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Michael Shermer Firewalking Across Hot Coals Posted by: MichaelShermer
Video duration: 408 seconds Global video hits: 44691 Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and monthly columnist for Scientific American, tries his hand at firewalking barefoot across 1000-degree red hot coals and doesn't get burned. Dr. Shermer provides a scientific explanation for the mysterious phenomenon. Related: fire, firewalking, pseudoscience, science, shermer, walking |
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Michael Shermer Out of Body Experiment Posted by: MichaelShermer
Video duration: 372 seconds Global video hits: 73883 Michael Shermer travels to Laurentian University in Sudbury, Canada, to strap on the "God Helmet" in neuroscientist Michael Persinger's lab that duplicates out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, alien abductions, and other paranormal phenomena. Related: esp, experience, nde, obe, out-of-body, paranormal, shermer |
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Michael Shermer Tests Acupuncture Posted by: MichaelShermer
Video duration: 453 seconds Global video hits: 38093 One of the oldest forms of so-called alternative or complementary medicine is the ancient Chinese art of acupuncture, now claimed by many to be a science. Michael Shermer goes in search of what is behind acupuncture through interviews and getting himself poked! Related: acupuncture, alternative, medicine, shermer |
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Michael Shermer comments on John Edward Posted by: riedsa
Video duration: 554 seconds Global video hits: 58813 Michael Shermer comments on John Edward Related: edward, john, michael, shermer |
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Michael Shermer Remote Viewing Experiment Part 1 Posted by: MichaelShermer
Video duration: 449 seconds Global video hits: 29600 Michael Shermer takes a seminar on remote viewing, a form of ESP in which one attempts to psychically view a remote object, person, or place through intuition or a sixth sense. Shermer reveals the normal explanation for this apparently paranormal phenomenon. Related: esp, psi, remote, shermer, viewing |
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Michael Shermer Spoonbending Posted by: MichaelShermer
Video duration: 391 seconds Global video hits: 52297 Ever since the 1970s, spoonbending (and the bending of other cutlery, metal bars, and the like) has been held up as physical evidence for telekinesis, a form of PSI in which thoughts alone can allegedly be employed to alter the physical environment. In this episode, Michael Shermer attends a seminar on spoonbending and discovers the power of group think to actually bend metal! Related: esp, psi, shermer, spoonbending, telekinesis |
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Michael Shermer Remote Viewing Experiment Part 2 Posted by: MichaelShermer
Video duration: 283 seconds Global video hits: 19436 Michael Shermer takes a seminar on remote viewing, a form of ESP in which one attempts to psychically view a remote object, person, or place through intuition or a sixth sense. Shermer reveals the normal explanation for this apparently paranormal phenomenon. Related: esp, michael, psi, remote, shermer, viewing |
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Michael Shermer on How to Fake UFO Photographs Posted by: MichaelShermer
Video duration: 368 seconds Global video hits: 40761 The best evidence that UFOs represent spacecraft from other worlds consists of grainy photographs, blurry videos, and anecdotes about things that go bump in the night. In this episode Michael Shermer shows how easy it is to fake UFO photographs, enlisting the help of children and disposable cameras to create convincing photographic evidence that even fooled experts! Related: michael, shermer, ufos |
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Michael Shermer Learns the Art of Con Games Part 2 Posted by: MichaelShermer
Video duration: 463 seconds Global video hits: 18100 The art of the con is as old as civilization, employing the skills of deception, misdirection, and the psychology of human greed and the desire to get something for nothing. In this episode Shermer employs a professional con artist to teach him the fine art of conning people. Related: con, conartists, congames, shermer |
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Michael Shermer Debunks James Van Praagh & Psychics Posted by: MichaelShermer
Video duration: 277 seconds Global video hits: 21865 Michael Shermer explains how psychic James Van Praagh appears to talk to the dead by using such mentalism tricks as cold reading and hot reading. Related: michael, paranormal, pseudoscience, psychics, science, shermer |
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Michael Shermer at FSGP Posted by: RationalResponse
Video duration: 2463 seconds Global video hits: 5653 http://video.rationa lresponders.com http://www.fsgp.o rg http://www.margar etdowney.com http://www.skepti c.com http://www.ration alresponders.com Related: agnostic, atheism, atheist, darwin, fsgp, god, lecture, michael, rationalresponse, science, shermer, skeptic, skeptical |
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Michael Shermer at FSGP part 2 Posted by: RationalResponse
Video duration: 2569 seconds Global video hits: 3073 http://video.rationa lresponders.com http://www.fsgp.o rg http://www.margar etdowney.com http://www.skepti c.com http://www.ration alresponders.com Related: agnostic, atheism, atheist, darwin, fsgp, god, lecture, michael, rationalresponse, science, shermer, skeptic, skeptical |
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Michael Shermer Abducted by Aliens Posted by: MichaelShermer
Video duration: 61 seconds Global video hits: 33672 Video clip from the 1983 Race Across America, when competitive cyclist and skeptic Michael Shermer had an alien abduction experience after 83 straight hours of sleep deprivation and 1800 miles of nonstop cycling. Related: aduction, aliens, cycling, shermer |
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Michael Shermer on The Science of Good and Evil Posted by: MichaelShermer
Video duration: 246 seconds Global video hits: 14361 Michael Shermer's tour for his book The Science of Good and Evil, found him here explaining why we are moral, the evolutionary origins of the moral sentiments, and how to be good without God. Related: faith, god, michael, religion, science, shermer |
