Spooky Month: Psychics with Dylan Marron!
SciShow Tangents
Guest Info and Crossover Mention
Dylan shares where to find his work and recalls the hosts' crossover on his podcast.
There's a chill in the air and a shudder in our bones...it's Spooky Month! Come along with us on a treacherous journey full of mischief, mayhem, and many marvelously mysterious guests! Steady yourself, for who knows what frights lurk around the corner...
Our next shocking mystery friend to join us is none other than Dylan Marron! Tread the floorboards of Tangents Manor with us in pursuit of the truth behind fortune-telling and future-predicting as we examine Psychics!
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[This, That, or the Other: Crystal Ball]
Weather forecast predictions
https://www.noaa.gov/stories/6-tools-our-meteorologists-use-to-forecast-weather
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-you-trust-farmers-almanacs-weather-predictions/
Flu shot planning
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/vaccine-selection.htm
Short-term volcanic eruption prediction
https://volcano.si.edu/faq/index.cfm?question=eruptionforecast
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/24650/chapter/6
[The Scientific Definition]
Spirit trumpet
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-SPR-TRUMPET/1
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/spirit-trumpets-dead-speak
The Barnum effect
https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810104425651
https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1978.tb00271.x
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1977-21271-001
Table-turning
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-52954-2_6
https://www.ria.ie/blog/table-turning-a-victorian-fad/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Neuroscience or psychology explanations for deja vu
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-005-0677-3
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4251874/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810012000049
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420423/
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/the-psychology-of-deja-vu.html
https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/deja-vu
Patreon bonus: Brain-computer interfaces and using technology to detect thoughts
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497935/
https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/21/8639905/brain-control-robot-arm-paralyzed-quadriplegic
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaa5417
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01304-9
[Butt One More Thing]
Scatomancy pseudoscience vs. fecal tests run by gastroenterologists
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scatomancer_n_4309974
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000704.htm
https://www.columbiadoctors.org/news/how-know-your-colon-healthy
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