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The James Randi Documentary

An Honest Liar will be screened at the Tribeca Film Festival 2014 in April. When it goes into wider distribution, I definitely want to see the whole film, but for now here’s a taste:

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The soccer ball and the witch doctor

In Spiegel this weekend there was a report on witch doctors in Africa messing with soccer games. A taste: “They bend the lines, bewitch the ball, befuddle the referees (and) paralyze goal keepers,” Bartholomäus Grill, the Africa correspondent for weekly newspaper Die … Continue reading

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At the Intersection of Pornography and Art: Big Boobs, Big Hips (Head Optional)

Boooom! Fertile, fecund, and ample. Humanity’s oldest art object (yet discovered). In southern Germany, at least 35,000 years ago, someone hung this headless alpha-female body pendant around his or her neck. No honoring of the mind here, just Earth Mother goddess … Continue reading

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Christ, Magic Bowls, and Syncretism in Ancient Alexandria: An Archeological Find Has the Scholarly World Abuzz Over a Christ Reference Dated Between the 2nd Century BCE and the Early 1st Century CE

Christ the magician? A new archeological find has scholars speculating. MSNBC reports: Christoph Gerigk / Franck Goddio/ Hilti Foundation A bowl, dating to between the late 2nd century B.C. and the early 1st century A.D., is engraved with what may … Continue reading

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