Once more unto the Breach
20th March 2023
I’ve been thrown into the editorial breach this weekend due to being the contributor who made the most…well…contributions. Fortunately, it is a job that for me has all the glory and none of the work, as the only thing that is required from me is to write up this introduction.
In this edition of the Skeptics Newsletter, I bring up a couple of ghosts from New Zealand’s past. First, a heart-warming and inspiring tale about how a poorly written application about Kirlian Photography received almost $90,000 in government funding. If a parapsychologist can do it - so can you! I also complete my profile of Geoff Botkin and how, despite his failed attempt to make New Zealand a Christian nation, the products his family sold were able to derail the lives of many young women in fundamentalist Christian homes. Finally, Mark has written about how the void is staring back at him as he continues to get ever closer to the local leadership of Eastern Lightning.
Keep your ears and eyes peeled this week. Not only is there a new episode of the Yeah…Nah podcast coming out this week (with special guest Stuart Landsborough, formerly of Puzzling World), the NZ Skeptics will be making an oral submission for the Therapeutic Products Bill. It has been an experience listening to some of the other oral submissions thus far, with some really weird takes on the bill. Feel free to join us on Facebook to share your thoughts and feelings on any submissions you’ve listened to.
