47. Skeptical Researcher, Dr. Clive Wynne Tackles DogsThatKnow
2008-06-30 Alex TsakirisGuest: Dr. Clive Wynne on the University of Florida’s participation in the DogsThatKnow experiment.
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46. Dr. Rupert Sheldrake and the Skeptics
2008-06-16 Alex TsakirisGuest: Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of more than 75 scientific papers and ten books. As a former Research Fellow of the Royal Society, he studied natural sciences at Cambridge University and philosophy at Harvard University, before returning to Cambridge, where he took a Ph.D. in biochemistry. He was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge University, where he carried out research on the development of plants and the ageing of cells. He is the current Perrott-Warrick Scholar and Director of the Perrott-Warrick Project.
A complete transcript of the interview is available at: www.skeptiko.com/blog/?p=22.
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45. Researching Psychic Mediums
2008-06-02 Alex TsakirisGuest: Dr. Julie Beischel, on the survival of consciousness and her proof-focused studies on psychic mediums.
“If there’s a question, that science’s job. There’s no line of what you can and cannot ask but, if you’re at a university, then there is because there’s public pressure and, you know, they are just a giant nonprofit basically. Like, they have to worry about funding and, you know, people were getting…you know…saying things like, “Oh, this is such a waste of taxpayer money.” No university dollar ever went to support our research. It was totally privately funded.” Read the complete transcript of this interview
The Windbridge Institute for Applied Research in Human Potential
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44. Dr. Steve Novella on Psychic Medium Research Protocols
2008-05-21 Alex TsakirisGuest: Dr. Steven Novella from the Skeptics Guide to the Universe discusses his participation in an upcoming psychic medium demonstration. The panel also discusses the protocol used to avoid “cold readings”, and accurately score results.
Protocol For Medium Demonstration With SGU and Skeptiko
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43. From the desk of James Randi
2008-05-09 Alex TsakirisChronicles the email exchange between Skeptiko host, Alex Tsakiris and noted Skeptic, James Randi regarding DogsThatKnow experiment.
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