Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften explained

Abbreviation:GWUP
Type:Nonprofit organisation
Purpose:Popular education and consumer protection
Leader Title:Chairperson
Leader Name:André Sebastiani
Headquarters:Roßdorf, Germany
Region Served:German-speaking Europe
Membership:1,800 (2020)[1]
Affiliations:European Council of Skeptical Organisations
Website:gwup.org

The (GWUP) (English: Society for the Scientific Investigation of Pseudosciences[2]) is a non-profit organisation promoting scientific skepticism, headquartered in Roßdorf, Germany.[3] Its estimated membership in 2016 is 1300[4] who are scientists or laypersons interested in science.[5] The GWUP annually hosts a conference with varying key subjects.

Goals and themes

The GWUP regards the critical contemplation of unproven claims in fields such as parasciences, esotericism, superstition, religion and alternative medicine as its main goal.[6] It strives to achieve enlightenment in the sense of popular education and consumer protection.[7] The GWUP underlines the importance of scientific procedures and critical thinking for societal challenges.[8] Besides a theoretical dispute, individuals like dowsers, telekinetics, proponents of energized water scams, practitioners of alternative medicine and astrologers are being criticised and their skills also partially put to empirical examination.

The stated goal of the GWUP is the promotion of critical thinking and the sciences including their methods. Scientific methods should be disseminated, made understandable and applied to parasciences, pseudosciences as well as related belief systems. This also includes educating the general public about the current state of scientific knowledge about parascientific claims.[9]

The GWUP puts a strong emphasis on health topics like complementary and alternative medicine, especially homeopathy. In these areas critical attention is highly indicated, since belief in these inefficacious methods leads to omission of more effective treatments.[10] [11] Furthermore, the GWUP discusses occultism, spiritism, esotericism and ideologies that underlie e.g. anthroposophy. Additionally they cover topics like religion, faith, superstition and creationism. Astrology, fortune-telling and prophecies are scrutinised in a yearly prognosis check. Further topics are conspiracy theories, paratechnologies, cryptozoology, ancient astronauts and UFOs.[6]

In Germany, the GWUP has also engaged in school politics. In 2012, it tried to prevent a state school in Hamburg from experimenting with Waldorf education.[12] The open letter of the GWUP Science Council demanded "to put an enlightened, modern and scientific worldview at the centre of school education instead of esoteric doctrines, without fuss or quibble.[12]

Organisation

The GWUP was founded as an Eingetragener Verein in Bonn on 11 October 1987.[13] It is recognised in Germany as a charitable organisation for its dedication to popular education, and it is headquartered in Roßdorf near Darmstadt.[14] From 2008 to 2023, its chairperson was electrical engineer and CSI fellow Amardeo Sarma, who also presided over the European Council of Skeptical Organisations in 2000–2013.[15] After a year with Holm Gero Hümmler at the helm, as of May 2024 André Sebastiani has assumed the role of chairperson.[16] The GWUP regards itself as the oldest and largest skeptics' organisation in German-speaking Europe and considers itself to be part of the international skeptical movement. As its predecessor organisations, the GWUP cites the informal (ASUPO, "Working Community of Skeptics for the Investigation of Pseudosciences and Occultism", founded on 7 February 1987) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Bekämpfung des Kurpfuschertums ("German Society for Fighting Quackery", founded in 1903, outlawed by the Nazis in 1934).[17] The Society has a scientific advisory council at its disposal, currently presided by Peter Kröling and Wolfgang Hell. The Science Council has an interdisciplinary composition and comprises scientists, scholars and other people from fields such as medicine, psychology, physics, religious studies, biology, pedagogy, folkloristics and cultural anthropology.[18] The Science Council is intended to secure the scientific standards of the Society's work. A representative of the Science Council is delegated to the GWUP board of directors for this purpose.

In Roßdorf the GWUP maintains the Centre for Science and Critical Thinking, established in 1999 by Martin Mahner. As of May 2024, Mahner has been succeeded as head by philosopher of science and CSI fellow Nikil Mukerji. Each year, the Centre handles hundreds of enquiries from journalists and other individuals.[19] [20] It contains a reference library.

