Once again we have a video example demonstrating how a simple test could be used to refute a claim. In this case, despite their best intentions and honest belief in the power of FC, the facilitators were unconsciously controlling the … Read More
Was Hans really Clever?
Here’s a good video summary of the case of Clever Hans and how Oskar Pfungst was able to figure out that Wilhelm von Osten was inadvertently signaling answers to Hans. And even though Hans wasn’t actually doing mathematics, he was … Read More
Video Summary of the Power of the Placebo Effect
This popular video demonstrates the strange powers of the placebo effect and offers a number of surprising results that have been found from placebo studies.
Debunking Therapeutic Touch
In another great clip from Penn and Teller we see how Emily Rosa’s simple experiment helped to debunk the practitioners of Therapeutic Touch. It can be surprising just how quickly these types of interventions become popular and in some cases … Read More
Penn and Teller demonstrate the Placebo Effect
This clip from Penn and Teller’s Showtime series Bullshit! offers a funny look at how people may come to believe in the effects of some rather bizarre interventions. Of course, while this is humorous, we should be careful not to … Read More