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Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto. Storia delle anomalie, storia delle idee, pseudoscienze, leggendario contemporaneo. Repost ≠ endorsement.
@willamateurish.bsky.socialLo storico argentino Hernán Comastri con un libro su invenzioni improbabili, teorie e fantasie nelle lettere inviate fra il 1946 e il 55 al leader argentino Juan Domingo Perón. Uno spaccato di storia culturale e dell'immaginario scientifico factorelblog.com/2026/10/06/i... r/t @r-lab.bsky.social
@willamateurish.bsky.social@helenpearson.bsky.social, senior editor di @nature.com: 19 milioni di articoli scientifici nel 2025, ognuno isolato dagli altri. Ci concentriamo sulle novità invece che sull'insieme dei lavori, e così perdiamo il senso; le revisioni sistematiche sono complesse. Cosa fare? aeon.co/essays/the-l...
@aeon.coReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.socialHumanity publishes 19,000+ scientific studies every day – not infrequently drawing opposing conclusions. In this Essay, the science journalist Helen Pearson argues that to find clarity, we don’t need more flashy results but to synthesise what's already there @helenpearson.bsky.social
@fringequest.bsky.socialReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.social
@cambskeptics.bsky.socialReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.socialHolidaymakers in Gozo claimed a ghost threw one of them against a bed and set appliances moving. Rumours attached the unnamed incident to GozoStays’ Rummiena farmhouse. The operator notes no guests were checked in and is threatening legal action over the claims. www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...
@cambskeptics.bsky.socialReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.socialA declassified CIA file contains part of a 1960s book claiming Jesus predicted a catastrophic pole shift. The agency neither wrote nor endorsed it. An archived prophecy is not a classified forecast. www.ibtimes.co.uk/declassified...
@willamateurish.bsky.socialLe esperienze di rapimento #Ufo di solito rendono chi le vive incapace di interromperle. Uno studioso Usa, sia pure in una lettura "religiosa", sostiene che molti le hanno troncate invocando Gesù e pregando. Se è così, quali i meccanismi neuropsichici all'origine? www.ibtimes.co.uk/joe-jordan-u...
@us.theconversation.comReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.socialScientific studies often say researchers “controlled” for certain variables. But what does that actually mean? A statistician explains what “control” means and how it can help you judge reports of new research:
@publicdomainrev.bsky.socialReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.socialWith his Vera Historia, the 2nd-century satirist Lucian of Samosata wrote the 1st detailed account of a trip to the moon in the Western tradition and, some argue, also one of the earliest science fiction narratives. Aaron Parrett explores: publicdomainreview.org/essay/l...
@cambskeptics.bsky.socialReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.socialPeople genuinely feel unease, sense presences and notice apparent astrological patterns. Environmental cues, expectation and confirmation bias can help explain why. An experience need not be imaginary for its supernatural interpretation to be wrong. www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/...
@willamateurish.bsky.socialHo parlato di #Ufo e occultismo insieme a @sofialincos.bsky.social nel podcast di Don Alemanno, "Il confessionale". Ecco la puntata su YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/CQ5RHyJ...
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@fringequest.bsky.socialReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.socialWhy AI resembles a charismatic religious leader
theconversation.com/why-ai-resem...
@aeon.coReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.socialHow strongly should we hold onto our own beliefs? When are we being needlessly dogmatic, and when do we need to fight harder? Let the past guide you towards a healthy scepticism with this historically rich Essay on the life and philosophy of Cicero
@cisuufologia.bsky.socialReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.socialTerzo appuntamento con la rubrica di notizie sul sito #CISU: mostra su alieni nel cinema, deroga del governo USA alla segretezza, nuovo libro sui casi #UFO italiani, contratto del Pentagono con gli ufologi, effetti psicologici dell'ambiguità comunicativa
www.cisu.org/ufo-cisu-new...
@lewan.ukReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.socialCan people hold incompatible conspiracy beliefs at once—for example, that Princess Diana was murdered and faked her death? A new paper authored by my team, with Alessandro Miani in the lead, finds the answer is often yes, but the key is measuring incoherence properly. doi.org/10.1093/pnas... 🧵
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@publicdomainrev.bsky.socialReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.social"At a Funeral", one of the many enigmatic images to be found in Thought-Forms (1901), a work co-authored by the theosophist Annie Besant, who died #onthisday in 1933. More on these “synesthetic” abstractions in our essay by @ResObscura here: publicdomainreview.org/essay/v... #otd
@maitre-poulard.bsky.socialReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.socialMerci aux aliens d'adapter leurs OVNI à notre niveau technologique selon les époques pour nous ké-cho, mais pas trop non plus (Mystery airship 1897, The Saint Paul Globe, Minnesota)
@willamateurish.bsky.socialIl filosofo della scienza Stefano Bigliardi argomenta in un articolo per l'International Journal for the Study of New Religions sula presenza di idee di tipo razzista nei teorici degli "Antichi Astronauti". doi.org/10.1558/ijsn... #ufo #ufologia
@spr1882.bsky.socialReposted by @willamateurish.bsky.socialWhen Spiritualists Tried to Contact the Spirits of the Fox Sisters for a Portrait: www.weirdhistorian.com/when-spiritu...
