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I hope flaccon watched last night's new episode of Jonathon Creek, it included two examples of pareidolia (a fountain supposedly in the shape of an angel and a face in a cloudscape) by which an old woman was established to be dotty.

In a later scene she was holding a séance in a house where her mother's ashes had supposedly mysteriously vanished after being dropped on the carpet when (spoilered for those who have not yet seen the episode)

The robo vacuum cleaner came to life and vacuumed the carpet where they'd been. :D
 
I've had a reply from Michael Heap of ASKE about flaccon's claims:

I confirm that, as Chairman of ASKE, I have been examining this person’s claims and will be giving an account of my involvement in the fullness of time, probably in the ASKE magazine, the Skeptical Intelligencer, which will be freely available online at the end of March for all to access.
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I look forward to reading this.
 
SezMe said:
St. Alice! Please. :) :)
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To truly be saintly, her first name would need to be Strawberry...maybe with a bit of vanilla ice cream and a dollop of whipped cream. Now, that would be heavenly, indeed.

We were talking desserts, right?
 
Still no word from flaccon? Maybe she's biding her time until her article is published - sometimes these types of stories are shelved as filler for a slow news day. And yeah, just as likely there will be no story. It would be nice to know the outcome.

I'm a little sad to see this thread winding down; I joined JREF in order to post on it. I had lurked on and off for years but started spending more time reading the forums after ending a close friendship over a stupid conspiracy argument. I was grieving the loss of my friend in the same way I would if he had died and wanted to know what I did wrong.

A “safe” topic like the paranormal was, for me, an ideal way to begin exploring how and why believers... believe, and this thread was the mother lode of information. I'm grateful to flaccon for hanging in for so long. I'd bought some “logic for dummies” type books and flaccon's writings, along with y'all's responses, were real-life examples of what I read in them. That's pure gold.

Hopefully flaccon will return and share the results of the investigation and update us on the ASKE challenge. I'm also curious about something she never addressed - those audio recordings on her daughter's YouTube page – were they part of the investigation?

Scordatura

P.S. I miss Robin1 and the personality contrast between her and flaccon.

P.P.S. Some new excitement in town? http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=274827
 
Never mind, Scordatura; in the science and the religion forums you'll find plenty of threads concerning beliefs and believers.

I understand an account of ASKE's investigation of flaccon's claims will be available at the end of the month. It may be flaccon or scrappy will comment on their findings.
 
Alice Shortcake said:
I've had a reply from Michael Heap of ASKE about flaccon's claims:

I confirm that, as Chairman of ASKE, I have been examining this person’s claims and will be giving an account of my involvement in the fullness of time, probably in the ASKE magazine, the Skeptical Intelligencer, which will be freely available online at the end of March for all to access.
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I look forward to reading this.
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Nothing there yet.

http://www.aske-skeptics.org.uk/the_skeptical_intelligencer.html
 
Pixel42 said:
Looks like a members only newsletter.

Is anyone here a member? If not I might be prepared to spring for the necessary £10. :)
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Michael Heap from ASKE said it would be "freely available online" at the end of March. Also, I don't see any purchasing link. Do you?
 
Orphia Nay said:
Michael Heap from ASKE said it would be "freely available online" at the end of March. Also, I don't see any purchasing link. Do you?
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http://www.aske-skeptics.org.uk/membership.html

The annual fee is currently £10 (£14 for overseas members) and is renewable on January 1st each year (see below). For this almost inconceivably small amount you will receive the following benefits;
•An issue of the Skeptical Intelligencer, which will appear annually in the Autumn.
•4 issues of the ASKE Newsletter, The Skeptical Adversaria.
•Membership directory.
•The opportunity to take an active role in the skeptic movement (including the ASKE Psychic Challenge).
•Access to our email discussion group, ASKEnet
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