How Erich von Däniken's reimagination of the image of Mayan King Pakal as an ancient astronaut really is analogous to seeing ghosts.

So I've been thinking about recent reports of apparitional experiences exemplifying inattentional blindness...

How a quirky parapsychology experiment in a Cambridge end terrace in the early 1960s nearly brought the house down.

So, I've been thinking about Tucker Carlson, demonic attack and the mockery and misunderstanding of a surprisingly common medical condition.

How a quirky series of parapsychology experiments across Cambridge in the early 1960s came perilously close to profound insight...

How fundamentalist Biblical literalism leads to fundamental scientific illiteracy...

How a quirky parapsychology experiment on the Cambridge Backs in the 1950s preempted a major psychological discovery some 4 decades later.

So, I've been thinking about the best and worst of this years skepticism as I prepare to make my nominations for the 2024 Ockham Awards.

Weighing in on Imane Khelif, operationalism and gender essentialism.

How Prof. Michael Persinger came face-to-face with God through science, geomagnetism and a modified Ski-Doo helmet.

How TV ruined a perfectly speculative hypothesis on the aetiology of apparitional experiences.

How seemingly pseudoscientific explanations distort our understanding of apparitional experiences.

So, I've been thinking about the TikTok #MoonPhaseSoulmates trend.

So, I've been thinking (for much longer than intended) about Rihanna, the Illuminati and Semiotics.

So, I've been thinking about the best and worst of this years skepticism as I prepare to make my nominations for the 2023 Ockham Awards.

So, I've been thinking about UFO’s, bokeh and atmospheric distortion...

So, I've been thinking about the Loch Ness Monster and expectant attention.

So, I've been thinking about Pareidolia and the Filey Crocodiles...

Let's take a quick look at the so-called former advisor to Boris Johnson who went viral for his alternative take on the PM's resignation.

So, I've been thinking about the assassination of Shinzo Abe and conspiracism's usual suspects.