Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with Rice University Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought, and author of, Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal, Dr. Jeffrey Kripal. During the interview Kripal discusses how science and culture affect our worldview: Alex Tsakiris: It’s also interesting how you used the term… Read more »
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Dr. Raymond Moody On Understanding Near-Death Experiences as Nonsense
Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with renown near-death experience research and author of, Paranormal: My Life in Pursuit of the Afterlife. During the interview Moody discusses the role of logic and nonsense in studying the near-death experience: Alex Tsakiris: Is it rigor and the logic that we’re missing or is there something… Read more »
Dr. Melvin Morse On Why Doctors Don’t Listen to Near-Death Experience Accounts
Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with near-death experience researcher and author of, Touched by the Light, Dr. Melvin Morse. During the interview Morse discusses why science has not fully accepted the near-death experience: Alex Tsakiris: One of the big debates is whether we have veridical evidence of an out-of-body experience. But to… Read more »
Dr. Daryl Bem Responds to Parapsychology Debunkers
Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with noted psychology professor Dr. Daryl Bem. During the interview Bem discusses the reaction to his research among parapsychology opponents: Alex Tsakiris: What do you think is going to happen with this latest round of debunking? The skeptics have risen up and it seems like a very… Read more »
Dr. Michael Heiser On Why Christians Are Skeptical of the Supernatural
Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with biblical scholar and author Dr. Michael Heiser. During the interview Heiser discusses his understanding of ghosts from a Christian perspective: Alex Tsakiris: What did you mean when you said, “Christians aren’t as open to the supernatural as they think they”, and that they, “think like skeptics.”… Read more »
