Scientific scepticism, as an epistemic orientation, remains under-researched. This study investigated the interplay between belief in science, supernatural credence, and cognitive processing styles in a sample of 300 participants ( M age = 45.95, SD = 14.32). Traditional (TPB) and New Age (NAP) paranormal beliefs correlated positively with intuitive-experiential measures and negatively with...
Examining Facebook's role in public discourse about parapsychology is important when considering how science vs pseudoscience is widely understood. Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement is used to assess an existing Facebook thread led by the question ‘ is there any real evidence of psychic powers?’ 250 posted responses are examined for type . Critical Discourse Analysis applying scientific...