Spooky Month: Psychics with Dylan Marron!

There's a chill in the air and a shudder in our bones...it's Spooky Month! Come along with us on a treacherous journey full of mischief, mayhem, and many marvelously mysterious guests! Steady yourself, for who knows what frights lurk around the corner... Our next shocking mystery friend to join us is none other than Dylan Marron! Tread the floorboards of Tangents Manor with us in pursuit of the truth behind fortune-telling and future-predicting as we examine Psychics! SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [This, That, or the Other: Crystal Ball] Weather forecast predictions https://www.noaa.gov/stories/6-tools-our-meteorologists-use-to-forecast-weather https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-you-trust-farmers-almanacs-weather-predictions/ Flu shot planning https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/vaccine-selection.htm Short-term volcanic eruption prediction https://volcano.si.edu/faq/index.cfm?question=eruptionforecast https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/24650/chapter/6 [The Scientific Definition] Spirit trumpet https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-SPR-TRUMPET/1 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/spirit-trumpets-dead-speak https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-harry-houdini-seances-and-spiritualism-were-just-an-illusion-180978944/ The Barnum effect http://apsychoserver.psych.arizona.edu/JJBAReprints/PSYC621/Forer_The%20fallacy%20of%20personal%20validation_1949.pdf https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810104425651 https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1978.tb00271.x https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1977-21271-001 Table-turning https://fisherdigitus.library.utoronto.ca/exhibits/show/psychical-research-collection/tabletalkingandtableturning/tabletalkingandtableturningboo https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-52954-2_6 https://www.ria.ie/blog/table-turning-a-victorian-fad/ [Ask the Science Couch] Neuroscience or psychology explanations for deja vu https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-005-0677-3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4251874/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810012000049 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420423/ https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/the-psychology-of-deja-vu.html https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/deja-vu Patreon bonus: Brain-computer interfaces and using technology to detect thoughts https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497935/ https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/21/8639905/brain-control-robot-arm-paralyzed-quadriplegic https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaa5417 https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/5/4/23708162/neurotechnology-mind-reading-brain-neuralink-brain-computer-interface https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01304-9 [Butt One More Thing] Scatomancy pseudoscience vs. fecal tests run by gastroenterologists https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scatomancer_n_4309974 https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000704.htm https://www.columbiadoctors.org/news/how-know-your-colon-healthy