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no damn those gravitational waves

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welcome to the skeptic zone the podcast

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reason hello and welcome to the skeptic

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zone episode number 382 for the 14th of

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february ah happy valentine's day

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2016 richard saunders here with you from

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jamboree

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southern side of sydney near the city of

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wollongong

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it's where my mother lives and i'm

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visiting mum at the moment

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and thanks to uh the wonders of the

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internet and youtube we're enjoying

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watching lots of

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wonderful shows that mum enjoys that is

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if those pesky gravitational waves don't

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get in our way now that was an

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interesting story that just happened

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this week

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two black holes

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colliding merging

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billion years ago

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in the far reaches of space and only

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this week the uh

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the ripples

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in space-time

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were detected on earth using mirrors

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mirrors it's extraordinary suspended

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mirrors and multiple mirrors around the

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planet to make sure once again a wonder

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a wonder brought to us by science not

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magic not pseudoscience

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not mysticism not the paranormal not the

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supernatural

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plain good old-fashioned science but

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what's coming up on this week's episode

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of the skeptic zone joe alabaster

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evidence please joe

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a keen gardener a king gardener herself

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looks at

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gardening with a

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touch of woo woo

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you can grow your vegetables by the

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light of the full moon or not find out

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more evidence please with joe alabaster

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following that it's a week in science

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from the royal institution of australia

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www.ria

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dot a u it's an older one it's a repeat

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you might have heard it before

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worth listening to again

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then following that a little

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investigation little report i should say

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about a certain psychic in the uk by the

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name of

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liliane

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who was caught

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red-handed

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sending out the identical reading

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letters from heaven to multiple clients

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oh dear dear so we're going to look at

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that we're going to hear

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what that reading was

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and we'll be discussing the barnum

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effect and other cold reading type

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statements with the help

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with the help of a clip from james randy

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now before we get stuck into the show

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this has come to my attention just in

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the last few days thank you joe

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an evening with alan alder

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holy moly getting beyond a blind date

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with science allen alder will be

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appearing at the australian national

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university in canberra on march the 8th

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tuesday march the 8th now no kickbacks

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for me for this i'm simply announcing

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as a uh a fan of alan alder for many

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and only partially because of his acting

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work which is great if you saw him in

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the west wing for example my goodness me

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performances as hawkeye pierce in mash

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communicate science including many years

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scientific american frontiers which i

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link on the show notes or just google an

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evening with alan alder

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australian national

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university and of course i send my best

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wishes earth to dr richard dawkins who

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was recovering from a stroke he had a

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but now it's time for me to get off this

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what do we have here

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while i munch that i hope you enjoy the

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what we want is some more evidence

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hello this is joe alabasta

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in the early 1920s farmers in germany

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and a deterioration in the health and

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quality of their crops and livestock and

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this came to the attention of rudolf

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an austrian philosopher and esotericist

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rudolf steiner was the pioneer of

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waldorf steiner education

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anthroposophical medicine and biodynamic

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agriculture all of which are still

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well biodynamic farming methods are

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that they prohibit the use of gmos

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pesticides but there's an added layer of

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philosophy and steiner prescribed

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methods and practices on top of the

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standard no chemicals rule

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chemicals and drastic battery too

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biodynamics is ultimately not just a set

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spiritual science that could grapple

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capacity to sense and observe the more

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subtle forces at work in nature and to

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biodynamic methods are thus in a

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continuous state of evolution and

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well spiritual science

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spiritual science looks into that which

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the extra work that biodynamic farmers

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an example of the sort of practices that

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stoner prescribed for biodynamic farmers

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horn are removed and stored in a loose

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plant that it improves soil humus that

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where it quote

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brings light forces into the soil via

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its connection with sulfur helping

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spirit to penetrate mata and enables it

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to attract trace elements

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important for reproduction and growth

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venous forces are said to manifest in

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yarrow

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end

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quote a biodynamics guide

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quote it's ideal to follow the

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application times from the biodynamic

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calendar to optimize cosmic influence

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end quote

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yes biodynamics incorporates an

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astrological calendar

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using the phases of the moon to organize

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when to plant fertilize and harvest kind

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of makes sense when you're living in a

