Archive for the 'Skepticism' Category

Derren Brown: Messiah

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Derren Brown traveled to the United States to try to convince five leading figures that he had powers in their particular field of expertise: Christian evangelism, alien abduction, psychic powers, New Age theories and contacting the dead.

Facing Down Black Magic

Monday, March 31st, 2008

The original story (with stills, not video) can be found here.
On 3 March 2008, in a popular TV show, Sanal Edamaruku, the president of Rationalist International, challenged India’s most “powerful” tantrik (black magician) to demonstrate his powers on him. That was the beginning of an unprecedented experiment. After all his chanting of mantra (magic words) […]

Why Do People Laugh at Creationists?

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

YouTuber Thunderf00t has an excellent series running in 18 24 parts (so far) entitled Why Do People Laugh at Creationists? And for all the times I’ve laughed in the past as I’ve followed the “controversy,” this series brought back many of those guffaws in one swift rush, and added several new ones.
Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS5vid4GkEY

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=istxUVBZD2s

Part 3
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Ironwolf’s Mystery Spot: Gondry Redux

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

I just noticed that, not content to have been exposed only once, hoaxer Michel Gondry came back with another “remarkable feat”, (pun sort of intended) just asking for a good debunking. This time he claimed that he could solve a Rubik’s Cube in under a minute with only his nose! Let’s watch as he tries […]

Ironwolf’s Mystery Spot: Time Machine

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

The first video below inspired me to find some other interesting backwards-shot clips. I also showed my sons (7 and 3) how we could use iMovie to do our own fun backwards videos.
How Michel Gondry Faked His Rubik’s Cube Stunt
As revealed by Brian Flemming, creator of The God Who Wasn’t There.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaVsaWjzsds

The Swedish Bookstore Scene from […]