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Cosmic Consciousness and the Ptolemaic Principle
If you follow the literature of scientific research in medicine, you may have raised your eyebrows at the list of authors credited in an article that came out in the October, 2016, issue of the...
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eskeptic for February 8, 2017
In this week’s eSkeptic: Next Science Salons: Dr. Carol Tavris: Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me). Review: Cosmic Consciousness and the Ptolemaic Principle Upcoming Course: Skepticism 101 with...
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eSkeptic for February 15, 2016
In this week’s eSkeptic: Science Salon # 10 THIS SUNDAY: Carol Tavris: Mistakes Were Made TED 2014 All-Stars: How Science & Reason Make the World Better Scientific American: Imagine No Universe...
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eSkeptic for July 12, 2017
In this week’s eSkeptic: Science Salon Moments: Janna Levin Discusses the Edge of the Universe Scientific American: Who Are You? Memories, Points of View and the Self MonsterTalk: Naming Monsters:...
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eSkeptic for August 23, 2017
In this week’s eSkeptic: Free Debate: Solving Moral Dilemmas: How Do We Know What’s Right? Feature: Ultraterrestrials: A Review of How UFOs Conquered the World DEBATE Solving Moral Dilemmas: How Do We...
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Ultraterrestrials
David Clarke has written an insightful, informative and thought-provoking book on UFOs and the UFO culture. This is not a debunking book, although it fulfills that function admirably. Rather, it...
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eSkeptic for October 11, 2017
In this week’s eSkeptic: Consciousness & Reality: How Do We Know What’s True? New Episode by Mr. Deity: Misterpiece Theater: I’m Listening Feature: What is Spirituality, Anyway? MonsterTalk:...
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Dr. Clay Routledge — The Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything
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eSkeptic for October 17, 2018
Science Salon # 42: a conversation with Dr. Clay Routledge, author of Supernatural: Death, Meaning, and the Power of the Invisible World Feature: A review of The Coddling of the American Mind: How...
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Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
In my many debates with theists over the decades a handful of arguments for God’s existence are routinely articulated as “proofs” of divine providence. These include the cosmological argument (that...
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eSkeptic for December 19, 2018
Feature article: Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing? MonsterTalk # 180: Ghosts, Gears, Gadgets and Golems There have been many arguments for the existence of God. In this cover story from our...
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Sir Martin Rees — On the Future: Prospects for Humanity
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sciencesalon/ss048_Martin_Rees_2018_12_12.mp3 Download MP3 In this wide-ranging dialogue Michael Shermer talks to Martin Rees about: his early education and how he got...
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eSkeptic for December 26, 2018
Science Salon # 48: Sir Martin Rees — On the Future: Prospects for Humanity 40% Off: New Digital Subscriptions at PocketMags.com. Reg $14.99. Now $8.99 MonsterTalk # 181: La Corriveau; PLUS The...
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Dr. Brian Keating — Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition,...
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eSkeptic for June 12, 2019
Download Digital Edition or Order Print Edition: Skeptic Magazine 24.2 Science Salon # 70: Dr. Brian Keating — Losing the Nobel Prize SKEPTIC 24.2 Order the print edition, or download the digital...
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Robert Zubrin — The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens...
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eSkeptic for June 25, 2019
Science Salon # 72: Robert Zubrin — The Case for Space: Spaceflight Revolution Feature: Carol Tavris on The Sisyphean Challenges of Skepticism SCIENCE SALON # 72 Robert Zubrin — The Case for Space:...
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Leonard Mlodinow — Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
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Paul Halpern — Synchronicity: The Epic Quest to Understand the Quantum Nature...
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eSkeptic for September 29, 2020
Science Salon # 135: Michael Shermer with Paul Halpern — Synchronicity: The Epic Quest to Understand the Quantum Nature of Cause and Effect SCIENCE SALON # 135 Michael Shermer with Paul Halpern —...
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eSkeptic for March 13, 2021
The Michael Shermer Show # 164: Neil deGrasse Tyson — Cosmic Queries: StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going EPISODE # 164 Neil deGrasse Tyson — Cosmic Queries:...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson — Cosmic Queries: StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We...
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Jim Al-Khalili on the Joy of Science
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss261_Jim_Al-Khalili_2022_3_18.mp3 Download MP3 In this conversation, quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili...
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eSkeptic for April 9, 2022
Conspiracy Theory Endorsement by Generation : A New Skeptic Research Center Report From Our Paranormal & Conspiratorial Ideation Study (PCIS) Apples and Oranges, Ants and Humans: The Misunderstood...
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Bobby Azarian — Life, the Universe, and Cosmic Complexity
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss287_Bobby_Azarian_2022_06_24.mp3 Download MP3 In this conversation based on his new book, The Romance of Reality, cognitive neuroscientist Bobby...
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Sabine Hossenfelder — Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s...
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Stephon Alexander — Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider’s Guide to the...
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Visits to and From Extraterrestrials: Why They Never Occurred, and Probably...
We have recently been flooded with much excitement about the possibility of aliens traveling in UFOs (now labeled UAPs, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), that may be visiting us from distant worlds. Much...
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Philip Goff — The Purpose of the Universe
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Eric Schwitzgebel — The Weirdness of the World
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