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society which is lacking calendars

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and i suppose it still serves as a

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sensible enough way to track the passing

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of time and seasons but the magical

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thinking of astrology that's

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incorporated into these calendars

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strikes me as quite unnecessary

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during the 90s and early 2000s if there

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wasn't a poster of an independent

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cinemas yearly program stuck behind the

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toilet door of a share house i lived in

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or visited there was almost certainly a

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moon planting poster in its place

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it's a fairly pervasive belief by no

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means limited to hardcore alternative

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gardeners with its pseudo-scientific

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claims that the gravity wrought by the

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moon has a notable effect on the water

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within plants and soil

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biodynamics makes the further assertion

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that the constellations impact growth

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and fertility

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from

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biodynamic.org dot uk

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quote

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since ancient times the twelve zodiac

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constellations have been associated with

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each of the four elements

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three constellations are connected to

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each element and each element is related

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to a part of the plant

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earth root water leaf

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air flower fire

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fruit for good carrots and earth root

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days should be chosen for lettuce a

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water leaf day

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beans and apples are fire fruit day etc

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end quote

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it all seems incredibly prescriptive to

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me there's no room for trialling

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different and potentially more efficient

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or economical methods everything is done

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some of the principles found within

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biodynamics are ones that i too value

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the responsible stewardship of land

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recognition of ecosystems and

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microclimates minimizing waste

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but we can be ethical ecologically aware

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and appreciative of agriculturalists or

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in my case home gardeners without the

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need for dated prescriptive methods or

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magical thinking

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as for life forces

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why do we need supernatural ones

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influenced by constellations to be in

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aurov

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as a home gardener i feel a sense of

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amazement at what i see unfold around me

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seeds which contain dormant life being

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awakened by the right conditions

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microcosms of animals plants and fungi

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the shapes textures and colours of

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leaves fruit flowers and bark

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learning how to adjust the properties of

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soil to help a plant thrive

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witnessing photosynthesis and nutrient

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uptake and genetic manipulation by

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selective breeding of plants i'm

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fascinated by it all

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so when somebody tells me that their

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method of alternative gardening or

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agriculture is more holistic or

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considered because they're adopting

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supernatural beliefs into their practice

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i really want to ask them

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isn't what's actually there what's

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observable amazing enough

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there's a quote from douglas adams of

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which i'm particularly fond and in the

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context of this report it can be taken

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quite literally

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quote

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isn't it enough to see that a garden is

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beautiful without having to believe that

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there are fairies at the bottom of it

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too

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end

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quote

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for more evidence please keep listening

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to the skeptic zone

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and as i tell you every week you can

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find evidence please at

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evidenceplease.net

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on facebook and i'm on twitter at joe

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hi

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northern rivers vaccination supporters

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we are a group of concerned citizens

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dedicated to promoting good science and

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common sense in our region the far north

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coast of new south wales

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this area famous for its natural beauty

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and relaxed lifestyle

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also has the lowest rates of vaccination

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in australia

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we are out to change that by challenging

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the myths and misinformation and by

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providing good evidence-based

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information to the community

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we'd love for you no matter where you

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are in the world to join our fight

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please visit our webpage

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at www dot

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tweet us at

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and check us out on wikipedia by

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searching for northern rivers

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vaccination supporters

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welcome to a week in science from rios

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this week regrowing nerves genes for

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migraines and monkeying around with

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we used to think that nerves in the

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central nervous system couldn't

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regenerate after an injury but new

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research has not that on the head

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microscopic analysis of damaged nerves

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in the central nervous system of mice

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reveals that they not only regenerate

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but they do so at rates comparable to

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the regrowth of other parts of the

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nervous system the researchers are

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unsure why or how this regeneration

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happens but the observation opens up new

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areas of research into regrowing damaged

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there's good news for sports fans this

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week humans have evolved for throwing a

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number of anatomical features in the

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human shoulder have been shown to boost

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throwing power and accuracy these

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shoulder features only appeared after we

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started walking upright when the hands

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and arms were free these features date

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back at least two million years to our

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ancestors homo erectus suggesting their

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anatomy developed to throw spears and

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12 sites on the human genome have been

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linked to migraines ants remember visual

