Was glad to see that those of you in my AP classes enjoyed the "Secrets of the Psychics" clip as much as I thought you would. It's very well done, and something that I found out about this summer from an AP conference that I attended.
If you would want to read more about "The Amazing Randi" or skepticism in general, or even have a shot at winning $1 million if you can prove that you have "Super Powers" under a controlled setting, you can check his site out here
Hopefully this week, you'll see how this ties in with statistics and developing an experiment.
A friendly reminder, also about the homework assignment due Tuesday, Sept. 12. You can access the two different websites you need to complete the assignment here or here
Feel free to post any comments on this blog site about what you've seen, reactions, etc...
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Glad to see that some of you are making use of this as a way of communicating. If you are starting to recognize the importance of critical thinking, this is what is most important. There is nothing special about James Randi, other than the fact that he requires a certain level of critical thinking before he's willing to accept something as fact; probably a good lesson for us all. I tend to agree, though, that he does make you think and reconsider things that you once may have accepted as fact (although, whether this makes him "the man", is still suspect. lol) But, remember, they don't call him "Amazing" for nothing!!!
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