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March 30, 2012
2012 Pigasus Awards Announcement
2012 Pigasus Awards Announcement
Since 1997, the JREF's annual Pigasus Awards have been bestowed on the most deserving charlatans, swindlers, psychics, pseudo-scientists, and faith healers—and on their credulous enablers, too. The awards are named for both the mythical flying horse Pegasus of Greek mythology and the highly improbable flying pig of popular cliche. These are the awards for 2012.
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March 21, 2012
The Randi Show - Deceptive Marketing
The Randi Show - Deceptive Marketing
The Randi Show is a biweekly video podcast produced by the James Randi Educational Foundation. James Randi himself discusses news from the world of science, pseudoscience, and the paranormal. Plus, he shares some stories from his amazing life. In this episode, Randi discusses deceptive marketing. It's used in both everyday products and pseudoscientific bunk, so how do we educate ourselves against it?
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March 8, 2012
The Randi Show - Nostradamus
The Randi Show - Nostradamus
The Randi Show is a biweekly video podcast produced by the James Randi Educational Foundation. James Randi himself discusses news from the world of science, pseudoscience, and the paranormal. Plus, he shares some stories from his amazing life. In this episode, Randi discusses his recent acquisition of a rare, early edition of Nostradamus' prophecies.
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February 27, 2012
The Randi Show - Science Communication
The Randi Show - Science Communication
The Randi Show is a biweekly video podcast produced by the James Randi Educational Foundation. James Randi himself discusses news from the world of science, pseudoscience, and the paranormal. Plus, he shares some stories from his amazing life. In this episode, Randi discusses rising anti-science sentiment, what we can do to fight it, and how some of the best science communicators are helping to keep the public educated.
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February 17, 2012
Phil Plait at TAM 8: Don't Be A Dick
Phil Plait at TAM 8: Don't Be A Dick
In this talk from the 2010 Amaz!ng Meeting, "Bad Astronomer" Phil Plait had a memorable suggestion for winning people over. The video of this talk is provided free of charge by the James Randi Educational Foundation.
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February 15, 2012
James Randi at the Magic Castle: In Conversation with Max Maven, Part 2
James Randi at the Magic Castle: In Conversation with Max Maven, Part 2
On January 16, 2012 in Hollywood, California, James Randi had a second on-stage conversation with Max Maven at the World Famous Magic Castle, in front of a standing-room-only audience. This is a recording of that event.
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February 10, 2012
The Randi Show - Snake Oil
The Randi Show - Snake Oil
The Randi Show is a biweekly video podcast produced by the James Randi Educational Foundation. James Randi himself discusses news from the world of science, pseudoscience, and the paranormal. Plus, he shares some stories from his amazing life. In this episode, Randi discussion the recent ASA action against Groupon for promoting literal snake oil.
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February 6, 2012
Michael Shermer on the Science of Good and Evil at TAM 2
Michael Shermer on the Science of Good and Evil at TAM 2
In this talk from 2004, Dr. Michael Shermer (founder of The Skeptics Society and editor-in-chief of Skeptic Magazine) discusses "The Science of Good and Evil."
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February 3, 2012
Dr. David Gorski - (So-Called) Complimentary and Alternative Medicine | For Good Reason
Dr. David Gorski - (So-Called) Complimentary and Alternative Medicine | For Good Reason
Dr. Gorski defines complementary, alternative and integrative medicine and contrasts it with science-based medicine. He talks about whether its acceptance is growing. He debates to what extent massage therapy and aromatherapy are examples of CAM. He reveals whether he likes to refer to CAM as (S)CAM, and how helpful such an acronym is. He explores to what extent traditional medicine and herbal medicine are science-based, resulting in aspirin, digitalis, and various chemotherapy drugs, and why they should not properly be considered CAM. He describes the health freedom movement, and what social criticism fuels it. He talks about the ways that adopting CAM approaches harm patients, including leading to patents to forgo other, more effective treatments; paternalistic deception of the patient through knowing use of placebo. He explores the moral values that motivate skeptical activism. And he talks about why more medical doctors are not skeptic activists.
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Joe Nickell - Why Investigate the Paranormal | For Good Reason
Joe Nickell - Why Investigate the Paranormal | For Good Reason
Joe Nickell explains why he investigates the paranormal, as opposed to merely pronouncing his skepticism of it. He talks about his training as a detective and why it was formative, along with his background in magic. He explains why field experience is so important to scientific paranormal investigation. He distinguishes between skepticism and debunking, and what results from each approach. He argues that the existence of the paranormal is not the only question to answer while conducting paranormal investigations. He explains why he continues investigating subjects he has already looked numerous times, such as ghosts, lake monsters and miracle claims, and why he spends time on the paranormal as opposed to other important topics. He talks about whether the supernatural claim that God exists should be a focus of the paranormal investigator. And he comments on the new trend of skeptical paranormal investigation groups starting up in cities throughout North America.
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