FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Skeptiko Host, Alex Tsakiris,
Responds to Skeptics’ Guide Host, Dr. Steven Novella, and Agrees to Participate
in Psychic Medium Research
Science philanthropist
Alex Tsakiris takes on Skeptic Dr. Steven Novella. In a point-by-point response, Tsakiris claims
Novella’s recent Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe broadcast provides further
evidence that prominent Skeptics are often severely misinformed about
parapsychology and psi researchers like Dr. Dean Radin and Dr. Rupert
Sheldrake.
“…Steve
got on me for calling Skeptics hypocritical, but I want you to imagine for a
minute how Dr. Novella would feel if he spent five years of his life doing
meticulous, careful research, publishing in peer-reviewed journals, only to
have some hack come along and make baseless, reckless claims that call into
question his integrity. He wouldn’t
stand for it, and he shouldn’t stand for it in this case either.”
Tsakiris also calls for
greater acceptance of Dr. Rupert Sheldrake’s research into dogs that know when
their owners are coming home. Near the
end of the show, Tsakiris agrees to collaborate with Dr. Steven Novella in an
informal investigation into the psychic powers of mediums.
Alex Tsakiris is part of a
group of researchers at OpenSourceScience.net interested in replicating the
“dogs that know” research of Dr.
The interview is available
for immediate free download at: www.skeptiko.com/index.php?id=43.
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