Beware the Paramyth

Beware the Paramyth

What’s the fastest growing form of woo woo in Britain today?

• Is it perhaps those brash rambunctious religionists at the more happy-clappy end of the spiritual spectrum?
• Is it the quack army and their ever-growing canon of inefficacious alternative therapies?
• Is it psychics and ghosts hunters who’ve plummeted lowbrow TV to new depths?
• Is it the mind-body-spirit brigade of Newage nutters and neopagan fruitcakes who reject formal religion in order to fanny about with their own personalised spiritual delusions?

Myths about our minds

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The human brain is the most complex entity in the known universe and despite the best endeavours of scientists, there are still many mysteries about the 1.5kg (3.3lb) crinkled blob between our ears.

Here are just a few of the many myths about our brains and how they work.