While listening to the lecture audio and viewing the corresponding slides for "10% of Our Brains & Out of Body Experiences,...

T he Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan was published in 1995. This vast collection of essays delves into scientific exploration and mystery ...

 Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief General Overview: The book Going Clear by Lawrence Wright discusses the origins and curre...

 The End of the World: Pandemics         Back in the year 1999, I can guarantee that a decent amount of the population believed the world wa...

 Pseudoscience: Astrology          While  reading the first lecture on comparing the types of thinking, the section on pseudoscience intrigu...

 Clairvoyance: Lorraine Warren      While reading Lecture 2: The Jersey Devil, a topic that was briefly touched on caught my attention: clai...

 General Overview      Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark  is a collection of essays focusing on vari...

  Loch Ness Monster This is an alleged image of the Loch Ness Monster, and subsequent images of the monster’s presumed habitat. The Loch Nes...

  Overview "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark" by Carl Sagan explores the importance of scientific thinking...

The notion of learning preferences and cognitive styles, how people like to work or think adds another layer of complexity. While these fact...

Dualism, the notion that the mind and body are fundamentally distinct and separate, has been a significant part of philosophical and psychol...

    As many are aware, there has been a major global issue involving the trade of ivory and illegal poaching of elephants to acquire this ma...

   From my perspective, the idea of subliminal messaging as a tool for influencing behavior is largely overstated. The concept of subliminal...

Subliminal Messaging - More Myth Than Reality After our lecture on subliminal messaging, I've been paying closer attention to advertisem...

Overview:  Throughout history there's been a myriad of conspiracy theories and other extraordinary claims beyond scientific understandin...

Mass Delusions in the Age of Social Media Our lecture on mass delusions and hysterias really resonated with me, especially when considering ...

The Persistent Myth of Learning Styles I've always thought I was a "visual learner," preferring diagrams and charts over writ...

  General Overview:  Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them by Dr. Seema Yasmin is an interesting dive into the world of medical m...

  This topic captivates me, especially given my interest in astronomy and the perennial question of whether we are truly alone in the univer...