What Science Says About the Occult and Paranormal

A philosophically-minded person, Coppedge grew up in a family that was half-atheist, allowing him to experience both critical and non-critical attitudes towards pseudoscience. Nathan grew up with an odd blend of the emotional and un-emotional, making him interested in technological inventions but also magic and psychic practices. Though technically interested in these things himself, when he came of age he became aware that he was literally a crackpot--he had hurt his head when he was 1.5 years old. This made him wonder--perhaps the occult is not all it is blown up to be. In this text, the author, who has become a famous author on Quora, addresses the topic of pseudoscience from a perspective that is for once biased towards science. Though with significant experience in testing the opposition.