The self-help industry, having long since exhausted every scrap of credible advice, has now pivoted to its most laughable strategy yet: telling you that you can think your way into a mansion. Yes, according to the high priests and priestesses of “manifestation,” you are but a few positive affirmations away from casually acquiring beachfront property, … Read more
Some people spend their Saturday nights watching sports, drinking beer, maybe indulging in a little reckless online shopping. I spent mine sitting around a wobbly dining room table in a dusty antique shop, participating in what was billed as a “Traditional Victorian Séance Experience.” Traditional in the sense that it involved costumes, bad accents, and … Read more
People used to look at the sky and chart the seasons. Now they look at the sky and blame Mercury for their bad haircut. Somewhere along the way, humanity decided it was far too exhausting to understand even the most basic facts about the universe, so we invented a shortcut: Sun Sign Astrology. Why bother … Read more
Deep in the Chihuahua desert, miles from anything resembling civilization, lies Cielo Verde, Mexico — a place where the sand shimmers, the sun never quits, and gullibility is baked into the landscape like so much brittle cactus. Cielo Verde claims to be the site of a massive extraterrestrial landing thousands of years ago, an “energy … Read more