The Return of The Invisible Ghost: Further Apparitional Observation & Top-Down Processing
How a quirky series of parapsychology experiments across Cambridge in the late 1950s came perilously close to profound insight...
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Chris Gyford
1 day ago2 min
Brain Bucket of Belief: Michael Persinger & His God Helmet
How Prof. Michael Persinger came face-to-face with God through science, geomagnetism and a modified Ski-Doo helmet.
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Chris Gyford
Oct 33 min
The Invisible Ghost: Apparitional Observation & Inattentional Blindness
How a quirky parapsychology experiment on the Cambridge Backs in the 1950s preempted a major psychological discovery some 4 decades later.
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Chris Gyford
Oct 22 min
No Stone Unturned: The So-Called Stone Tape Theory
How TV ruined a perfectly speculative hypothesis on the aetiology of apparitional experiences.
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Chris Gyford
Oct 12 min
The Pseudoscience of Ghosts
How seemingly pseudoscientific explanations distort our understanding of apparitional experiences.
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Chris Gyford
Sep 143 min
2024 Ockham Awards: The Best & Worst of Skepticism
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.
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Chris Gyford
Aug 143 min
This Is a Woman!
Weighing in on Imane Khelif, operationalism and gender essentialism.
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Chris Gyford
Jul 223 min
Ain’t No Such Thing as The Inerrant Word of Science
How fundamentalist Biblical literalism leads to fundamental scientific illiteracy...
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Chris Gyford
Sep 20, 20233 min
Are You Looking at the Same Moon?
So, I've been thinking about the TikTok #MoonPhaseSoulmates trend.
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Chris Gyford
Jul 30, 20233 min
Bright Like a Diamond: Rihanna, The Illuminati & Semiotics
So, I've been thinking (for much longer than intended) about Rihanna, the Illuminati and Semiotics.
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Chris Gyford
Jul 22, 20234 min
2023 Ockham Awards: The Best & Worst of Skepticism
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.
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Chris Gyford
Nov 5, 20222 min
Jupiter Ascending: UFO’s, Bokeh & Atmospheric Distortion
So, I've been thinking about UFO’s, bokeh and atmospheric distortion...
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Chris Gyford
Oct 23, 20222 min
Out on a Limb: Nessie & Expectant Attention
So, I've been thinking about the Loch Ness Monster and expectant attention.
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Chris Gyford
Oct 16, 20222 min
Crocodile Rock: Pareidolia & the Filey Crocodiles
So, I've been thinking about Pareidolia and the Filey Crocodiles...
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Chris Gyford
Jul 31, 20222 min
A Million Made-Up Things: Who Exactly Isn’t Thomas Corbett-Dillon?
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.
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Chris Gyford
Jul 24, 20222 min
Who Didn't Shoot Shinzo Abe?
So, I've been thinking about the assassination of Shinzo Abe and conspiracism's usual suspects.
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Chris Gyford
Jul 17, 20222 min
Execute Executive Order #10! The End of The Georgia Guidestones
So, I've been thinking about the continuing rumour, legend and conspiracism around the Georgia Guidestones...
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Chris Gyford
Jul 10, 20222 min
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fallacies
So, I've been thinking about combat dolphins, the fog of war, and unfading false beliefs...
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Chris Gyford
Jul 9, 20222 min
The Great Grammar Conspiracy and Me
So, I've been thinking about the arcane and abstruse practice of grammar and my place amongst its potentially conspiratorial adepts.
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Chris Gyford
Jan 23, 20223 min
Promises Made, Promises Kept: NESARA IS HERE 🌈
So, I've been thinking about JFK Jr., NESARA and QAnon.
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