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clues to help find their way home plants

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accurately measure their stored energy

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and then calculate how much to use to

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last them through the night and a strong

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correlation has been found between

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people's maths ability and the

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likelihood that they will default on

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their home mortgage

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and finally this week monkeys use social

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networks to spread ideas

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dominant monkeys were isolated from

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their troops and shown two different

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ways to open a box containing food

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either by lifting a flap or pivoting

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that flap from side to side when these

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monkeys were reintroduced to their

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troops researchers followed how quickly

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the new behaviors spread they found that

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groups organized around a strong central

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leader spread the new ideas more quickly

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get back to work

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more details can be found on our website

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rios dot org u that's been the

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highlights of another big week in

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science for more information on these

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and other science news stories go to the

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using the hashtag week insight i'm paul

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willis and on behalf of the rios team

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letters from heaven tv psychic lillian

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sends almost identical readings to

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dozens of customers here's a story out

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of the uk

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as reported in the dailyrecord.co.uk

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and in other media outlets a well-known

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psychic has sent identical

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letters from heaven

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to dozens of bereaved customers who paid

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her to connect with their lost loved

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ones

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costing around 38 pounds

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these letters are claimed to be from

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your dear departed

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residing in heaven television psychic

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paula bestow

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better known as lillian

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apparently sent out many letters to

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people paying money

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but all these letters were the same

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lillian has over 150 000 followers on

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her facebook page on her website it says

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a letter from lillian is a mediumship

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reading

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she will connect with her guides and the

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people who are coming through to you

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from spirit to pass on messages from

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them that only you will know here with

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the help of skeptic trish han in sydney

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is a

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transcript

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of one of the letters sent out by

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psychic

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lillian to a certain bereaved

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daughter have a listen to this and then

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we'll discuss some of the aspects of

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cold reading and barnum effect or the

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floor effect

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okay so

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as your very beautiful mum bless her

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connects with me the very first thing

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that she wants you to know

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is that she loves you with all her heart

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and that she is with her mum and not to

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worry she got home safe

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she adores you love she says she'll

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always be with you on the path of life

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right at your side to help comfort and

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guide you should you ever need it she'll

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be there

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she wants you to know to love that she

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is very proud of you as she tells me

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that you've had a very hard time of late

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but she says keep smiling that lovely

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smile i'm by your side

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she mentions the yellow flowers too and

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she says how very beautiful they are and

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the new decorating in the house looks

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lovely too she loves the colors

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she says when you dream of her love she

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is visiting you in a sleep state it's

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her spirit and when you see the feathers

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as well it's mum that's been leaving

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them

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she hears you talk to her you were sat

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on your bed love not so long ago you was

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crying you have pine in this bedroom and

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a light carpet

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mum was sat there with you putting her

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arms around you

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she mentions a baby to come in the

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family and looks very forward to that as

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well

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she loves your hair and tells me you're

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always messing with it

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mention someone's getting their teeth

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whitened and a tattoo she sees too

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she'll be with you at the church shortly

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as well and tells me september is

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significant as well as december

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she's in no pain

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i feel cancer all very similar took your

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beautiful mum

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she's fine with the rest of your spirit

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family

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she hands you a red rose love as now she

