Acclaimed television psychic Tony Stockwell is coming to UCH, Limerick on Sunday 16th May. Tony is of course a master manipulator and a complete fraud. So why am I advertising his show?
Well here is a video of Tony in action. He's good, he's got genuine talent. I haven't seen such calm, professional cold reading techniques [...]
Thursday, December 3, 2009
A cheaper, prettier and equally effective device
We reported on this phenomenon nearly two years ago–governments purchasing idiot devices for obscene amounts of cash. Last month the New York Times finally reported on the ADE 651 (beware, the company's sloppy website is laced with misspellings), variously described as a 'remote portable substance detector,' a 'dowsing rod,' [...]
Baby needs a new pair of shoes
As Jon Favreau says in Swingers: 'We all have stories.'
It's nice to be the recipient of good fortune, and even better to string a chain of coincidences together to make a gripping narrative. Unfortunately, this makes some people certain that they have somehow been favoured by a higher power, [...]
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
I preferred the x-ray specs
Bock was kind enough to send me a preview of his post on hypnotherapy last night. While I am utterly opposed to chicanery, charlatanism and claptrap of any stripe, I can't help but remember that hypnosis (in a sense) actually works, dammit. Read on.
Thanks to the wonders of the internet, I've [...]
F.S.M.
For lovers of logic, whether it's twisted, circular, irrational, or just plain dumb.
Click this link for hundreds of proofs of God’s existence. Maybe yours is in there somewhere.
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
the fireman
It's always gratifying to see a carefully constructed theory borne out by practical experiment.
It's even more fun when the same event sees psychic aura mumbo-jumbo crashing and burning (literally).
Firewalking enthusiasts often claim that a 'spiritual trance' protects them from getting burned, not boring details about conductivity and thermal energy.
If these simple laws of physics [...]
Monday, September 15, 2008
Ok you've heard enough about Palin, we all have. But I think this one is well within my purview as I've certainly reported on nutty religious fanaticism more than a few times in the past.
Forget that you're watching a Huffington Post documentary about Sarah Palin's churches in Alaska, it doesn't really need that sweetener to [...]
