Skepticule 071: Mark Edward Interview: Fake Psychics; BBC Starlings & Aromatherapy; Vegetarianism revisited;
Shownotes:
We have another great interview from QED Con 2014. Mark Edward, Mentalist and Psychic Buster talks to us about Fake Psychics, their methods, preying gullible and the vulnerable and what we can do to stop these grief vampires.
Anonymous Steve's contribution discusses the BBC's uncritical documentary on how starlings use aromatherapy. Are the BBC presenting unscientific modalities as real science?
Johno Pearce's contribution is a counter-response to our discussion on the ethics of vegetarianism.
Mark Edward
http://www.themarkedward.com
[Book] Psychic Blues: Confessions of a Conflicted Medium
http://www.amazon.com/Psychic-Blues-Confessions-Conflicted-Medium/dp/1936239272
CFI
http://www.centerforinquiry.net/
Skeptologists TV Show
http://www.skeptologists.com/
QED 2014 (Lanyrd)
http://lanyrd.com/2014/qedcon/
English Defamation Law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_defamation_law
The Odds Must be Crazy
http://www.theoddsmustbecrazy.com/
Belgian Psychic - Amazing mind reader reveals his 'gift' YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7pYHN9iC9I
Dunninger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dunninger
Sylvia Browne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Browne
Hayley Stevens - The Barnum Project
http://hayleyisaghost.co.uk/retiring-project-barnum/
http://hayleyisaghost.co.uk/taking-out-garbage/
Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia
http://guerrillaskepticismonwikipedia.blogspot.co.uk/
Susan Gerbic
http://about.me/susangerbic
Simon Singh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Singh
[YouTube] Weird Nature BBC Documentary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zbtvf
David Bellamy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bellamy
Incense from Nepal
http://www.essenceoftheages.com/stupa/stu1.html
Halal meat.
WARNING - Very Graphic.
http://skepticalprobe.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/halal-meat-production-brutal-or-humane.html
Editing & shownotes: Paul Thompson
Paul Thompson ("Sinbad") The Skeptical Probe
http://skepticalprobe.blogspot.com/
Paul Orton, militant agnostic
Missing God Gene
http://www.missinggodgene.com/
Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk
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