573
00:24:26,470 --> 00:24:24,000
goes back to spirit saying i will never

574
00:24:30,230 --> 00:24:26,480
leave you i adore you

575
00:24:32,549 --> 00:24:30,240
all of you many blessings to you

576
00:24:34,870 --> 00:24:32,559
so there you go i think you can see

577
00:24:35,669 --> 00:24:34,880
how that could apply

578
00:24:38,470 --> 00:24:35,679
to

579
00:24:39,830 --> 00:24:38,480
possibly thousands of

580
00:24:42,390 --> 00:24:39,840
bereaved

581
00:24:44,950 --> 00:24:42,400
uh sons and daughters thinking about

582
00:24:47,350 --> 00:24:44,960
their mother the message that keeps on

583
00:24:49,510 --> 00:24:47,360
really being repeated here is

584
00:24:50,470 --> 00:24:49,520
uh mother's okay and she's sending you

585
00:24:52,230 --> 00:24:50,480
love

586
00:24:54,870 --> 00:24:52,240
now this is

587
00:24:57,110 --> 00:24:54,880
almost universal certainly with the

588
00:24:58,789 --> 00:24:57,120
investigations i've done over many years

589
00:25:00,950 --> 00:24:58,799
this comes through again and again and

590
00:25:03,110 --> 00:25:00,960
again when so-called psychics contact

591
00:25:06,070 --> 00:25:03,120
the deer departed the deer departed

592
00:25:08,070 --> 00:25:06,080
always pretty well they're happy and

593
00:25:09,750 --> 00:25:08,080
they're sending you lots of love and

594
00:25:10,710 --> 00:25:09,760
they're wanting you to know that they're

595
00:25:12,230 --> 00:25:10,720
just

596
00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:12,240
fine and they're seeing their old

597
00:25:15,430 --> 00:25:13,760
friends and family

598
00:25:17,350 --> 00:25:15,440
you really don't get the situation where

599
00:25:19,990 --> 00:25:17,360
the deer departed says

600
00:25:20,789 --> 00:25:20,000
get me out of here it's horrible

601
00:25:22,710 --> 00:25:20,799
or

602
00:25:24,710 --> 00:25:22,720
i really hate you and i'm glad i'm not

603
00:25:26,549 --> 00:25:24,720
seeing you anymore or things like that

604
00:25:28,310 --> 00:25:26,559
the point is of course that if this

605
00:25:29,990 --> 00:25:28,320
liliana's

606
00:25:31,350 --> 00:25:30,000
providing a

607
00:25:33,830 --> 00:25:31,360
service here

608
00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:33,840
surely this is a matter for

609
00:25:39,669 --> 00:25:37,279
the consumer affairs the fair trading

610
00:25:41,750 --> 00:25:39,679
in the uk to investigate but these

611
00:25:44,549 --> 00:25:41,760
statements that lillian was coming up

612
00:25:46,870 --> 00:25:44,559
with she mentions the yellow flowers too

613
00:25:48,549 --> 00:25:46,880
and she says how beautiful they were and

614
00:25:50,870 --> 00:25:48,559
the new decoration in the house looks

615
00:25:53,269 --> 00:25:50,880
lovely too she loves the colors she says

616
00:25:55,029 --> 00:25:53,279
that when you dream of her love

617
00:25:57,510 --> 00:25:55,039
all this sort of stuff she's visiting

618
00:25:59,510 --> 00:25:57,520
you in a sleep state it's her spirit she

619
00:26:01,590 --> 00:25:59,520
mentioned someone getting their teeth

620
00:26:05,830 --> 00:26:01,600
whitened and a tattoo

621
00:26:07,990 --> 00:26:05,840
oh by the way there is spelt t-h-e-r-e

622
00:26:09,990 --> 00:26:08,000
their teeth whitened all these are what

623
00:26:12,549 --> 00:26:10,000
we call barnum statements or for or

624
00:26:14,870 --> 00:26:12,559
statements for effect barnum effect

625
00:26:17,029 --> 00:26:14,880
it's all part of uh cold reading this is

626
00:26:18,789 --> 00:26:17,039
the sort of cold reading you can do

627
00:26:20,789 --> 00:26:18,799
without actually being

628
00:26:23,269 --> 00:26:20,799
present with a person to

629
00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:23,279
interact with their feedback

