Open-Mindedness? Pshaw!

This is a few years old, but I found it recently via a friend. It's a brief 'educational' video more correctly explaining what 'open-mindedness' really means, as opposed to the typical definition as perceived by those who like to lob around accusations of close-mindedness when someone is skeptical of paranormal or religious claims.

It's well written, explained, and animated (1960's-esque cartoon/comic book art, a la 'The Sub Mariner' and 'The Hulk').

12:50, Press Return

It's been a while, but I finally have a new article up at Women of Esoterica:

12:50, Press Return

It discusses my early interest in (and obsession with) numbers, and how music helped me to better understand mathematics, thus igniting my interest in science. I also talk about my belief that one day (in the far, far future) science will be able to observe and study what we currently refer to as 'the paranormal.'


~Deirdre

Bruce Priddy - New BOA Columnist

Binall of America has a new writer: Bruce Priddy who introduces himself in his column The Paranormal Apostate.

Bruce writes:

"My name is Bruce and I'm an skeptic. Debunker. Nasty Noisy Negativist. Along with any other four-letter-word used in the paranormal community to describe people like me. Though often employed as pejoratives to dismiss without thought those who challenge claims of the paranormal, I wear them as a brand of pride. That is what I am, a skeptic, a critical-thinker (by definition, a skeptic is a critical-thinker; that isn't to say a believer is not a critical-thinker, far from it. But that is a subject for another column), and I see no shame in it."

It's lovely to see more skeptical, critical thinkers attempting (and I hope not futilely) to show that skepticism isn't the terrible, horrible abomination many within the paranormal believe.

Keep and eye out for his column!


*Thanks to The Debris Field for the link.

Some Kind of Strangers

With your head stuck shoulder-deep in the quicksand of UFOlogy, it's sometimes easy to forget that most of the world goes about it's merry, ignorantly blissful way, void of paranormal concerns or interest. Such is the life of my family and friends. I'm the quirky, left-of-center girl they have come to love, but probably think of as a bit of a space cadet -- no matter how skeptical natured or grounded I may appear to be. And if anything esoteric pops up in discussion, they usually have no fucking idea what I'm going on about.

This has been my relationship with people most of my life. I understand that the majority of society is wrapped up in survival, socializing, leisure and the various goings-on of day-to-day life. I'm wrapped up in those things as well -- I think most everyone is -- but where they are primarily aware of what they can see and are told, some of us have a different kind of awareness - or maybe it's an 'extra' one. Having experienced my past 35 years as a continuum of strange phenomenon while most of my acquaintances have not, the differences between us and them are often in sharp contrast. One might assume that interest in the Strange is directly related to those having experienced such, but this isn't quite true. There exists a decent chunk of people within UFOlogy and the paranormal fields who have had no paranormal experiences whatsoever, yet are still deeply intrigued by the prospect of the Unknown. But what about the rest of the world? Why is the interest often lost on them?

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3-2-1 Contact!

My Good friend Erik is rebooting his website Contact with a new approach, and he's wearing his critical-thinking cap!

Keep an eye on it, as it's sure to produce some very interesting and thought provoking posts!

His latest article, Messianic Intergalactic Ambassador Asshats and Real Paranormal Investigating, asks questions like "What is support for some of these organizations really doing, aside from throwing money at Disclosure's 'ambassadors'?".