Richard Wiseman
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Richard Wiseman is professor of the public understanding of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, the first such chair in Britain.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 16 September 1966, Luton (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: Psychology, University College London; PhD, University of Edinburgh (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: The Luck Factor; Quirkology (2007); 59 Seconds (2009); Paranormality (2011) (opens wiqqi.app)
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3 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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5 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Investigating paranormal and weird phenomena frequently drives scientific breakthroughs. (opens korrents.com)
“While mainstream scientists often dismiss such work as fringe, my talk highlighted how investigating weird stuff frequently drives scientific breakthroughs.”
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Researchers should be encouraged to study anomalous and strange phenomena to foster innovation. (opens korrents.com)
“Most scientists study the norm. In my talk, I suggested that we foster innovation by encouraging researchers to take a scientific look at phenomena which appear anomalous, strange, and even downright weird.”
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The effects of an alphabetically early surname on success are real but very small. (opens korrents.com)
“As a Wiseman, and therefore someone with a lifetime’s experience of coming towards the bottom of alphabetical lists, I take some comfort in the fact that these effect are all very small.”
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Investigating paranormal and weird phenomena frequently drives scientific breakthroughs. (opens korrents.com)
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3 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Flim-Flam! (opens rcmnd.app)
“Flim-Flam! had a huge impact on me when I first came across it, because it was the first time I’d seen a whole volume which wasn’t taking any nonsense, which wasn’t saying “maybe this stuff is true”.”
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The Psychology of the Psychic (opens rcmnd.app)
“The Psychology of the Psychic, along with Flim-Flam! was one of the first sceptical books that I came across.”
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Spook (opens rcmnd.app)
“What I like about Spook is that it’s a rather fun, light-hearted tour through all the weirdness that researchers have tried to examine.”
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Flim-Flam! (opens rcmnd.app)