🎬 Videos(11)
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RfRx - Belief in Psychics: Why We Believe, and What's the Harm? with Rob Palmer
Recovering from Religion
A surprisingly high percent of people believe in "psychics" and "mediums" (those claiming to see the future & communicate with the dead). Unfortunately, having supernatural beliefs inherent in being religious influences people to believe this at a rate over 5 times higher than atheists do. This leaves them open to psychological and financial devastation at the hands of con-artists. In this talk, Rob reveals how psychics and mediums manipulate people into believing they have special abilities (on TV and in person), and explain why science says that these paranormal claims are untrue. He presents details about believers defrauded of enormous sums (up to their entire life savings), and he will explain how the legal system is not on your side if you become a victim.
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Quantum Mysticism is Stupid (Deepak Chopra, Spirit Science, Actualized.org)
Professor Dave Explains
Quantum physics tells us that consciousness creates reality! The physical realm is just a mental construct! This means you can heal yourself with your mind, you can manifest your desires, and you can commune with the universe to achieve ultimate transcendence! At least that's what some would have you believe. In actuality, physics says nothing of the sort. This is all just a ridiculous narrative spewed by con men that has come to be known as quantum mysticism. Together let's identify its origin, with figures like Deepak Chopra, and trace its development over the past few decades, culminating in YouTube channels like Spirit Science and Actualized.org, which go beyond mere pseudoscience and act as literal cults. Cults are bad, don't you agree? Let's expose and disarm them together.
📄 Articles(11)
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Can Science Explain Deja Vu?
Scientific American
Most of us have experienced deja vu - that sensation when new events feel eerily familiar. Could this "glitch in the Matrix" be a brain short-circuit?
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Belief in Psychics: What's the Harm and Who's to Blame?
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
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Investigating Psychic Predictions in a Missing Persons Case
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
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