Skeptic: Extraordinary Claims, Revolutionary Ideas, and the Promotion of Science

There is no evidence that aliens have been visiting Earth and abducting humans. So how could anyone believe he or she was abducted by aliens? To answer this question, Harvard post-doc psychologist Susan Clancy interviewed and evaluated “abductees,” listening closely to their stories — how they struggled to explain something strange in their remembered experience, how abduction seemed plausible, and how, having suspected abduction, they began to recollect it, aided by suggestion and hypnosis. (more…)

This will be one of the most enlightening and entertaining events of the season. Dr. Wiseman has established an international reputation for research into the scientific examination of unusual areas within psychology. This work has been reported in over 40 academic journal articles, including Nature, Science and Psychological Bulletin. (more…)