Paranormal: Ghosts, Cryptids, Ancient Aliens, Superpowers, Time Travel. Best Practices for Debunking

It’s spooky season. A good time to talk about the paranormal. Ghosts, cryptids, ancient aliens, superpowers, time travel and the like. Pseudoscience is often invoked to argue that such things are real. Usually all in good fun but not without the danger of people believing junk. Please join us to talk about best practices for debunking junk.

Resources

Debunking Robert Sepehr (junk anthropology)

Debunking the Baghdad battery

Milo’s collection of TikTok Shorts debunking pseudoscience 

The worst ghost hunting reality show ever, explained

Enjoy Joe Rogan discussing time travel with his sidekick

A discussion hosted by Matt Burr at the Light house Cafe 

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