630
00:26:27,029 --> 00:26:25,360
which most so-called psychics do when

631
00:26:29,909 --> 00:26:27,039
they're sitting with somebody

632
00:26:32,870 --> 00:26:29,919
they'll basically ask them questions and

633
00:26:35,029 --> 00:26:32,880
feed off the feedback and on it goes

634
00:26:37,590 --> 00:26:35,039
these statements of lillian reminded me

635
00:26:39,909 --> 00:26:37,600
very much of an experiment james randy

636
00:26:41,909 --> 00:26:39,919
did way back in the early 90s

637
00:26:44,310 --> 00:26:41,919
as part of the tv show

638
00:26:46,070 --> 00:26:44,320
secrets of the psychics

639
00:26:49,909 --> 00:26:46,080
which was produced by

640
00:26:51,830 --> 00:26:49,919
pbs the nova program now if you google

641
00:26:53,190 --> 00:26:51,840
secrets of the psychics james randy

642
00:26:56,230 --> 00:26:53,200
you'll see the whole video it's quite

643
00:26:59,029 --> 00:26:56,240
good it's um it's actually a really

644
00:27:01,029 --> 00:26:59,039
really worth watching but here's a clip

645
00:27:04,310 --> 00:27:01,039
here's a clip from that

646
00:27:06,710 --> 00:27:04,320
documentary with james randy

647
00:27:08,470 --> 00:27:06,720
with a group of university students

648
00:27:10,710 --> 00:27:08,480
demonstrating to them

649
00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:10,720
the uh the power of these barnum type

650
00:27:14,310 --> 00:27:11,840
statements

651
00:27:16,230 --> 00:27:14,320
he's in a room a classroom and he hands

652
00:27:18,310 --> 00:27:16,240
out lots of uh

653
00:27:20,710 --> 00:27:18,320
astrology charts

654
00:27:23,669 --> 00:27:20,720
to the students

655
00:27:26,310 --> 00:27:23,679
the trickster never works alone

656
00:27:28,630 --> 00:27:26,320
his audience assists him

657
00:27:29,830 --> 00:27:28,640
if he does his job well they want to be

658
00:27:31,510 --> 00:27:29,840
fooled

659
00:27:35,029 --> 00:27:31,520
uh sherlock

660
00:27:42,230 --> 00:27:37,350
for the astrology test each student was

661
00:27:46,070 --> 00:27:43,990
they were told it was drawn up by a

662
00:27:47,830 --> 00:27:46,080
professional based on information they

663
00:27:49,430 --> 00:27:47,840
had supplied about when and where they

664
00:27:51,830 --> 00:27:49,440
were born

665
00:27:53,990 --> 00:27:51,840
actually these horoscopes were not quite

666
00:27:55,430 --> 00:27:54,000
what they appeared to be

667
00:27:56,870 --> 00:27:55,440
i'd like you to share something with me

668
00:27:58,789 --> 00:27:56,880
if you'd be so conscious with this show

669
00:28:01,830 --> 00:27:58,799
i asked the students to grade them for

670
00:28:04,149 --> 00:28:01,840
accuracy on a scale of one to five five

671
00:28:08,070 --> 00:28:04,159
being the most accurate uh how many gave

672
00:28:12,310 --> 00:28:10,070
two

673
00:28:13,750 --> 00:28:12,320
three

674
00:28:15,590 --> 00:28:13,760
four

675
00:28:18,149 --> 00:28:15,600
and five

676
00:28:19,669 --> 00:28:18,159
okay so we scored pretty highly with

677
00:28:21,110 --> 00:28:19,679
this

678
00:28:22,870 --> 00:28:21,120
let's do a little experiment you've got

679
00:28:24,470 --> 00:28:22,880
your horoscopes right in front of you

680
00:28:26,230 --> 00:28:24,480
take them in your hand like this and

681
00:28:28,549 --> 00:28:26,240
hand them over your shoulder to the

682
00:28:30,149 --> 00:28:28,559
person behind you okay everybody and the

683
00:28:31,510 --> 00:28:30,159
guy at the end down there you'll have to

684
00:28:34,070 --> 00:28:31,520
come up to the front because these

685
00:28:35,430 --> 00:28:34,080
people in the front don't have one now

686
00:28:37,029 --> 00:28:35,440
okay

687
00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:37,039
everybody change them around everybody's

688
00:28:48,470 --> 00:28:39,520
gotta open up somebody else's horoscope

689
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:55,110
they had all received the same horoscope

690
00:28:59,669 --> 00:28:56,630
the personality descriptions were

691
00:29:00,950 --> 00:28:59,679
generally true of everyone like recently

692
00:29:03,350 --> 00:29:00,960
you have had to recover from a

693
00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:03,360
disappointment

