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ISBN 10: 0953761126
ISBN 13: 9780953761128
Author: Wendy M. Grossman, Christopher C. French

First Published in 2016. Why do statues weep? Did Nostradamus really predict 9/11? Is it true that we only use 10% of our brain power? Does quantum theory explain the mystery of consciousness? For 21 years, questions like these have been posed, and answered, in the pages of The Skeptic magazine, Britain’s foremost and longest-running sceptical magazine, dedicated to the examination of science, scepticism, psychology, secularism, critical thinking, and claims of the paranormal – in short, the pursuit of truth through reason and evidence. This collection brings together the best articles from the magazine’s archive in one myth-busting volume. It covers a wide range of topics such as psychic fraudsters, claims of psychic healing and alien abduction, near-death experiences, false memories, and much more. Contributors include Susan Blackmore, Richard Wiseman, John Diamond, Edzard Ernst, plus interviews with Paul Daniels and Stephen Fry. With a foreword by Simon Hoggart, this collection will simultaneously provide you with food for thought and keep you entertained.

Why Statues Weep The Best of the Skeptic 1st Table of contents

1 There Must Be Something in It
Seeing is Believing? Susan Blackmore
1. Illusions of connection
2. Illusions of control
3. Illusions of pattern and randomness
4. Illusions of form
5. Illusions of memory
Some conclusions
Psychic Con-men Richard Wiseman and Emma Greening
In Search of Monsters? Charles Paxton
Millennium Kevin McClure
2 Favourite popular myths
Nostradamus Said What? David Hambling
Myths of Secret Powers Andrew Brice
The Ten-Percent Solution Barry Beyerstein
Attack of the factoids
Safety in numbers
Ten percent nonsense
Origins
Cerebral spare tire
The Mary Celeste Revisited Alan Hunt
Behind the Red Planet Paul Chambers
The canals on Mars
The face on Mars
Compare and contrast
3 What ever Happened to …?
The Summer of ’91 Martin Hempstead
Explaining the Shroud: Steve Donnelly Interviews Joe Nickell
What Hath Carlos Wrought? Robert McGrath
Rendlesham: Britain’s Roswell David Clarke
The Ministry of Defence and the Rendlesham incident
The smoking gun?
Cover-up or cock-up?
‘UFO lands in Suffolk — that’s official!’
Conclusion
Foreign Objects: Testing an Alien Implant Susan Blackmore and David T. Patton
4 Beyond a Joke
Miracle Cures: Only Believe John Diamond
The doctors only gave her x months/years to live …
… And x months after he’d started on the treatment the tumour had shrunk by half!
The doctors were amazed by her progress — they even took pictures of her …
This isn’t an alternative cure: it’s been proved to have worked …
… Although the doctors won’t say he’s cured …
What’s Wrong with Alternative Medicine? Thurstan Brewin
Diagnosis and treatment
Then why so many grateful patients?
Two personal experiences
Contradictory theories
Reasons at least not to encourage it
Motivated Distortion of Personal Memory for Trauma Mark Pendergrast
Motivation
Secondary gain
Belief systems
Authority figures
Use of hypnosis, dream analysis, body symptoms, and other kinds of theories
Rehearsal
Cognitive dissonance
The Mosaic of Memory Chris French
5 Faking it
Muddying the Waters David Langford
Postscript
Knock: Some New Evidence David Berman
Acknowledgements
A Case of Spirits Chris Willis
The Amazing Dummy Pill Edzard Ernst
Radio Ga-Ga Tony Youens
Question one
Question two
Question three
Question four
Question five
More recent examples
How about a test?
6 Science and anti-science
Death and the Microtubules Susan Blackmore
A Look at Probability and Coincidence Chip Denman
Abduction Theory Nick Rose
7 Skeptics speak
Proper Criticism Ray Hyman
1. Be prepared
2. Clarify your objectives
3. Do your homework
4. Do not go beyond your level of competence
5. Let the facts speak for themselves
6. Be precise
7. Use the principle of charity
8. Avoid loaded words and sensationalism
A Panoply of Paranormal Piffle: Stephen Fry Steve Donnelly
Women are NOT from Gullibull Lucy Sherriff
Paul Daniels Michael Hutchinson
8 State of the art
Perpetuum Mobile: The Perpetual Search for Perpetual Motion Anthony Garrett
Women and the New Age Lucy Fisher
The goddess
Conclusion
An Anaesthesiologist Examines the Pam Reynolds Story Gerald Woerlee
Background
The experience
Sleep-inducing and sleep-maintaining drugs
Powerful painkilling drugs
Muscle-paralysing drugs similar to curare (deadly Amazon Indian arrow poison)
Why have UFOs changed speed over the years? Martin S. Kottmeyer
After the event
Copycat sightings
Speed shift
Hover-craft
UFOs in the movies
The cultural dimension
Magicians, Mediums, and Psychics David Alexander
9 Do you believe in miracles?
Something to Shout About: The Documentation of a Miracle? Dr Peter May
The claim
Findings

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