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Guardian Unlimited Science fiction special

Guardian Unlimited | Life | August 26 2004

The Guardian Science section has been given over to the fictional side of things and the results are not unlike a slightly more highbrow sci-fi version of Entertainment Weekly...(not that there's anything wrong with that)

Articles include...

Our expert panel votes for the top 10 sci-fi films. The world's best scientists nominate their favourite authors. Who will save us? The planet is under attack and only the combined strengths of the world's greatest scientific minds can save us. Which evil geniuses, mad inventors or misguided eggheads can best harness the power of nature? Adam Rutherford reveals the dream team from the annals of science fiction.

New Swift (Online Newsletter of the James Randi Educational Foundation)

Swift - June 4, 2004

"Mass Suicide Failure in Belgium, Whose Team Are You On, Vets Are (Naïve) People Too, Our Advantages in the West, Wet Behind the Ears, The Edge of Mysticism, Deserved Victory, and In Conclusion…."

Randi fans should also checkout the short-ish interview available as a bonus feature on the new Penn and Teller Bullsh!t DVD set.

Voices on the Wind! Recorded EVP Ghost Voices - Ghosts!

Voices on the Wind! Recorded EVP Ghost Voices - Ghosts!

Now, I don't personally accept that there is anything the least bit supernatural about EVP (it, like nearly all such paranormal stuff can usually be explained by one or more of - Fraud, Delusion, Mistake, or explainable by non-supernatural means) but these folks seem to have their hearts in the right place and. unlike pychics or holistic quacks. they aren't hurting anyone.

Many EVP recordings do sound kinda creeepy and there is always the natural inclination to seek pattern from within chaos - though the few clips I sampled at this site are a bit less convincing than I would have expected.

My favorite part of the home page is this:

We have worked hard in obtaining what we feel are some of the best EVP's "Ghost voice Recordings" available for the public to listen to on the net. However....while we encourage you to click on the links and hear them.....they are legally copyrighted materials that may not be used on any other site or for any other purpose without our authorization.

Apparently Creative Commons hasn't yet acheived meme mass on the other side of the great beyond....