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Early in 2011 we examined the Psychic predictions of Mr. John Gold, one of Australia’s most respected psychics.

Mr Gold was notable for making some quite specific predictions for the year ahead, which would have been sensational had they panned out.

Usually psychics will throw out a bunch of generic and non-specific “predictions” which can easily be retrofitted to reality later … but not Mr Gold. He went out on a series of impressive limbs with specific events and specific times.

If even half of those predictions had come true, we might have had a serious contender for the Australian Skeptics’ $100,000 challenge.

We are now one year down the track, and it’s definitely worth our time to  examine the predictions and see how Mr. Gold did.

Results below the fold.

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In April, Martin Plowman visited the Vic Skeptics to talk about his book “The UFO Diaries” and his travels to UFO hotspots in the US.

It was a fascinating talk, touching on the philosophy of Jacques Lacan and his distinction between the “real” and the “symbolic”.

The book isn’t all high philosophy though. There’s a lot of travelogue, and a lot of the amazing characters you would be likely to meet on a UFO tour

In this snippet Martin discusses the famous Roswell UFO incident, and the evidence (or lack thereof) around it.

Matt

Leo Igwe is a tireless campaigner against entrenched superstition in his native Nigeria. His Report From Nigeria is a regular feature of The Skeptic magazine. To view one of Leo’s articles on-line, go to http://www.skeptics.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/theskeptic/2010/1.pdf and scroll to page 12.
Rebecca Watson discusses the work of Leo Igwe in her report It’s Hard to Make Child Witches Funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dIf0DcfhcE
Canberra Skeptics has organised an Australian tour for Leo, which will take in every State. While in Melbourne,  he will speak at a dinner at La Notte on Thursday evening 25th August and also at a public venue to be announced on  Saturday 27th (afternoon) .  For those in other states, please use our contact details in the RHS panel to enquire about Leo’s speaking dates.