Best Thing I’ve Read Today
As Benjamin Radford writes, psychics were absolutely no help in finding Jayme Closs — just as they’ve failed in every previous case.
Rapist Faith Healer
I was very upset when I read an article this week about John Of God. I’ll get to that news in a moment, but first some background. John Of God is a supposed faith healer in Brazil who conned millions of people into believing he has divine powers to rid them of disease and all […]
Good News Of The Day
Another disgusting paranormal bullshit artist loses in court.
It’s A Good Day When Goop Must Pay
Remember when I told you that Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop website was selling jade eggs that it said would serve as medicinal remedies when women inserted them in their vaginas? Of course, there was no scientific basis for those claims, so a bunch of prosecutors got together and went after Goop for false advertising — and […]
Picture Of The Day
This is a conversation from 2013 between evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and illusionist Derren Brown. The latter has become famous in England for his TV specials that combine magic and mentalism (which he never presents as anything paranormal). Dawkins asks Brown to explain cold reading, psychic tricks, and the nonsense behind tarot cards, among other […]
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
Dr. Jen Gunter went to Gwyneth Paltrow’s “In Goop Health” event last weekend and wrote up a long recap of what she saw and heard. The audience was made up of women with an average age of 40 who could afford to pay $650 to be subjected to pseudoscience and paranormal prattle at its worst. […]