Vox template, exactly."

The Skeptic's Dictionary - Absolutely essential.

Bad Astronomy - Good science, as opposed to the science you usually get on Coast to Coast AM.

James Randi Educational Foundation - The weekly essay is required and highly entertaining reading.
 

Fortean Times Online - Looks at the weird world around us, without immediately attributing everything to aliens and superhuman powers and ghosts and such.

Occam's Razor - Just because.