Sometimes these titles are the hardest thing to write

I apologise for my lack of inspiration in the title, but at least we have some interesting articles for you:

I take another look at Counterspin, and see what they've been whingeing about this week. Also my email's spam folder continues to be a valuable source of nonsense, and it's worrying to see just how smart the advertising is becoming for ineffective products - like the one I found in my spam and wrote about this week, Exipure weight loss pills.

Bronwyn continues her evisceration of MLMs, and looks into one of the weirder ones - Norwex. Bronwyn and I had a chat last week about the possibility of putting together an informational website that details how much (or, rather, how little) money you are likely to make when you work for these MLMs. If we are able to find enough data on enough MLMs that this idea will work, we'll be sure to let you know once it goes live.

Finally Alistair, a regular at our online Skeptics in Cyberspace meetings, has been kind enough to write an interesting article about Out of Body Experiences - after I put out a call for articles at our last meeting.

Don't forget that this call for articles is an open offer! If you have something you would like to write about - a piece of pseudoscience that's been bugging you for ages that you want to rant about, an alternative medicine modality you've delved into deeply that would make for an educational read, or a heartless scam that everyone should be warned about - we'd love to receive your submissions. Don't worry if your grammar's not great, or your spelling is a bit iffy; we're happy to clean that up for you before we publish.

Mark Honeychurch

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my visit to Counterspin's travelling roadshow (maybe circus is a better term?), but I figured that everyone might want some background - and an update on how their ... (1029 words)

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Alistair Blenney

There are two theories about the nature of hypnosis – one that it is an altered state of consciousness (ASC) and the other that it isn't. Prof. Charles Spanos of Carlton University (Canada) conducted ... (1339 words)

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Mark Honeychurch

I received an email last week with a stern warning: “Mark Honeychurch, STOP drinking water” The email continued: _Hello Mark Honeychurch, Don't drink another drop of water until you read this. New ... (1188 words)

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Bronwyn Rideout

Website | AUS/NZ website | No Wikipedia Page | Facebook (AUS/NZ| Country of Origin: Norway Year Founded: 1994 Founded by: Bjørn Nicolaisen Year MLM established in New Zealand: April 1st, 2015 ... (2102 words)

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