694
00:29:07,190 --> 00:29:05,520
some of them seem specific because they

695
00:29:09,190 --> 00:29:07,200
were so personal

696
00:29:12,070 --> 00:29:09,200
your sexual adjustment has presented

697
00:29:13,990 --> 00:29:12,080
some problems for you

698
00:29:16,149 --> 00:29:14,000
and there were others that anyone might

699
00:29:19,669 --> 00:29:16,159
hope would be true

700
00:29:22,549 --> 00:29:19,679
you have a great deal of unused capacity

701
00:29:23,909 --> 00:29:22,559
people like to believe certain things

702
00:29:26,870 --> 00:29:23,919
are true

703
00:29:28,149 --> 00:29:26,880
and they like to fall for very specific

704
00:29:30,950 --> 00:29:28,159
absolutely

705
00:29:32,870 --> 00:29:30,960
enormously accurate horoscopes right

706
00:29:34,789 --> 00:29:32,880
of course they are did you have a

707
00:29:37,990 --> 00:29:34,799
question yes i have a question so why do

708
00:29:40,070 --> 00:29:38,000
people persist in uh ascribing to these

709
00:29:41,590 --> 00:29:40,080
systems

710
00:29:43,750 --> 00:29:41,600
the big question of course and

711
00:29:45,990 --> 00:29:43,760
psychologically that is the most

712
00:29:47,590 --> 00:29:46,000
interesting question i think that people

713
00:29:49,029 --> 00:29:47,600
are trying to get some control over

714
00:29:51,029 --> 00:29:49,039
their lives by knowing more about

715
00:29:53,029 --> 00:29:51,039
themselves of course they get control

716
00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:53,039
over their lives but that's what we're

717
00:29:58,070 --> 00:29:55,760
doing all of us each and every day of

718
00:29:59,909 --> 00:29:58,080
our lives whether it's financial whether

719
00:30:01,669 --> 00:29:59,919
it's emotional whether it's a love

720
00:30:03,350 --> 00:30:01,679
interest whether it's health we're

721
00:30:06,470 --> 00:30:03,360
trying to get control of our lives we're

722
00:30:08,630 --> 00:30:06,480
looking for power and astrology offers

723
00:30:10,950 --> 00:30:08,640
you apparently a very old and a very

724
00:30:14,149 --> 00:30:10,960
easy formula whereby you can do that

725
00:30:16,149 --> 00:30:14,159
sort of thing so all the papers randy

726
00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:16,159
was passing out to the students were all

727
00:30:19,909 --> 00:30:17,200
the same

728
00:30:23,990 --> 00:30:19,919
many years ago i wrote to randy

729
00:30:26,389 --> 00:30:24,000
and asked him if i could use that

730
00:30:28,549 --> 00:30:26,399
series of statements myself in the mr

731
00:30:29,510 --> 00:30:28,559
investigators show the show i do

732
00:30:31,430 --> 00:30:29,520
with uh

733
00:30:33,669 --> 00:30:31,440
maynard and dr rachie and my friend ian

734
00:30:35,669 --> 00:30:33,679
bryce from time to time and for many

735
00:30:38,710 --> 00:30:35,679
years now we've been using those very

736
00:30:40,870 --> 00:30:38,720
statements in our live show here is the

737
00:30:43,430 --> 00:30:40,880
full transcript of what randy sent me

738
00:30:44,950 --> 00:30:43,440
slightly modified for

739
00:30:46,789 --> 00:30:44,960
use in the

740
00:30:49,350 --> 00:30:46,799
in the high schools in the primary

741
00:30:52,149 --> 00:30:49,360
schools it works very well

742
00:30:58,789 --> 00:30:52,159
we normally get scores in the 80s to 90

743
00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:01,830
astrological sign aquarius

