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Psychic test cards were actually invented to make psychic tests easier
By Esther Inglis-Arkell via io9.com Earlier this week we did a post on survivorship bias, and how it could trick people into believing in psychic ability. It turns out that the most famous test of...
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The Death of Sylvia Browne
by The Locke via The Soap Box Yesterday one of the world’s most famous fake psychics (I know, that’s redundant) died. Sylvia Browne, who had made many appearances on TV (most notably The Montel...
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The Stuff of Nightmares
James Van Praagh and the Afterlife by Ingrid Hansen Smythe via skeptic.com There are a number of different methods of exposing an individual as a liar and a charlatan. One way is to engage the person...
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Random Deepak Chopra Quote Generator – Wisdom of Chopra
By Mason I. Bilderberg Are you looking to impress a love interest who happens to be neck deep into everything woo? Are you at a loss finding the right words that speak to their chakras? Well Stinky,...
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Reiki
by Steven Novella via Science-Based Medicine Reiki (pronounced raykey) is a form of “energy healing,” essentially the Asian version of faith healing or laying on of hands. Practitioners believe they...
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Earth Day Festival 2014: How was the Woo?
by The Locke via The Soap Box Last Sunday, April 26, I went down to my town’s annual Earth Day Festival to check out everything that was there, just like I do every year. Last year I was appalled by...
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Your Body’s Energy Fields
We are constantly bombarded with marketing references to your body’s energy field. Is there such a thing? By Brian Dunning via skeptoid Read transcript below or listen here Years after Skeptoid’s...
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The Weekend I Became a Reiki Healer
By Carrie Poppy via The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry – CSI I am a Reiki practitioner, but I don’t believe in Reiki. That may sound like a contradiction, but apparently it isn’t. One of the lessons...
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New Age Energy
An examination of energy, as new agers use the term. By Brian Dunning via skeptoid – October 03, 2006 Read transcript below or listen here I’m feeling a little low today, so let’s tap into a source of...
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Back to the future with the healing energy of reiki
By Orac via Respectful Insolence Over the last two days, both Mark Crislip and Jann Bellamy wrote great pieces over at Science-Based Medicine about reiki. In particular, Jann Bellamy discussed reiki...
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Why reiki masters can’t lose
by Orac via Respectful Insolence Regular readers of my not-so-super-secret other blog, where I write under my own name, know that last month Steve Novella and I published a rather nice (if I do say so...
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Meet the “Crystal Children”
by Gordon Bonnet via Skeptophilia Last year I wrote a piece on the phenomenon of people labeling themselves or their kids “Indigo Children.” An “Indigo Child,” it’s said, is empathetic, sensitive,...
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What is orgone energy?
By Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know via YouTube Did Wilhelm Reich really discover a new form of energy? If he was just a fraud, then why did the FDA burn all his books?Filed under: Auras, Conspiracy,...
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