Spooky Month: Psychics with Dylan Marron!

There's a chill in the air and a shudder in our bones...it's Spooky Month! Come along with us on a treacherous journey full of mischief, mayhem, and many marvelously mysterious guests! Steady yourself, for who knows what frights lurk around the corner...
Our next shocking mystery friend to join us is none other than Dylan Marron! Tread the floorboards of Tangents Manor with us in pursuit of the truth behind fortune-telling and future-predicting as we examine Psychics!
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[This, That, or the Other: Crystal Ball]
Weather forecast predictions
noaa.gov/stories/6-tools-our-meteorologists-us…
scientificamerican.com/article/can-you-trust-f…
Flu shot planning
cdc.gov/flu/prevent/vaccine-selection.htm
Short-term volcanic eruption prediction
volcano.si.edu/faq/index.cfm?question=eruption…
nap.nationalacademies.org/read/24650/chapter/6
[The Scientific Definition]
Spirit trumpet
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-SPR-TRUMPET/1
atlasobscura.com/articles/spirit-trumpets-dead…
smithsonianmag.com/history/for-harry-houdini-s…
The Barnum effect
apsychoserver.psych.arizona.edu/JJBAReprints/P…
oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authori…
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.…
psycnet.apa.org/record/1977-21271-001
Table-turning
fisherdigitus.library.utoronto.ca/exhibits/sho…
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-52…
ria.ie/blog/table-turning-a-victorian-fad
[Ask the Science Couch]
Neuroscience or psychology explanations for deja vu
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-005-0…
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4251874
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S105…
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420423
psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/the-psy…
sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/deja-vu
Patreon bonus: Brain-computer interfaces and using technology to detect thoughts
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497935
theverge.com/2015/5/21/8639905/brain-control-r…
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaa5417
vox.com/future-perfect/2023/5/4/23708162/neuro…
nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01304-9
[Butt One More Thing]
Scatomancy pseudoscience vs. fecal tests run by gastroenterologists
huffpost.com/entry/scatomancer_n_4309974
medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/00070…
columbiadoctors.org/news/how-know-your-colon-h…

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