From crystals to astrology and from dream interpretation to WitchTok, mystical beliefs are becoming increasingly popular and highly visible, particularly among younger people. While some people engage with mystical ideas and practices for aesthetic reasons, others take them more seriously. ‘Crystal healing’ is an increasingly popular search term on Google …
So it is time for another blog post discussing the nature of evidence and, as is always the case with me, this has been prompted by something I saw on Youtube. The other day I came across a video entitled “Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence? Nah” by Christian apologist …
Originally posted on the Cambridge Skeptics Blog – May 25th 2020. If you are anything like me, and the vast majority of the country, you …
Back on the 18th May 2021 I lead a discussion on the psychology of conspiracy theories with the rest of the Cambridge …
Originally posted on the Cambridge Skeptics Blog – July 11th 2019. As with most of my blog posts the inspiration for this one comes from …