Several regional groups of the GWUP exist in Germany and Austria. They are located in Berlin, Essen (for the metropolitan region Rhine-Ruhr), Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart, Würzburg, Vienna and Untersberg (for the region Salzburg/Freilassing).[21] The Viennese group appears in public as (Society for Critical Thinking).[22] [23]

Activities

Conferences

Since 1989 the GWUP yearly hosts a conference to make the outcome of their efforts visible to the public.[24] In July 2011 the conference took place with the title "Fact or Fiction" in the Museum of Natural History in Vienna and the Vienna University of Technology.[25] In 2012 the GWUP hosted the 6th World Skeptics Congress from 18 to 20 May in Berlin.[26] [27] [28] [29] In 2013, the conference was arranged in Cologne and was named "SkepKon" for the first time.[30] The 2014 conference was arranged in Munich.[31] 2015 the conference took effect in Frankfurt,[32] while the next two years saw them in Hamburg[33] and Berlin.[34] 2018 SkepKon took place in Cologne again.[35] Notable speakers included Natalie Grams, Lydia Benecke, Anna Zakrisson and . The 2019 SkepKon took place in Augsburg.[36]

Das Goldene Brett vorm Kopf

The ironic award Das Goldene Brett vorm Kopf is awarded yearly in Vienna.[37] During the 2011 GWUP-conference in Vienna, it was given for the first time, to film director Peter A. Straubinger for his pseudoscientific documentary In the Beginning There Was Light about breatharianism. Straubinger received the award personally.[38] [39] [40] In 2012 the prize was awarded to Harald Walach. The lifetime achievement award was bestowed to Erich von Däniken.[41] In 2013 the prize was awarded to the organisation "Homeopaths Without Borders".[42]

Psi test

Since 2004, the GWUP annually performs experiments to test purported paranormal skills. Initially the experiments were conducted in concordance with James Randi as part of the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge,[43] later independently. The reward for proof of paranormal abilities is a prize money of 10,000 euros. The testing procedure is agreed upon in advance between the applicant and the GWUP. Until 2010, around 30 candidates have applied to be tested for their psi abilities, most of them dowsers. One Psi test was conducted on 12 August 2013 in the University of Würzburg. The journalist and psychologist Sebastian Bartoschek observed this test.[44] As of 2019 no one has successfully passed the challenge.[45] [46] [47]

Prognosis check

Since 2002 the mathematician Michael Kunkel yearly publishes a retrospection on the astrological predictions of the past year[48] [49] The predictions are published on Wahrsagercheck ("Fortuneteller Check").[50] [51] The predictions are mainly from the Internet (about 70%) while predictions in print (newspapers, magazines and books) make up the other 30%. In 2010, 110 predictions from more than 60 fortunetellers and astrologers were evaluated.[52]

Homeopathy / 10:23 Campaign

The GWUP is a well-known critic of homeopathy.[53] In the year 2005, a petition was initiated against the special treatment of homeopathy as a healing method in Germany.[54] In 2011, the GWUP participated in the international, in which critics of homeopathy took an overdose of highly potentised homeopathic dilutions in public, serving as a warning against the unscientific foundation of homeopathy and the scientifically disproven homeopathic products.[55]

In 2014, the GWUP was mentioned as main critic of the planned bachelor's degree course in homeopathy in Traunstein by several newspapers.[56] [57] [58] [59] Norbert Aust was quoted as saying: "Homeopathy lacks the ambition of a science to study its own foundations. Research in homeopathy aims only to refute the allegation of ineffectiveness", while GWUP chairman Amardeo Sarma remarked that "the proposed College of Homeopathy in Traunstein is academic fraudulent labelling and gives a pseudoscience a higher reputation".[57] [58] [59] In April 2014 the implementation of this course was discontinued.[60] [61] [62]

In May 2018, GWUP issued an invitation to individuals and groups to respond to its challenge "to identify homeopathic preparations in high potency and to give a detailed description on how this can be achieved reproducibly." The first participant to correctly identify selected homeopathic preparations under an agreed-upon protocol will receive €50,000.[63] [64]

The German Medical Association has announced that it opposes homeopathy, as of May 2024. However, with a vote of 116 to 97, a significant number of the medical establishment in Germany are still in support of the practice. [65]

Skeptics in the Pub

Lectures in a pub atmosphere about scientific skeptical topics were held in Hamburg[66] and Berlin.[67] As of November 2023, regular lectures are going on in Cologne[68] and Vienna.[69] There are currently over 100 groups worldwide conducting this informal meeting format known as Skeptics in the Pub.

