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January 6, 2025El globo Saladin despegó de Bath (sudoeste de Inglaterra) el 10 de diciembre de 1881 con tres tripulantes: el capitán James Templer, el parlamentario Walter Powell y Arthur Agg-Gardner. Horas después, tras un vuelo hacia el sur con muy baja visibilidad, Templer intentó aterrizar en lo alto de...
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January 2, 2025Most of the time, I am actively looking for a mystery to investigate. However, there are those rare occasions where the mystery presents itself to me. Such was the case on this dark and cloudless night in mid-November. In the beginning, that Sunday night was much like any other. The weekend had...
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We are all skeptics
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A Look to the Past
The Psychic Defective Revisited: Years Later, Sylvia Browne’s Accuracy Remains Dismal
Volume 37, No. 5September / October 2013
This article originally appeared in the September / October 2013 issue of Skeptical Inquirer. Subscribe today and read this entire issue. You will also gain access to our full archive, dating back to 1976. An update of our “Psychic Defective” analysis examines developments in eleven cases...
I Was Wrong (and I Bet You Were Too)
July 9, 2019For me, one of the great pleasures of skepticism is finding out I was wrong about something. Rather than feeling guilty about my error, I feel proud that I have learned something and have a better understanding of reality. When skeptics encounter a questionable claim, they do some fact-checking....
