Skeptical Thoughts

Mark Honeychurch

New Zealand's first flat earth conference has just been hosted, last Saturday in Auckland. Around 30 "flat mates" crowded into the Backyard Bar's function room to listen to conversations about how ... (360 words)

Category: News

- pseudoscience - flatearth -
Mark Honeychurch

As we talked about at the end of last year, there's been a real push to sell Kangen Water devices in NZ recently. An article in the Herald recently has detailed Ainsley Brunton's efforts to sell the ... (333 words)

Category: News

- pseudoscience - kangen - cam -
Mark Honeychurch

In the past, searches have been conducted for Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, using technologies ranging from men with binoculars to underwater video cameras and sonar. A new search being led by a ... (435 words)

Category: News

- pseudoscience - ness - cryptozoology -
Mark Honeychurch

President Trump will be promoting Dr Mehmet Oz to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition, which is a little worrying. Trump's no stranger to making what look like very bad ... (162 words)

Category: News

- pseudoscience - trump -
Mark Honeychurch

A Napier based psychic has been convicted of indecent assault. Craig Wright, called the Spirit Whisperer, has been offering his services in NZ for several years, and has even worked on a pilot for a ... (226 words)

Category: News

- scam - psychic -