Fellows of GWUP

Since 2018, the German Skeptic journal Skeptiker listed Fellow Board members of international importance for the Skeptic movement.[70] They are:

Publications, blogs and social media

Since 1987, the Gesellschaft's quarterly journal Skeptiker publishes articles and interviews that are about the core of the organisation's interests.[71] [72] As of 2011, Skeptiker has 2200 subscribers; its managing editor is Inge Hüsgen.The GWUP and several of its members also maintain broadly themed skeptical blogs. The blogs serve the organisation as a supplement to its magazine Skeptiker.[73]

Notable members

Reception in the media

Actions of the GWUP are regularly featured in editor's pieces of the Germanophone mass media.[74] For example, the psi tests of the GWUP and the 2004 One Million Dollar Challenge were presented in the WDR programme Quarks & Co, amongst others.[75] Especially immediately before and during the conference, daily newspapers and online media report on the topics and backgrounds. GWUP members are often invited as experts on television shows about subjects with which the organisation is concerned, for example, Heinz Oberhummer on the topic "Wieviel Unvernunft verträgt die Wissenschaft?" ("How much irrationality can science tolerate?") in the Servus TV programme Talk im Hangar-7,[76] Amardeo Sarma was a guest in the ARD programme Menschen bei Maischberger about "Seher und Propheten" ("Clairvoyants and Prophets"),[77] Klaus Schmeh at the clairvoyance casting in the RTL programme Punkt 12,[78] Bernd Harder in the SWR programme Menschen der Woche about the "end of the world" predictions concerning 2012.[79]

In 2008, a television documentary about the GWUP's psi tests was shown. The film aired on several television stations within German-speaking Europe under the title "Alles fauler Zauber!? Das Übersinnliche auf dem Prüfstand" ("All Mumbo-Jumbo!? The Paranormal Put To The Test").[80] The Bayerischer Rundfunk reported on the psi tests of 2011 in their television programme Vor Ort – Die Reportage.[81] The Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk reported on the 2012 psi tests.[82] [83]

