98: The Science of Witchcraft - a podcast by The Sci Guys

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Magic might actually be real according to science... No really! 



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References & Further Reading



What are Witchcraft & Wicca


  1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wicca

  2. https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft/Contemporary-witchcraft

  3. https://www.history.com/topics/religion/wicca

  4. https://www.livescience.com/amp/39119-myths-about-witches-wiccans.html

  5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/subdivisions/wicca.shtml

  6. https://wiccaliving.com/beginners-guide-wicca-magic/

  7. https://www.vice.com/en/article/a38ekg/i-tried-wiccan-spells-on-myself-for-a-month

  8. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/oct/28/weekend7.weekend3


Wicca/Witchcraft & Science


  1. https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/witchcraft-wicca-rise-anti-science-halloween-b1421710.html

  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560124/


Optimism Bias & Attention Bias


  1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211011912

  2. https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/optimism-bias/

  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20111125061440/http://www.psych.ufl.edu/~shepperd/articles/PsychBelgica2002.pdf

  4. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09654280110402080/full/html

  5. http://www.crossingdialogues.com/Ms-A14-09.pdf

  6. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027273581000019X

  7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161121/

  8. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28780313/

  9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369522/

  10. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:eae25fc5-1644-44f6-8f3c-8f25e5707d22/download_file?file_format=pdf&safe_filename=THESIS01&type_of_work=Thesis

  11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2901130/

  12. https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/attentional-bias/


Placebo Effect


  1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24909245/

  2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26272535/

  3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013051/





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