744
00:31:06,230 --> 00:31:04,640
january 20 to february 18th

745
00:31:09,110 --> 00:31:06,240
please do not discuss with other

746
00:31:10,149 --> 00:31:09,120
students any of the contents of this

747
00:31:12,870 --> 00:31:10,159
private

748
00:31:15,190 --> 00:31:12,880
personal analysis

749
00:31:16,630 --> 00:31:15,200
the following is an analysis based on

750
00:31:18,630 --> 00:31:16,640
your star sign

751
00:31:21,430 --> 00:31:18,640
all of the information has been and will

752
00:31:23,510 --> 00:31:21,440
be kept strictly confidential

753
00:31:25,590 --> 00:31:23,520
your personal analysis

754
00:31:27,110 --> 00:31:25,600
while at times you have serious doubts

755
00:31:29,430 --> 00:31:27,120
as to whether you've made the right

756
00:31:31,430 --> 00:31:29,440
decision or done the right thing

757
00:31:32,630 --> 00:31:31,440
you are disciplined and controlled on

758
00:31:35,430 --> 00:31:32,640
the outside

759
00:31:36,789 --> 00:31:35,440
you tend to be worrisome and insecure on

760
00:31:39,110 --> 00:31:36,799
the inside

761
00:31:41,669 --> 00:31:39,120
your basic intuitions usually prove

762
00:31:45,029 --> 00:31:41,679
right and you are an excellent judge of

763
00:31:46,789 --> 00:31:45,039
character your sense of humor is notable

764
00:31:48,950 --> 00:31:46,799
you believe that everyone should look

765
00:31:52,389 --> 00:31:48,960
out for themselves you are willing to

766
00:31:54,710 --> 00:31:52,399
help others when they have difficulties

767
00:31:56,310 --> 00:31:54,720
you obtain great satisfaction from doing

768
00:31:58,070 --> 00:31:56,320
small kindnesses

769
00:31:59,830 --> 00:31:58,080
even when your action may not be

770
00:32:01,750 --> 00:31:59,840
recognized by others

771
00:32:04,630 --> 00:32:01,760
though you are a person who tends to be

772
00:32:06,389 --> 00:32:04,640
forgiving of other people's faults and

773
00:32:08,470 --> 00:32:06,399
you try to trust them once an

774
00:32:11,190 --> 00:32:08,480
acquaintance has proved to be dishonest

775
00:32:13,830 --> 00:32:11,200
or unworthy of your confidence you watch

776
00:32:14,950 --> 00:32:13,840
them carefully your chart shows a great

777
00:32:17,350 --> 00:32:14,960
interest

778
00:32:20,470 --> 00:32:17,360
you may be thinking of a human services

779
00:32:22,470 --> 00:32:20,480
career if not you certainly should

780
00:32:23,909 --> 00:32:22,480
you would be very successful in such a

781
00:32:27,350 --> 00:32:23,919
profession

782
00:32:29,190 --> 00:32:27,360
your sign of aquarius also shows a love

783
00:32:31,590 --> 00:32:29,200
of animals

784
00:32:33,269 --> 00:32:31,600
occasionally your aspirations tend to be

785
00:32:36,870 --> 00:32:33,279
pretty unrealistic

786
00:32:39,430 --> 00:32:36,880
at times extroverted affable sociable

787
00:32:41,509 --> 00:32:39,440
while other times you are introverted

788
00:32:44,070 --> 00:32:41,519
wary and reserved

789
00:32:46,230 --> 00:32:44,080
you have found it unwise to be too frank

790
00:32:48,149 --> 00:32:46,240
in revealing yourself to others

791
00:32:51,029 --> 00:32:48,159
you pride yourself on being an

792
00:32:53,509 --> 00:32:51,039
independent thinker and do not accept

793
00:32:54,549 --> 00:32:53,519
others opinions without satisfactory

794
00:32:56,710 --> 00:32:54,559
proof

795
00:32:59,430 --> 00:32:56,720
you prefer a certain amount of change in

796
00:33:01,110 --> 00:32:59,440
variety and become dissatisfied when

797
00:33:02,389 --> 00:33:01,120
hemmed in by restrictions and

798
00:33:04,789 --> 00:33:02,399
limitations

799
00:33:06,870 --> 00:33:04,799
your family at time has presented some

800
00:33:09,029 --> 00:33:06,880
problems for you while you have some

801
00:33:11,830 --> 00:33:09,039
personal weaknesses you are generally

802
00:33:15,110 --> 00:33:11,840
able to compensate for them you have a

803
00:33:17,269 --> 00:33:15,120
great deal of unused capacity

804
00:33:18,470 --> 00:33:17,279
which you have not turned to your

805
00:33:20,630 --> 00:33:18,480
advantage

806
00:33:22,710 --> 00:33:20,640
you have a tendency to be critical of

807
00:33:24,870 --> 00:33:22,720
yourself you have a strong need for

808
00:33:26,470 --> 00:33:24,880
other people to like you and for them to

809
00:33:27,909 --> 00:33:26,480
admire you

810
00:33:30,149 --> 00:33:27,919
you have had to recover from a

811
00:33:31,669 --> 00:33:30,159
disappointment and you have determined

812
00:33:33,590 --> 00:33:31,679
