Tag Archives: common misconception
Hey Psychics, Did You See This Coming?
Regulating Psychics? It’s About Time!
British psychics are in for a rude awakening. A new set of laws may force them to prove their talents in court, or “give disclaimers describing their services as entertainment or as scientific experiments with unpredictable results.”
Daylight Atheism sums up the situation quite well:
The law currently in force in this area [...]
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Car Tires Don’t Protect You From Being Struck By Lightning
Your Car Is One of the Safest Places To Be In A Lightning Storm, But Not Because of the Rubber Tires.
You may have heard this one before. Some say the safest place to be during a lightning storm is in a car because of the rubber tires because the rubber tires will effectively ground the [...]
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Sabermetrics Debunk Traditional Baseball Strategy
What if you managed your own real life baseball team? Draft your own players, decide the batting order, and make play by play decisions during games. Would you have your players stealing bases? Would you spend big bucks on a strong closing pitcher? Bill James would not advise you to do any of these things. [...]
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Think You’ve Seen A Ghost? Just Turn Out The Lights
Are you one of many Americans who believe they’ve experienced the presence of a ghost? Your own brain could be deceiving you. I am not referring to intelligence or alertness, but the electrical inner-workings of the brain. Electrical interference could be the culprit, rather than a supernatural entity. Let me explain.
Electromagnetism
Electromagnetism refers to an invisible [...]
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Hey Psychics, Did You See This Coming?
Regulating Psychics? It’s About Time!
British psychics are in for a rude awakening. A new set of laws may force them to prove their talents in court, or “give disclaimers describing their services as entertainment or as scientific experiments with unpredictable results.”
Daylight Atheism sums up the situation quite well:
The law currently in force in this area [...]
Car Tires Don’t Protect You From Being Struck By Lightning
Your Car Is One of the Safest Places To Be In A Lightning Storm, But Not Because of the Rubber Tires.
You may have heard this one before. Some say the safest place to be during a lightning storm is in a car because of the rubber tires because the rubber tires will effectively ground the [...]
Sabermetrics Debunk Traditional Baseball Strategy
What if you managed your own real life baseball team? Draft your own players, decide the batting order, and make play by play decisions during games. Would you have your players stealing bases? Would you spend big bucks on a strong closing pitcher? Bill James would not advise you to do any of these things. [...]
Full PostThink You’ve Seen A Ghost? Just Turn Out The Lights
Are you one of many Americans who believe they’ve experienced the presence of a ghost? Your own brain could be deceiving you. I am not referring to intelligence or alertness, but the electrical inner-workings of the brain. Electrical interference could be the culprit, rather than a supernatural entity. Let me explain.
Electromagnetism
Electromagnetism refers to an invisible [...]
