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Explore controversial science with leading researchers and their critics.

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34. Response to Skeptics’ Guide Host, Dr. Steven Novella

Skeptiko host, Alex Tsakiris, responds to Skeptics Guide to the Universe’s, Dr. Steven Novella. In a point-by-point response, Tsakiris claims Novella’s recent broadcast provides further evidence that prominent Skeptics are often severely misinformed about parapsychology and psi research. Tsakiris also details why allegations of research improprieties against Dr. Dean Radin are untrue, and calls upon [...]...

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[ Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:49:42 +0000 ]

What I've Learned From Skeptics Michael Shermer, Steven Novella, James Alcock and James Randi

Skeptiko Host Alex Tsakiris looks back at over thirty episodes of Skeptiko and examines what he’s learned from his interviews with skeptics: Michael Shermer, Steven Novella, James Alcock and James Randi. Tsakiris explains how his opinion of the skeptical community has evolved: "…I started this journey expecting genuine debate, a battle of ideas, a war over the evidence, but that’s not what I found. I found a lot of frustrated researchers who were facing a well-organize...

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[ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:32:00 -0500 ]

Dog Trainer and Animal Communications Expert Skeptical of Human to Canine Telepathy

Guest: Dr. Jill Morstad, highly regarded dog trainer and animal communications Expert, examines whether dogs can know when their owners are coming home by telepathic means. Morstad is skeptical, but remains open to exploring the unexplained limits of animal communication: "…I know this with my own dogs, if I pull a suitcase out and pack to go to a veterinary conference, the dogs don’t get up. They don’t notice. But, if I pull that suitcase out with the express intentio...

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[ Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:31:00 -0500 ]

Resist the Non-Living Universe Assumption

Guest: Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris, biologist, ecologist, futurist and author, examines why scientists should be skeptical of their assumption that the universe is non-living: "… the fundamental belief in Western science is that this is a non-living universe. No one has ever proved this. I don’t think anyone could prove it. It is an assumption. If I say I want to build a science based on the assumption this is a living universe scientists will say – prove it. But, the...

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[ Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:02:00 -0400 ]

No Proof is Sufficient

Guest: Dr John Demartini is a speaker, author and teacher from, The Secret. In this episode he explores the intersection of consciousness research and self-development. Featured Interview: • The Secret, Teacher John Demartini click for Amazon File Download (31:12 min / 14.3 MB)...

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[ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:44:00 -0400 ]

Skeptic James Randi Remains Doggedly Opposed to Any Claims of the Paranormal

Guest: James Randi repeats his assertion that all claims of telepathy, survival of consciousness and psi are unfounded, and anyone who doesn’t pass his million dollar test is suspect: "…why isn’t someone like Sheldrake coming after it? He stays away from it because, in my estimation, he knows full well that this business of being stared at, and/or the dog that know when its owner’s coming home will not pass any test. Now if it will pass the test I’ll ...

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[ Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:03:00 -0400 ]

Medium Research and the Battle Between Science and Religion

Guest: Marcel Cairo, Los Angles Psychic and Medium, suggests the root cause of science’s skepticism of the paranormal is the battle between science and religion: "We’re getting caught-up in the intricacies of psi research when really what’s going on is a battle between creationism and evolution." Featured Interview: • Los Angles Psychic and Medium, Marcel Cairo Click Here For News Release ...

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[ Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:05:00 -0400 ]

Scientists Are Not, �Playing by the Rules�, When Exploring Intelligent Design

Guest: Greg Koukl explores whether science is undermined by a bias against Christian spirituality: "…When people say Intelligent Design is not scientific what’s going on is a trumping of the facts with Materialistic philosophy… They aren’t even allowed to play because they don’t play according to the philosophical rules… and in this case, what you have is a serious problem of aggressive bias that has entered into the process and does not allow t...

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[ Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:43:00 -0400 ]

NDE Research From a Christian Perspective

Guest: Rusty Wright explores the limits of scientific research into the near-death experience from a Christian perspective. Featured Interview: • Christian author and lecturer, Rusty Wright File Download (54:57 min / 25.2 MB)...

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[ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:56:00 -0400 ]

Naturalism Advocate Sees No Evidence for Survival of Consciousness After Death

Guest: Tom Clark, Naturalism proponent, explores the lack of evidence for, “fringe science” like parapsychology, near-death experience and the survival of consciousness after death: “…I’d have to be agnostic about the possibilities for consciousness after death, especially my own personal consciousness with my personal characteristics… I can’t disprove that it exists, but what’s the positive evidence for it… I haven’t seen a s...

