Episode Forty-Four – On Pink Microscopes – A Strange Quarks Submission
Direct link to the Mp3 here. This is a short essay that was submitted to the new podcast ‘Strange Quarks‘ – and I strongly recommend that other podcasters consider sending in their own short essays! This is a short overview on the contribution of science education to challenging paranormal and pseudoscientific beliefs in females. The influence of mainstream education in the face of numerous factors that encourages anomalistic... Read More
Episode Forty-One – On Being Naturally Skeptical – The Psychology Behind Being A Skeptic
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (61.7MB) | Embed Direct link to the Mp3 here! Welcome to a catch-up episode of the Token Skeptic! Many apologies for the delays on the last episode and many thanks to Michael Marshall and all the people of QEDCon for their patience! This episode was recorded at Dragon*Con and it is thanks again to Derek and Swoopy of SkepTrack and Skepticality podcast. Naturally Skeptical? The Psychology Behind Being A Skeptic.... Read More
Episode Twenty-Seven – On The Separation Between Scientific Truth And Belief – Interview With Dr Pamela Gay
Download the mp3 of this episode here! Dear listeners – firstly apologies for getting out two episodes out so soon after one another. Next week I’ll be traveling, so it is unlikely that I’ll get out an episode next week, so I hope you don’t mind that there’s a little space between this and episode twenty-eight. I’ll be attending a Philosophy and Education conference in Sydney, on the other side of Australia, and... Read More
Episode Four – On Women And Paranormal Beliefs (Part One)
Sorry again about the delay – looks like the problem is fixed! One of the big questions that is asked about paranormal belief (and often quite controversial) – is whether men or women are more likely to believe. Which sex is more likely to be superstitious? There’s a lot of research and results point to both ‘nature and nurture’, enough to make this the first part of several investigations into the topic! Transcript and... Read More
On Santa – Token Skeptic Episode One
While listening to a great Skepticality podcast episode (www.skepticality.com), I found I had many unanswered questions. Delving into the research, I started checking out what research has been done into belief in Santa. Is it such a bad thing to believe in Santa… and how would you gather evidence about the pros and cons? Could belief in Santa, the Easter Bunny, the tooth fairy and so forth, be a natural part of childhood development…... Read More
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