Criticism

The GWUP faces criticism from the sociologist Edgar Wunder, who has been a founding member. He criticises that the GWUP scarcely investigates paranormal claims and instead primarily promotes a naturalistic worldview.[84] [85] He ascribes the GWUP of prejudiced thinking in "ingroup-outgroup" dichotomies. In a 2014 interview, GWUP chairman Amardeo Sarma stated his position which included the statement that all valid internal and external criticism are and will continue to be addressed.[86]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GWUP – die Skeptiker – Geschichte.
  2. Web site: For International Visitors . GWUP website . 10 June 2014.
  3. Web site: Verstand contra unbekannt . Mind versus unknown . . 13 May 2002 . 4 June 2014. de.
  4. Web site: Skeptiker-Konferenz: Engelkurse und Pseudotherapien . Skeptics Conference: Angel Courses and Pseudotherapies . Bärbel Schwertfeger . Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell . 19 June 2014 . 8 November 2016. de.
  5. According to the Society. Web site: Über uns: GWUP – die Skeptiker . About us: GWUP – the skeptics . GWUP blog . 2007 . 4 June 2014.
  6. Web site: Themen nach Gebiet . Topics by area . GWUP website . 3 June 2014. de.
  7. Web site: Schluss mit dem Hokuspokus . No more hocus-pocus . Kurt de Swaaf . . 31 May 2011 . 3 June 2014. de.
  8. Web site: Was wir wollen . What we want . GWUP website . 3 June 2014. de.
  9. Web site: Satzung §2. Zweck . Bylaws §2. Purpose . GWUP . GWUP website . 14 May 2010 . 4 June 2014. de.
  10. Web site: Wissen versus Glauben . Knowledge versus Faith . Eva Stanzl . . 30 May 2011 . 4 June 2014. de.
  11. News: Ist das noch normal? . Is that still normal? . Josephina Maier . . 25 May 2009 . 4 June 2014. de.
  12. Web site: Gegen die geplante staatliche Waldorfschule in Hamburg . Against the planned state Waldorf School in Hamburg . Rainer Wolf. GWUP website . 4 June 2014. de. etal. Open letter of the GWUP Science Council.
    News: Waldorf in Hamburg: Esoterik und "abstruse Ideen" . Waldorf in Hamburg: Esoteric and "abstruse ideas" . Bernd Harder . GWUP blog . 26 November 2013 . 4 June 2014. de.
  13. Web site: Eine kurze Geschichte der GWUP . A brief history of GWUP . GWUP website . 3 June 2014. de.
  14. News: Schummeln gehört zum Magie-Geschäft . Cheating is part of the magic business . Birgitta vom Lehn . . 11 January 2008 . 5 June 2014. de.
  15. Web site: Amardeo Sarma . GWUP Who Is Who-Amardeo Sarma . GWUP website . GWUP . 2 July 2014. de.
  16. Web site: Johannes C. Zeller . The German Dilemma Update: New GWUP Board Pledges Return to Critical Inquiry . Skeptical Inquirer . the Center for Inquiry . 20 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240605180940/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-german-dilemma-update-new-gwup-board-pledges-return-to-critical-inquiry/. 5 June 2024.
  17. Web site: War die GWUP die erste deutsche Skeptiker-Organisation . Was the GWUP the first German skeptic organization . GWUP website . 30 March 2016. de.
  18. Web site: GWUP-Wissenschaftsrat . GWUP Science Council . GWUP website . 8 June 2014. de.
  19. Mahner . Martin . 2002 . Das Zentrum für Wissenschaft und kritisches Denken der GWUP . The GWUP Center for Science and Critical Thinking . Skeptiker . GWUP . 27 . 4 . 9 June 2014. de.
  20. News: Nach Ufos kommt nun die Homöopathie für Tiere . After UFOs now comes homeopathy for animals . Sophia Seidener . Die Welt . 5 March 2010 . 9 June 2014. de.
  21. Web site: Regionalgruppen . Regional gr0ups . GWUP website . 9 June 2014. de.
  22. Web site: GkD – GWUP Wien – Gesellschaft für kritisches Denken.
  23. News: Die Apokalypse in den Köpfen . The Apocalypse in the Minds . Stefan Müller . Die Zeit . 3 May 2012 . 9 June 2014. de.
  24. Web site: Gerbic . Susan . Susan Gerbic . Skeptical Adventures In Europe, Part 3 . Skeptical Inquirer . 13 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191113014507/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/skeptical_adventures_in_europe_part_3/?%2Fspecialarticles%2Fshow%2Fskeptical_adventures_in_europe_part_3 . 13 November 2019 . 16 February 2018 . live .
  25. Web site: GWUP-Konferenz 2011 – Fakt und Fiktion . GWUP Conference 2011 – Fact and Fiction . GWUP website . 10 June 2014. de.
  26. Web site: 6th World Skeptics Congress: Promoting Science in an Age of Uncertainty . World Skeptics Congress website . 10 June 2014.
  27. News: Lobbyisten gegen esoterische Umtriebe . Lobbyists against esoteric activities . Christopher Drösser . Die Zeit . 18 May 2012 . 10 June 2014. de.
  28. News: Die Jungfrau weint Männerblut . The Virgin weeps man’s blood . Alice Ahlers . . 22 May 2012 . 10 June 2014. de.
  29. News: Warum Esoterik und Ufos ernst zu nehmen sind . Why esotericism and UFOs are to be taken seriously . Wolfgang W. Merkel . Die Welt . 18 May 2012 . 10 June 2014. de.
