Superstition Part 2 From Qualia Soup
1023 campaign:
http://www.1023.org.uk
More detail on homoeopathic dilution
http://www.ukskeptics.com/homeopathic…
Forer, B “The fallacy of personal validation: a classroom demonstration of gullibility” 1949 Journal of Abnormal Psychology 44 (1): 118—123
Kaptchuk, T et al “Placebos without deception” 2010 PLoS ONE 5(12)*
Skinner, B F “Superstition in the pigeon” 1948 Journal of Experimental Psychology 38 (2): 168-172
*Though the notion of placebos without deception opens up an interesting line of enquiry, the methodology of Kaptchuk’s particular study has attracted some criticism which seems valid and reasonable.