{"id":213,"date":"2020-05-12T08:33:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T08:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/?p=213"},"modified":"2020-05-12T08:33:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T08:33:03","slug":"is-occult-science-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/2020\/05\/12\/is-occult-science-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Occult Science Science?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-214\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2020\/05\/96008798_662235877654274_2866677179370384348_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2020\/05\/96008798_662235877654274_2866677179370384348_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2020\/05\/96008798_662235877654274_2866677179370384348_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2020\/05\/96008798_662235877654274_2866677179370384348_n.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watch the full interview conducted by Professor Sajjad Rizvi here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"  title=\"#ExeterConvos 11 May with Professor Matt Melvin-Koushki on Is occult science science?\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kn1kJ130dYc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the full interview conducted by Professor Sajjad Rizvi here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1081,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Occult Science Science? 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