1 Excellent article by @MitchHorowitz on paranormal claims, the late James Randi, his educational foundation (JREF), his unwinnable $1 million prize & Skeptics vs. Debunkers.

"In the pioneering days of scholarly psychical research in the United States, roughly between the 1930s
2 "and 1960s, Duke University housed a highly regarded center for the study of #ESP, founded by researchers J.B. and Louisa Rhine. Yet today the Rhine Research Center functions off-campus as a nonprofit organization and, while individual researchers and a handful of ​university
3 "labs soldier on, many college textbooks brand ESP research a pseudoscience, often citing Randi's work as the source of that opinion, so the topic is shunned by most academics & journalists who cover them.

"As a historian and writer on #metaphysical topics, I have spent time
4 "among fraudulent mediums, and I share Randi's outrage at their manipulations. I have no issue with his or others' targeting of stage psychics and woo-woo con artists — I join in it. But Randi made his name, and influenced today's professional #skeptics, by smearing the work of
5 "serious researchers, such as Rhine, who, in founding the original parapsychological lab at Duke with his wife & co-researcher Louisa, labored intensively  -  and in a scientifically conservative
6 "manner that reverse-mirrored Randi's work - to devise research protocols for testing psychical phenomena."

boingboing.net/2020/10/26/the…
7 One of my favorite skeptics of all time...

"I think belief is dangerous. I'm frankly afraid of believers. Skepticism, I think, is the healthiest place to be."

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Rogan: Some r critical of Mack’s abduction research bc hypnotist’s can lead the witness.

Bigelow: Hypnotists try to lead them in the opposite direction.

Wish he would’ve said...many recall w/o use of hypnosis.

open.spotify.com/episode/4K3Q51…
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1 So, ten people saw a close view of the Tic Tac Fravor engaged with: Fravor, his WSO, Female Wingman Pilot, Slaight (her WSO) & five in the Hawkeye. Seems like the Hawkeye folks were MUCH closer than the 2 (female pilot & Slaight) in the F-18 who provided high cover for Fravor.
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"In October 1913, occurred something that may not be so very mysterious because of nearness to the sea. One supposes
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1 Notable comments...

Ken Jason: "Can you help get Luis Elizondo to go on the Joe Rogan show, to do an interview?"

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3 Fox: "I too have made some mistakes along the way. Either way, I like Lue, Mellon and others very much."

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