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THE UNWITTING DOCTOR OF DEATH

In the middle of the 19th century the obstetrics ward of Krakenhaus Hospital in Vienna, Austria was supervised by Hungarian…

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THE VIEW FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY

The year was 1935, and an eighth-grade boy whose uncle had nicknamed him “Sparky” was doing even worse than usual. As…

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THE FALSE BEAUTY OF AN ILLUSION

il·lu·sionnoun. 1. An erroneous perception of reality. 2. An erroneous concept or belief. 3. The condition of being deceived by…

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THE POWER OF IMAGINATION

Just a few months before I was born in 1958, the first International Tchaikovsky Competition was hosted, as it has been every…

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WHY WE BELIEVE WACKY THINGS (PART I)

They say that seeing is believing, but new research suggests that isn’t so. To the contrary, believing is seeing. We do not…

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WHY WE BELIEVE WACKY THINGS (PART II)

This is a continuation of Billy’s previous blog…Really smart and quite sane people can believe not-so-smart and way-too-crazy things…

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WHY WE BELIEVE WACKY THINGS, (PART III)

This is Part III of Billy’s previous blog…As I write this morning two monsters, brothers named Said and Cherif Kouachi, are…

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THE POLITICS OF CRAZY BELIEFS

DISCLAIMER: Billy Riggs does not speak on (or even address) the topic below in any of his public presentations, but his interests are…

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STEALING SANTA CLAUS

Years ago I watched myself on videotape performing a very difficult sleight of hand move onstage. It’s a part of a routine in which scores…

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THE DAY I MET MOTHER TERESA (REALLY!)

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF IT’S REALLY A MIRACLE?In August of 2014, doctors pronounced dead a Brazilian man named Valdelucio Gonclaves..

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