The Merseyside Skeptics Society » Matt Smith http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk The official site of the Merseyside Skeptics Society Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:33:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Skeptics with a K is the podcast for science, reason and critical thinking from the Merseyside Skeptics Society. We are a non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of scientific skepticism on Merseyside, around the UK and internationally. Merseyside Skeptics Society yes Merseyside Skeptics Society mike.hall@merseysideskeptics.org.uk mike.hall@merseysideskeptics.org.uk (Merseyside Skeptics Society) The podcast from the Merseyside Skeptics Society skeptic, scepticism, skepticism, skeptics, science, critical thinking, atheist, atheism The Merseyside Skeptics Society » Matt Smith http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk TV-MA Skeptics in the Pub: Matt Smith http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/2010/03/skeptics-in-the-pub-matt-smith/ http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/2010/03/skeptics-in-the-pub-matt-smith/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:43 +0000 Mike http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/?p=533 Million Dollar Psychic

by Dr Matthew Smith
Matt Smith
When: Thu, Apr 15, 2010 8.00 – 11.00 PM
Where: The Vines (aka the Big House), 81 Lime Street, Liverpool

Summary

Can a scientist become a psychic and win a million dollars?

Do we all have hidden psychic powers? Can we learn to be psychic? Psychologist Dr Matthew Smith is determined to find the answers to these questions and see if he can discover and develop his own abilities and claim the $1 million offered by magician James Randi for anyone who can demonstrate psychic ability.

Biography

Dr Matthew Smith was an Associate Professor of Psychology at Liverpool Hope University until September 2009. His sceptical views on the paranormal have led to appearances on a number of television programmes broadcast throughout the world.

After nearly twenty years investigating the paranormal from a scientific perspective, he is embarking on a unique and ground-breaking experiment in which he becomes his own test subject.

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