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[ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:06:00 -0400 ]

Buddhist Scholar and Meditation Researcher Says Skeptics Misinformed

Guest: Dr. B. Alan Wallace, Tibetan Buddhism scholar, explores his research into human consciousness, and how some skeptical critics are mistaken about Buddhism and its implications for understanding how our brain works: "…this is what bothers me about many of the so called skeptics… what they are doing is defending the status quo which doesn’t take a whole lot of guts. They are about as skeptical as Pat Robertson or Billy Graham. They too have a congregation beh...

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[ Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:34:00 -0400 ]

Physician Turned Podcaster Skeptical of NDE

Guest: Dr. Ginger Campbell, host of The Brain Science Podcast, explores why a lack of science education hinders researchers from exploring the limits of consciousness research: “Before we’re going to make progress on some of these more difficult issues we’re going to have to have more people know what we already know. Science knowledge, at least in the United States, is abysmal. When I decide how I’m going to spend my time, my priority is to inform people about ...

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[ Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:00:00 -0400 ]

What Being a Skeptic Really Means

Guest: Dr. Raymond Moody explores what his thirty years of research has taught us about consciousness and examines how much is still left to be discovered. During the 45-minute interview Dr. Moody explains why the philosophy of skepticism is central to his work and why scientists must resist the urge to jump to conclusions based on preconceived ideas about how their experiments will turn out: "It’s so much fun to apply the rules of reason....

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[ Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:15:00 -0400 ]

Consciousness Researchers of a Different Mind

Guest: Dr. Edward Kelly and Dr. Emily Kelly explore evidence suggesting human consciousness is more than just what happens in our brain. They also explain why they wrote their new book, Irreducible Mind: "One of our big motivations was watching this deepening polarization in our society between the two fundamentalists; religious fundamentalists on the one hand, and scientific fundamentalists on the other hand. What we’re trying to say is there’s a scientifically defens...

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[ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:19:00 -0400 ]

No Evidence of Life After Death

Guest: David Lester, Ph.D. has achieved worldwide recognition as a leading authority on suicide. He is a researcher and prolific author. In this interview he discusses his book, Is There Life After Death. Dr. Lester is currently Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Suicide and Professor of Psychology at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Featured Interview: • Professor of Psychology and author, Dr. David Lester ...

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[ Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:40:00 -0400 ]

Religion Must Not Cling to What We Know Isn�t True

Guest: Rabbi Rami Shapiro explores the difference between faith and belief, and explains why modern religion must remain grounded in what science has revealed: "If science can disprove some aspect of Judaism, then to hold on to it makes me, I guess, a loyal Jew, but a stupid human being… If my religion says that the world is flat, and I can show a photograph that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the world is round, but as a faithful person I’m going to hold onto ...

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[ Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:23:00 -0400 ]

Can Dogs "Know"?

Guest: Dr. Rupert Sheldrake and Dr Richard Wiseman on whether dogs can "know" when their owners are coming home. With Audio Clips From: • Biologist and former Research Fellow of the Royal Society, Dr. Rupert sheldrake • Noted psychology researcher and skeptic Dr. Richard Wiseman • Join us in replicating these experiments OpenSourceScience.net ...

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[ Thu, 31 May 2007 13:20:00 -0400 ]

Parapsychology Research Can Learn From Skeptics

Guest: Dr. Stephen Novella on how collaboration between skeptics and researchers may pave the way for more conclusive findings: "… in the end we have the same goal, even though we have difference approaches and different interpretations… the goal is to design research in such a way that it doesn’t matter what you believe… the results will be valid despite the beliefs of the researcher. When you can design studies like that, then you can trust the resul...

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[ Mon, 21 May 2007 18:19:00 -0400 ]

Your Mind is More Than Your Brain

Guest: Dr. Robert Almeder, reviews his work on the epistemology of science, and criticism of materialism as a way of explaining the relationship between our brain and our consciousness: "…the good news is that we can show that human minds do exist and are of a different order than physical objects as we know them. And, that seems to suggest that the whole question of minds is not a question of metaphysics or religion, it’s a question of science…" " ...

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[ Mon, 14 May 2007 20:11:00 -0400 ]

Media Overlooks The Spiritual Experience

Guest: Steve Paulson examines his reporting on the intersection of science and religion, and the challenges mainstream media face: "…going back to what I was saying about the New York Times, part of the problem is this assumption that if you’re going to deal with science and religion, you go through science to resolve that issue. While I think you have to do that to some degree, you also have to come at it from a religious angle, and you have to talk about the nat...

