Skeptic Check: ESP or Think Again

You’re right: it’s a show about ESP. And, correct again: we’re excited about the publication of a paper that claims precognition exists. You’ve already divined what our paranormal investigator says about the paper, whether the statistics that it cites are significant, and what the editor-in-chief of a major scientific journal has to say on the tricky matter of publishing such a result at all.

You’re not surprised that Brains on Vacation takes on the matter of Armageddon-by-exploding-star, because, you knew that. You also knew that it will be an excellent show. But, tune in anyway – consider it a repeat.

Guests:

• Bruce Alberts – Editor-in-chief of Science
• Jim Underdown – Executive Director, Center for Inquiry – Los Angeles
• Jeff Rouder – Quantitative psychologist, University of Missouri
• Phil Plait – Skeptic and keeper of the website badastronomy.com
• Steve Macknik – Neuroscientist, author of Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions  

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