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17 June

Richard WisemanKorrents 17 Jun

From one piece Why science needs the strange 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Researchers should be encouraged to study anomalous and strange phenomena to foster innovation.

innovation

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Most scientists study the norm. In my talk, I suggested that we foster innovation by encouraging researchers to take a scientific look at phenomena which appear anomalous, strange, and even downright weird.

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Investigating paranormal and weird phenomena frequently drives scientific breakthroughs.

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While mainstream scientists often dismiss such work as fringe, my talk highlighted how investigating weird stuff frequently drives scientific breakthroughs.

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13 May

Richard WisemanKorrents 13 May

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The effects of an alphabetically early surname on success are real but very small.

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As a Wiseman, and therefore someone with a lifetime’s experience of coming towards the bottom of alphabetical lists, I take some comfort in the fact that these effect are all very small.

How your name influences your life.....richardwiseman.substack.com

7 May

Richard WisemanKorrents 7 May

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The words on presentation slides should be cut to the absolute minimum.

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Whenever there is text on a slide, audiences start to read it, and so switch their attention from the speaker to the slide. To prevent this, cut any words to the absolute minimum.

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2 April

Richard WisemanKorrents 2 Apr

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Optimists do not give up before they have begun; they assume there is a way forward.

optimism

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It’s great because it supports the idea that optimists don’t give up before they have begun. Instead, they assume that there is a way forward and set about trying to find solutions.

So young we didn't know it couldn't be donerichardwiseman.substack.com

9 August 2011

Richard WisemanRecommends 9 Aug 2011

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Flim-Flam!

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Flim-Flam! had a huge impact on me when I first came across it, because it was the first time I’d seen a whole volume which wasn’t taking any nonsense, which wasn’t saying “maybe this stuff is true”.

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The Psychology of the Psychic

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The Psychology of the Psychic, along with Flim-Flam! was one of the first sceptical books that I came across.

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Spook

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What I like about Spook is that it’s a rather fun, light-hearted tour through all the weirdness that researchers have tried to examine.

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