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[ Mon, 07 May 2007 20:39:00 -0400 ]

Religion Afraid of Near-Death Experience Research

Guest: Dr. Neal Grossman explores near-death experience research, consciousness, academic paradigms and why many religious groups are unfriendly toward near-death experience research: "Both the scientistic type and the devote religious person have something in common, they both think belief in a spiritual reality is a matter of faith… To the religious person the very idea that some of their religious beliefs might be capable of being inves...

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[ Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:10:00 -0400 ]

Blindness of Debunkers and Radical Skeptics

Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove, explores psi phenomena, consciousness, intuition and how radical skeptics are ignoring advances in our understanding of human consciousness: "The same kind of blind unconsciousness that led the United States to launch an unprovoked war in the Middle East is the same kind of blindness people in the scientific community, particularly those that identify themselves as debunkers, radical skeptics use to buy into the par...

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[ Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:08:00 -0400 ]

11. Dr. Richard Wiseman on Rupert Sheldrake’s DogsThatKnow

Guest: Dr. Richard Wiseman discusses the skeptical community, paranormal research, quirky psychology, and what’s lacking in paranormal research. Play it: Download MP3 (37:29 min.) Read It: Announcer: In this episode of Skeptiko, well-known researcher and skeptic, Dr. Richard Wiseman, explains why collaboration is needed in parapsychological research. Dr. Richard Wiseman: The public [...]...

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[ Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:48:20 +0000 ]

Collaboration Between Sketics and Paranormal Researchers

Guest: Dr. Richard Wiseman disucsses the skeptical community, paranormal research, quirky psychology, and what’s lacking in paranormal research: "The public is actually badly served by the science community in that sense. There’s a deep wanting to know what’s gong on from some members of the public … so I think a coming together, where people design experiments, conduct experiments and interrupt them in a collaborative way may...

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[ Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:11:00 -0400 ]

Parapsychology Research Lacks Good Data

Guest: Dr. James Alcock explains why he remains skeptical of parapsychology research, and why parapsychologist don’t garner attention from academia: "… if one could come up with good data that showed there’s something to it, the parapsychologists would be trampled by psychologist and physicists rushing to the study of it." Featured Interview: • Noted psychology researcher and skeptic Dr. James Alcock click for ...

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[ Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:24:00 -0400 ]

The Universe Isn�t Pointless

Guest: Dr. Jean Burns discusses her experiences on the front lines of the "psi wars", and the relationship between physics and consciousness research: "… physics says, and remember currently known physics is about matter, it’s not about consciousness … the whole universe is pointless … but that’s not all there is, because if you add consciousness, and you add free will, then there’s something m...

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[ Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:07:00 -0400 ]

Scientific Inquiry Takes Scientists, Not Magic

Guest: D. J. Grothe clears up some common misconceptions about science:"“There’s not one thing called science that says, ‘x, y and z’. Scientists are human each with their own motivations, backgrounds, and biases. It just so happens that the methods of science are the best methods we’ve found to overcome personal bias, personal motivations and all that stuff.” Featured Interview: • Well-known radio host and program director...

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[ Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:21:00 -0400 ]

Remote Viewing Leads to Global Climate Change Awareness

Guest: Stephan A. Schwartz explores the connection between his research into remote viewing and global climate change: "The same kind of individual choices producing aggregate effects that goes on in global climate change is precisely the same thing that’s going on, or not going on in healing research, and in the remote viewing research. All of them require that you get to a place where you realize … all consciousness is interlinked and interdependent.” ...

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[ Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:50:00 -0400 ]

Spiritual Growth Withstands Everyday Stress

Guest: Dr. Charles Tart explores his research findings and personal conclusions about spirituality, meditation and transpersonal psychology: “I think we need to have deep spiritual values, and they need to come out of experiences that really teach us at a deep level. They can’t come by somebody preaching at us and telling us how we should feel and so forth. We need a spirituality in our culture that taps into what is real, and taps-in in ...

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[ Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:46:00 -0400 ]

Zen Meditation Leaves Consciousness Scientist Skeptical

Featured Interview: Dr. Susan Blackmore explores her journey from a disillusioned parapsychology researcher to an author on human consciousness, and her conclusions: “We live in a pointless universe. We’re here for no reason at all. There isn’t a soul. There isn’t a spirit. We’re not going to live forever in some kind of heaven, or something like that. And, I think there are no paranormal phenomena, although I can’...

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[ Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:39:00 -0500 ]

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