new age

Anybody know anything about this guy, or his works? http://www.amazon.com/Trevelyan/e/B006X2QT54/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1 I've encountered him in other discussion fora, and he's handy with the references to contemporary physics journals -- mixed in with references to journals on ancient...

Here is something interesting I've come accross recently from another board. Go to findme2.com. This purports to be some sort of organization that "finds" lost people with the help of psychics. They allegedly do so by "assisting" law enforcement. Anyone ever heard of this group? It is, of...

An English newspaper, the Wiltshire Times, has published a totally uncritical article (otherwise known as a "free advert") for one Nina Knowland, a self-proclaimed spiritual healer, who is looking for children with cystic fibrosis to "benefit" from her skills. It's obvious from her website -...

My wife wants to open a small new age store. I want to support any and all of her ambitions and endeavors, but this one is definitely a humdinger. Admittedly, I like that whole new-agy motif, but in a physical way. It's neat walking into a new age store. The candles and incense smell great; the...

Yesterday my 11 year old daughter came home from school in Melbourne Australia telling me that her teacher told the class that bad words and negative thoughts directed at a bottle of water would make it taste bad while good thoughts and even positive messages on a sticker put on a bottle would...

A local hairstylist/reiki master is now doing: Healing Haircuts (not really worth reading, just citing to justify quote) A beacon of hope to stiff-haired artists everywhere! Hummm. Maybe, it was due to this: Must be why we never see any stiff-haired constipated Japanese artists out and about.

What can I say to all the people who fall back on the quantum physics thing to support their New Age conclusions? I know they don't understand it enough to know what they're talking about, but I don't understand it enough to counter them. Help?