Episode 4: Psychology of Alien Abduction Experiences, with Dr. Chris French
Time for another episode! This episode is an interview with Dr. Chris French of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit in London. He's a famed British skeptic, and we have a great discussion. We start by talking about the Shirley Ghostman incident (check out the YouTube link below), and move on to the topic of his lab's research. He says that alien abductions can be explained largely by psychological phenomena, including false memories and sleep paralysis. We spent a while talking about false memories in general, it's a fascinating topic. At the end, there's a new thing I'm trying to do: drabbles. Drabbles are 100-word fiction stories. I wrote one about Dr. French and the topic we were discussing. I hope you like it! I'm going to try and do one for each episode going forward.
I think I fixed some of the problems with the audio I was having. The levels were way off. Thank you to Michael Britt of The Psych Files and "Dr. Dave" Van Nuys of Shrink Rap Radio for pointing out the problems and helping me fix them. Check out their podcasts, those two are what got me into psychology podcasting in the first place.
Links:
The website for the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit
An abstract for a paper on alien abductions authored by Dr. French
Shirley Ghostman's lame attempt at humor, with Dr. French and other British skeptics
Michael Shermer and Brian Dunning had more recent run-ins Ghostman
A favorite episode of mine from Shrink Rap Radio
A recent episode of The Psych Files on replication of Stanley Milgram's famous experiments
I think I fixed some of the problems with the audio I was having. The levels were way off. Thank you to Michael Britt of The Psych Files and "Dr. Dave" Van Nuys of Shrink Rap Radio for pointing out the problems and helping me fix them. Check out their podcasts, those two are what got me into psychology podcasting in the first place.
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Links:
The website for the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit
An abstract for a paper on alien abductions authored by Dr. French
Shirley Ghostman's lame attempt at humor, with Dr. French and other British skeptics
Michael Shermer and Brian Dunning had more recent run-ins Ghostman
A favorite episode of mine from Shrink Rap Radio
A recent episode of The Psych Files on replication of Stanley Milgram's famous experiments
Posted by Psyconoclast at 6/27/2009 11:09 AM 
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7/27/2009 4:05 AM
Psyconoclasm wrote:
Subscribe through iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=312619164This is a fun one. Skeptics, stick with this one if you can; the psyconodrabble ("The Bunker") at the end will make it worth your while. In a response of sorts to episode 4, Dr. David M. Jacobs and I discuss the evidence for alien abductions. Be sure to listen toward the end, we talk about the mean old jerks who call themselves "skeptics." I have too much to say about this interview, and once you listen, I think you'll understand. We get into some deep water. Expect a blog post ... -
7/27/2009 4:56 AM
Psyconoclasm wrote:
Subscribe through iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=312619164This is a fun one. Skeptics, stick with this one if you can; the psyconodrabble ("The Bunker") at the end will make it worth your while. In a response of sorts to episode 4, Dr. David M. Jacobs and I discuss the evidence for alien abductions. Be sure to listen toward the end, we talk about the mean old jerks who call themselves "skeptics." I have too much to say about this interview, and once you listen, I think you'll understand. We get into some deep water. Expect a blog post ... -
7/27/2009 5:00 AM
Psyconoclasm wrote:
Subscribe through iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=312619164This is a fun one. Skeptics, stick with this one if you can; the psyconodrabble ("The Bunker") at the end will make it worth your while. In a response of sorts to episode 4, Dr. David M. Jacobs and I discuss the evidence for alien abductions. Be sure to listen toward the end, we talk about the mean old jerks who call themselves "skeptics." I have too much to say about this interview, and once you listen, I think you'll understand. We get into some deep water. Expect a blog post ... -
7/27/2009 5:20 AM
Psyconoclasm wrote:
Subscribe through iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=312619164This is a fun one. Skeptics, stick with this one if you can; the psyconodrabble ("The Bunker") at the end will make it worth your while. In a response of sorts to episode 4, Dr. David M. Jacobs and I discuss the evidence for alien abductions. Be sure to listen toward the end, we talk about the mean old jerks who call themselves "skeptics." I have too much to say about this interview, and once you listen, I think you'll understand. We get into some deep water. Expect a blog post ... -
2/28/2010 6:00 PM
Psyconoclasm wrote:
I'm certainly not the first to cast a skeptical eye on Evidence of the Afterlife, by Jeffrey Long, MD, the latest best-seller on near-death experiences (NDEs). In fact, if you go to Dr. Long's homepage, his wife is asking for near-death experiencers (NDErs) to write reviews on Amazon to counter the "negative reviews by ignorant , opinionated people." I think she's talking about people like me! But, I read the book, and I feel like I would have wasted the $10 Kindle purchase if I didn't write up a review. Dr. Long and his publisher have ...
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