Posts Categorized: Science

Dr. Victor Stenger Slams Parapsychology, Calls Dr. Stanley Krippner Charlatan

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Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with physicist, Atheist and author Dr. Victor Stenger about his new book, God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion.  During the interview Stenger explains why he believes many parapsychologists, consciousness researchers and near-death experience researchers are charlatans: Alex Tsakiris: As you mentioned,… Read more »

Sam Harris Won’t Debate Dr. Eben Alexander on Near-Death Experience Science

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Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for discussion on the exchange between Dr. Sam Harris and Dr. Eben Alexander and the controversy surrounding Dr. Eben Alexander’s new book, Proof of Heaven: Sam Harris: There’s nothing to debate either. He can’t reasonably claim that the relevant parts of his brain (not just the cortex) were “completely shut… Read more »

Graham Nicholls, Out-of-Body Experiences Aren’t All About Angels and Demons

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Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with Graham Nicholls, author of Navigating the Out of Body Experience: Radical New Techniques. During the interview Nicholls discusses some misconceptions about out-of-body experiences: Alex Tsakiris: Your answer is very much in line with Dr. Rupert Sheldrake there, so you guys are on the same page, but… Read more »

Dr. William Bengston’s Hands On Healing Research Ignored by Cancer Industry

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Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with Dr. William Bengston about his book, The Energy Cure: Unraveling the Mystery of Hands-on Healing.  During the interview Bengston describes his experiments with hands-on healing: Dr. William Bengston:   …starting from these clinical that, for example, malignant growths respond quickly and benign growths don’t respond so quickly,… Read more »

Dr. Rupert Sheldrake Sets Science Free From Dogma

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Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with biologist and author Dr. Rupert Sheldrake about his new book, Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery.  During the interview Sheldrake explains why atheists don’t support scientists who believe ESP has been scientifically proven: Alex Tsakiris: I think that’s part of the problem. I think… Read more »