So, I've been thinking about my nominees for this year's Ockham Awards and the rocky road they've had to get there.

So, I've been thinking about belief, geomagnetism and coming face-to-face with God in a Ski-Doo helmet.

So, I've been thinking about stones, tapes and how TV ruined a perfectly speculative hypothesis.

So, I've been thinking about the QAnon Shaman, social influence and conformity.

So, I've been thinking about human magentism, coronavirus vaccines and falsification.

So, I've been thinking about Foxitis, media influence and direct effects.

So, I’ve been thinking about Foxitis, media influence and the debate over active vs passive audiences.

So, I’ve been thinking about vaccines, microchips and assimilation (both Piagetian and Borgian).

So, I've been thinking once again about misguided scepticism, churnalism and these so-called "floating ships".

So, I've been thinking about alternate realities, a cabal of satanic child abusers, a BBFC examiner and an animated Dinsey classic.

So, I've been thinking about conspiracy theories about RFID chips in COVID-19 vaccines and where this dangerous nonsense originated.

So, I've been thinking about churnalism and misguided scepticism worthy of the worst of the flat-Earth community.

So, I've been thinking about planetary protection and the threat to planet B.

So, I've been thinking about the role of planetary protection a new era of space exploration.

So, I've been thinking about the photo and video evidence for and against the Moon landing hoax.

So, I've been thinking about what is actually up there.

So, I've been thinking about the somewhat-pseudoscientific explanations for apparitional experiences.

So, I've been thinking about what was behind the bizarre choice in our dear friends' recent media appearance.

So, I've been thinking about naturopathy and its fallacious appeal to nature.

So, I've been thinking about what lies beneath the spooky season stories in the press.