I’ve got your missing links right here (19 May 2012)

The evidence for precognition was staring us in the face all along. Hilarious satire of psychology’s problems.

How a professor who fooled Wikipedia got caught by Reddit – implications for ”truth” online. Great story by Yoni Applebaum.

Not allowed to have a small heart: great long read from Greg Downey on Tourette Syndrome

Committee assesses ethics of trial, in which kids would get an anthrax vaccine unlikely to ever be necessary. But Project “Dark Zephyr”?? Are you kidding me? With a straight face? What about Project “Shadow Mistral”. Or “Hot Air”

My BBC column “Will we ever….?” now has guest stars. First up: John Pavlus on the Turing test.

Helen Pearson talks to The Open Notebook about her seriously

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