  30. Web site: Alle Vorträge der Skepkon 2013 jetzt zum Nachlesen im Blog . All lectures of Skepkon 2013 now available in the blog . Bernd Harder . GWUP blog . 15 June 2013 . 10 June 2014. de. /
  31. Web site: Programm SkepKon 2014 . SkepKon 2014 Programme . SkepKon website . GWUP . 3 August 2014. de.
  32. Web site: GWUP Program flyer Skepkon 2015 . 11 February 2019.
  33. Web site: SkepKon 2016 – Programm. www.skepkon.org. 11 February 2019.
  34. Web site: SkepKon 2017 — Programm . www.skepkon.org. 11 February 2019.
  35. Web site: SkepKon 2018 – Programm . www.skepkon.org. 11 February 2019.
  36. Web site: GWUP Program flyer SkepKon 2019. 11 February 2019.
  37. News: Denkzettel für Scharlatane . Memorandum for charlatans . Alice Ahlers . Frankfurter Rundschau . 14 October 2014 . 11 June 2014. de.
  38. Web site: Das Goldene Brett vorm Kopf : skeptic award . Gesellschaft für kritisches Denken . 2013 . 11 June 2014. de.
  39. News: Skeptiker haben drei Preis-Anwärter nominiert . Skeptics have nominated three prize candidates . . 30 May 2011 . 11 June 2014. de.
  40. News: Skeptiker: "Goldenes Brett" für Lichtnahrungs-Film . Skeptics: "Golden Board" for Light Food Film . . 3 June 2011 . 11 June 2014. de.
  41. News: "Goldenes Brett vorm Kopf" für deutschen Universitätsprofessor . "Goldenes Brett vorm Kopf" for German university professor . Der Standard . 19 October 2012 . 11 June 2014. de.
  42. News: "Goldenes Brett vorm Kopf" für deutschen Universitätsprofessor . "Goldenes Brett vorm Kopf" for German university professor . Der Standard . 29 November 2013 . 11 June 2014. de.
  43. News: Der One-Million-Dollar Test . Corinna Sachs . Quarks & Co . . https://archive.today/20130212184725/http://www.wdr.de/tv/quarks/sendungsbeitraege/2004/1012/001_phaenomen.jsp . 12 February 2013 . 12 October 2004 . 18 June 2014 . de . dead .
  44. ‘Der PSI-Test der GWUP’ . The PSI test of the GWUP . Waschkau . Alexa . Waschkau . Alexander . Hoaxilla . 132 . Hoaxilla website . 18 August 2013 . 18 July 2014. de.
  45. News: Die Macht der Strahlen . The power of rays . Ralf Nestler . Die Zeit . 21 August 2009 . 23 June 2014. de.
  46. Kramer . Bernd . 2011 . Die Geisterjäger . The Ghosthunter . . Zeitverlag Gerd Bucerius . 7 . 4 . 23 June 2014. de.
  47. Hüsgen . Inge . 2019 . Die Psi-Tests der GWUP 2019 – mit Überraschung . The PSI-test of the GWUP 2019 – with a surprise . . GWUP e.V. . 32 . 4 . 23 June 2019. de.
  48. Web site: Prognosencheck 2012 . Prognosencheck 2012 . GWUP website . GWUP . 28 June 2014. de.
  49. Web site: Wahrsager sind Unwahrsager – außer Paul . Soothsayers are liars – except Paul . Badische Zeitung . 16 December 2010 . 28 June 2014. de.
  50. Web site: Wahrsagercheck website (Archives January 2002–December 2009) . GWUP . 5 August 2014. de.
  51. Web site: Wahrsagercheck Blog (Archives December 2008–present) . GWUP . 5 August 2014. de.
  52. Web site: Prognosencheck 2010 . GWUP website . GWUP . 28 June 2014. de.
  53. Kramer . Bernd . 2011 . Der akademische Geist . The Academic Spirit . Zeit Wissen . Die Zeit . 7 . 4 . 29 June 2014. de.
  54. Web site: Wissenschaftler fassen Resolution zur Homöopathie . Scientists formulate resolution on homeopathy . GWUP . GWUP website . 10 May 2005 . 29 June 2014. de.
  55. Web site: Das war 10:23 . That was 10:23 . Bernd Kramer . GWUP blog . 6 February 2011 . 29 June 2014. de.
  56. News: Homöopathie-Studium: Master of Verdünnung . Homeopathy Degree: Master of Dilution . Michael van den Heuvel . DocCheck News . 11 June 2014 . 22 June 2014. de.
  57. News: Bachelor für Homöopathen – Ärger um die Kügelchen-Akademie . Bachelor for Homeopaths – Trouble about the Globule Academy . Heiner Effern . Süddeutsche Zeitung . 27 March 2014 . 29 August 2014. de.
  58. News: Umstrittenes Homöopathie-Studium: Die Globulisierungsfalle . Controversial Homeopathy Study: The Globulation Trap . Bärbel Schwertfeger . Spiegel Online . 17 February 2014 . 22 August 2014. de.
  59. News: Neues Homöopathie-Studium nur Etikettenschwindel? . New homeopathy studies just a fraudulent label? . Klaus Schmidt . Medical Tribune . 28 March 2014 . 29 August 2014. de.
  60. News: Globuli-Kunde: Privat-Hochschule gibt Homöopathie-Studiengang auf . Globuli customer: private university gives up homeopathy course . Spiegel Online . 4 April 2014 . 29 August 2014. de.
  61. Web site: Traunstein – die Begründung . Bernd Harder . GWUP . 7 April 2014 . 29 August 2014. de.
  62. Web site: Nah an den Unternehmen . Traunstein – the reason . Stefani Hergert . . 16 April 2014 . 29 August 2014. de.
  63. Frazier . Kendrick . Kendrick Frazier . Homeopathy Challenge: German Skeptics Offer 50,000 Euros If Test Is Passed . . 2018 . 42 . 5 . 5–6.
  64. Web site: Challenge . GWUP . