In Defense of Paranormal Debunking – Part I: Bayesian Self-Defense
Proponents of paranormal claims often feel threatened by scientific skepticism. This is because core skeptical principles erode their scientific pretensions. Instead of trying to back up their original...
View ArticleIn Defense of Paranormal Debunking – Part II: Evidentialism
Previously, we have explored skeptical principles such as the fact that confidence should be in proportion to evidence, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, Occam’s razor, the burden of...
View ArticleIn Defense of Paranormal Debunking – Part III: Nature of Skepticism
In the two previous installments, we have explored a large number of skeptical principles and exposed the various deceptive ways that Winston Wu has falsely characterized them. Confidence in a...
View ArticleIn Defense of Paranormal Debunking – Part IV: Psychic Powers
So far, we have seen how paranormalist Winston Wu misunderstands core skeptic principles such as extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, parsimony, burden of evidence, the perils and...
View ArticleIn Defense of Paranormal Debunking – Part V: Cognitive Science
Note: This is the fifth and penultimate installment of an article series refuting claims made by the online book “Debunking PseudoSkeptical Arguments of Paranormal Debunkers” written by Winston Wu. For...
View ArticleIn Defense of Paranormal Debunking – Part VI: Aliens and Creationism
Note: This is the sixth and final installment of an article series refuting claims made by the online book “Debunking PseudoSkeptical Arguments of Paranormal Debunkers” written by Winston Wu. For all...
View ArticleIn Defense of Paranormal Debunking – Addendum and Index
This is the index post and addendum to the article series refuting Winston Wu’s online book “Debunking PseudoSkeptical Arguments of Paranormal Debunkers”. The book in question attempts to defend...
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