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Robert Palmer / Psychic Pscam

Click above to listen to part 1 of Skeptic Check: Betting on Pseudoscience, featuring Robert Palmer, member of the Guerilla Skeptics on the Wikipedia editing team and columnist for the Skeptical Inquirer on-line magazine, describing how psychics prey on vulnerable people, sometimes going as far as to bilk them of their life savings.

Skeptic Check: Betting on Pseudoscience:
Part 1: Robert Palmer / Psychic Pscam
Part 2: Lee McIntyre / The Rise of Denial
Part 3: Lee McIntyre / Engaging Disbelievers
Part 4: Britt Hermes / Science Convert

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