Flat earth conspiracy theorists have become a loud (if not very large) group since the turn of the millennium. While there are many specific arguments for a flat earth, which are not worth debunking here, all such arguments rely on an underlying principle that one’s senses are trustworthy and we should believe that things are…
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Osteopathy’s public image in the wake of widespread medical misinformation
A few weeks ago (late summer 2023), YouTuber Owen Morgan published a video about Sherri Tenpenny, a former doctor whose testimony before the Ohio legislature about COVID-19 vaccines went viral in 2021. Notably, Tenpenny has claimed that the vaccine was making people magnetic, that this had something to do with 5G wireless communication, and also…
There is a psychiatrist who believes in the evil eye (and what that can tell us about psychology)
The evil eye is a very ancient superstition. The basic idea is that looking upon another person with hatred or envy actually curses that person. Moreover, the beholder need not intend to cast a curse on their victim; rather, the curse is a natural consequence of the person’s emotionally charged gaze. The evil eye seems…
thoughts on mind 