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Loftus online!
Sent May 3rd 2013
Hi All, For those of you who could not make it to Prof Elizabeth Loftus's excellent talk for the APRU at Goldsmiths on 20 March, you can enjoy an audio-recording of it (with pictures, including slides) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-K0SjZqoMQ Also, you can listen to an interview with Prof Loftus here: http://www.gold.ac.uk/podcasts/ A version of this interview will be published in a future issue of The Skeptic magazine: http://www.skeptic.org.uk/ Best wishes, Chris ...
Grossman, French & Hyde on the UK Skeptical Movement @ Greenwich SitP, tonight
Sent May 1st 2013
Hi All, FINAL REMINDER! Grossman, French and Hyde are not a 1970s supergroup (or a firm of solicitors) but a collection of past and current editors of Skeptic magazine. The details of tonight's Greenwich SitP event can be found at the following links and below: http://greenwich.skepticsinthepub.org/ and http://www.facebook.com/GreenwichSitP When? Wednesday, May 1st at 7:30PM Where? The Star and Garter 60 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9NY Who? Wendy Grossman, Chris French & Deborah Hyde Title? F...
My latest Guardian Science column
Sent April 27th 2013
Hi All, My latest Guardian column, on the ideomotor effect, is out today: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/apr/27/ouija-boards-dowsing-rods-bomb-detectors#start-of-comments or gu.com/p/3feaq/tw Hope you like it! Best wishes, Chris ...
Grossman, French & Hyde on the UK Skeptical Movement @ Greenwich SitP, 1/5/13
Sent April 24th 2013
Hi All, Grossman, French and Hyde are not a 1970s supergroup (or a firm of solicitors) but a collection of past and current editors of Skeptic magazine. The details of next Wednesday's Greenwich SitP event can be found at the following links and below: http://greenwich.skepticsinthepub.org/ and http://www.facebook.com/GreenwichSitP When? Wednesday, May 1st at 7:30PM Where? The Star and Garter 60 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9NY Who? Wendy Grossman, Chris French & Deborah Hyde Title? From tiny ...
Prof Edzard Ernst on "The Prince and I" @ Greenwich SitP tonight
Sent April 16th 2013
Hi All, Final reminder about tonight's talk by Prof Edzard Ernst. (Note that this talk is outside our normal '1st Wednesday of the Month' rota.) This talk is likely to be very popular, and although we won't be ticketing the event, it might be wise to arrive as early as you can to avoid disappointment! Details (courtesy of Christopher Thresher-Andrews) below and at: http://greenwich.skepticsinthepub.org/ and http://www.facebook.com/GreenwichSitP When? Tuesday, April 16 at 7:30PM Where? The Star and Garter 60 Ol...
Events of possible interest this month
Sent April 11th 2013
Hi All, As usual, there are loads of events of possible interest up and down the country this month but here are a few that caught my eye (in chronological order): 13-14 April: Even though it's already sold out, I felt I had to mention that the wonderful QED conference is taking place this weekend in Manchester. As usual, a fantastic line-up of speakers. Full details here: http://qedcon.org/ 14 April: If you could not get a ticket to QED, why not console yourself by going to see Goldsmiths' own Rob Brotherton give h...
Edzard Ernst on "The Prince and I" @ Greenwich SitP on 16 April
Sent April 5th 2013
Hi All, Following our tremendously successful inaugural event (a million thanks to Martin S Taylor!), we've managed at short notice to book the one and only Professor Edzard Ernst for our second event on 16 April. (Note that this talk is outside our normal '1st Wednesday of the Month' rota.) This talk is likely to be very popular, and although we won't be ticketing the event, it might be wise to arrive as early as you can to avoid disappointment! Details (courtesy of Christopher Thresher-Andrews) below and at: http...
Greenwich SitP: Martin S Taylor on Hypnosis tonight!
Sent April 3rd 2013
Hi All, Tonight sees the inaugural talk for Greenwich SitP. Martin S Taylor will be telling us about "Hypnotism without hypnosis". Full details here: http://greenwich.skepticsinthepub.org/ Do come along! Best wishes, Chris ...
First Greenwich SitP talk on Wednesday - and more future events announced!
Sent March 29th 2013
Hi All, Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub will be holding its first event on Wed, 3 April, when Martin S Taylor will be discussing "Hypnotism Without Hypnosis". Also, we've now added four more talks to our schedule as follows: 7 Aug: Hayley Stevens, I'm a ghosthunter, get me out of here! 4 Sept: Rob Brotherton, Beware! The vaccine - A brief history of anti-vaccinationism 2 Oct: Deborah Hyde, Interview with a vampire expert 6 Nov: Chris French: Meaning and randomness: On seeing things that are not there All talk...
Help required with random effects meta-analysis
Sent March 26th 2013
Hi All, If anyone can help Mike Heap with the request below, please contact him directly: m.h...@sheffield.ac.uk Best wishes, Chris +++++++ Dear Chris, I have a colleague who is studying for a masters in parapsychology and is doing a study on Direct Mental Interaction with Living Systems – in his case whether thoughts can intentionally influence the growth of E Coli. He has asked me the following question, which I am not competent to answer: Can you recommend any user-friendly books or computer programs that mig...
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