to overcome it

813
00:33:35,830 --> 00:33:33,600
you can expect a new person to enter

814
00:33:38,789 --> 00:33:35,840
your life a person who may have come to

815
00:33:40,789 --> 00:33:38,799
your attention during the last 12 days

816
00:33:42,950 --> 00:33:40,799
travel is showing up in your plans an

817
00:33:45,990 --> 00:33:42,960
unexpected trip that is brought about by

818
00:33:48,549 --> 00:33:46,000
a new element in your day-to-day routine

819
00:33:50,870 --> 00:33:48,559
because of this change do not enter into

820
00:33:54,310 --> 00:33:50,880
money matters no matter how minor

821
00:33:56,470 --> 00:33:54,320
without very serious consideration

822
00:33:58,549 --> 00:33:56,480
this is a critical moon

823
00:34:01,110 --> 00:33:58,559
saturn period for you

824
00:34:03,430 --> 00:34:01,120
and your health circumstances can be

825
00:34:06,710 --> 00:34:03,440
important be determined to weather this

826
00:34:17,349 --> 00:34:06,720
situation and depend on your good common

827
00:34:20,710 --> 00:34:19,030
now maybe you can see the similarities

828
00:34:21,909 --> 00:34:20,720
between that

829
00:34:23,990 --> 00:34:21,919
and the

830
00:34:25,510 --> 00:34:24,000
statements given out by

831
00:34:26,629 --> 00:34:25,520
so-called psychic

832
00:34:29,270 --> 00:34:26,639
lillian

833
00:34:31,510 --> 00:34:29,280
these statements are designed to apply

834
00:34:34,710 --> 00:34:31,520
to many people

835
00:34:37,270 --> 00:34:34,720
and i'm sure you yourself

836
00:34:39,430 --> 00:34:37,280
could relate to a lot of what

837
00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:39,440
i just read out there in that

838
00:34:42,790 --> 00:34:41,760
astrology chart

839
00:34:45,510 --> 00:34:42,800
now

840
00:34:47,349 --> 00:34:45,520
of course it's possible that lillian

841
00:34:49,510 --> 00:34:47,359
sent out the same message to lots of

842
00:34:52,310 --> 00:34:49,520
people by error

843
00:34:53,589 --> 00:34:52,320
we can't uh rule that out at the moment

844
00:34:55,909 --> 00:34:53,599
but

845
00:34:57,670 --> 00:34:55,919
even if this one was intended for one

846
00:34:59,589 --> 00:34:57,680
person

847
00:35:01,349 --> 00:34:59,599
even if the statement she sent was

848
00:35:02,950 --> 00:35:01,359
intended for one person

849
00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:02,960
it's

850
00:35:08,310 --> 00:35:06,240
absolutely textbook 101

851
00:35:09,670 --> 00:35:08,320
barnum statements

852
00:35:11,990 --> 00:35:09,680
and

853
00:35:24,550 --> 00:35:12,000
a very poor message

854
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:30,150
foreign

855
00:35:34,870 --> 00:35:32,630
is an award-winning weekly science show

856
00:35:36,470 --> 00:35:34,880
in french hosted by a bunch of crazy

857
00:35:38,950 --> 00:35:36,480
enthusiasts

858
00:35:41,190 --> 00:35:38,960
we are convinced that the greatest ideas

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minds whatever their academic background

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if any

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michael marshall is the project director

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vice president of the merseyside skeptic

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society he regularly speaks with

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proponents of pseudoscience for the be

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co-founding the popular qed conference

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thank you for listening to the skeptic

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visit the website of our reporter

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bunga bunga he does with tim ferguson

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from the doug anthony all-stars and lots

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of other maynard madness and we look

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maynard soon as we look forward to more

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busy doing

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very important scientific work but for

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this week from the lovely little

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of jamboree this is richard saunders

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