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Richard Wiseman: Interactive Personality Test

Troythulu wrote 1 month ago: Check this out. More cool stuff by the Quirkologist. Note the words at the top of the placard… … more →

Tags: Quirkology, Science, Video, videos, YouTube, Psychology, Richard Wiseman

Thinking About Thinking: The Forer Effect.

Indon wrote 2 months ago: Courtesy of Wikipedia: In 1948, psychologist Bertram R. Forer gave a personality test to his student … more →

Tags: Education/Thought, thinking about thinking, Thought, Mysticism, Horoscopes, IQ testing, personality testing

Baloney Detection 101: the Forer Effect

Troythulu wrote 2 months ago: Likely a combination of such things as personal vanity, self-deception, a tendency to try to rationa … more →

Tags: Paranormal, Psychology/Neuroscience, Science, Skepticism, pseudoscience, parapsychology, Psychology, Bertram Forer, Subjective Validation

Derren Brown's Astrology Experiment7 comments

nitwitnastik wrote 12 months ago: Derren Brown is an English magician and mentalist who shot to fame after his channel 4 show Derren B … more →

Tags: Astrology, Derren Brown, Nitwit Nastik

If You Believe...2 comments

Troythulu wrote 4 months ago: The following was inspired by a post by Skepdude on the Skepfeeds blog…Enjoy. If you believe t … more →

Tags: Tirades, Science, Antiscience, pseudoscience, Paranormal, Supernatural, Myths, Belief, Psychic Phenomena

Personality tests are BS

~Stack~ wrote 5 months ago: I have a few issues with Personality tests. Not the ones that tell you what Batman character you are … more →

Tags: Scams

The Scientific Case for Astrology ??!!28 comments

nitwitnastik wrote 6 months ago: Does astrology have a scientific basis. Can astrological claims be validated by scientific methods ( … more →

Tags: Astrology, Destiny, India, Numerology, Paranormal, Psychology, Religion, Astrologer, Barnum Effect

Personality Test : It's Highly Accurate!1 comment

Melita Tarisa wrote 6 months ago: Selain kuis “How well do you know X”, salah satu bentuk kuis yang cukup populer (dan buk … more →

Tags: Essay, Opini, Psikologi, Tes Kepribadian, kuis facebook, subjetive validation, Barnum Effect, confirmation effect

Madness and Relgion

NiroZ wrote 6 months ago: (originally posted at my other blog) During my childhood, I went mad. Now, I wouldnt’ say that I wen … more →

Tags: Myself, Ponderings, Crazy, Mother, Psychiatrist, sceptics guide to the universe

Check It! Graphology Edition

Troythulu wrote 7 months ago: This time, the links provided in this post shall deal with that pseudoscience so popular in the busi … more →

Tags: Check It, Skeptics, Graphology, pseudoscience, Internet Bunk, Links, Subjective Validation, Skeptics dictionary, Wikipedia

Michael Shermer Explores Graphology2 comments

Troythulu wrote 7 months ago: … more →

Tags: Michael Shermer, Video, videos, YouTube, Skepticism, Graphology, pseudoscience, Skeptic, Psychology


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