Fortean Blogscan 06-09-2009
Posted by Greg at 11:27, 06 Jul 2009A strange assortment to get you through the week...
- At the Psychedelic Salon: Terence McKenna's "The Ethnobotany of Shamanism", parts one, two, and three,
- Guy Lyon Playfair takes the knives to Richard Wiseman's Twitter experiment on psi.
- Filip Coppens investigates the 'Denderah lightbulbs' from ancient Egypt.
- Bruce Rux is the subject of a 3-part Binnall of America audio podcast. So far parts one and two have been posted.
- At Sentient Developments, George Dvorsky explores transhumanist themes in Battlestar Galactica: Caprica.
- At Public Parapsychology, Wendy E. Cousins reviews Damien Broderick's Outside the Gates of Science (Amazon US and UK).
- An interview with Jon Ronson, author of The Men Who Stare at Goats.
- The most recent Skeptic's Guide to the Universe podcast features an interview with Brian Brushwood.
- Michael Tymn remembers Frederic Myers, a giant in the history of psi/afterlife research.
- Graham Hancock's Forum section has a new article from Richard E. Ford, "The Great Pyramid: Symbols and Hieroglyphs in the King's Chamber".
- The latest Paracast interview is with Nancy Talbott discussing research into crop circles.
- Zahi Hawass tells all of his special relationship with Mark Lehner.
- In the most recent Skeptiko podcast, Alex Tsakiris chats with Mark Ireland who is seeking proof of psychic medium afterlife communication.
Enjoy!


Comments
8 July 2009
2 years 30 weeks
Brian Brushwood said in a clip on ESP that "you'll either find good controls or impressive results- you'll never find both in the same thing." Wow... that is pseudoskepticism taken to a whole new level. *facepalm*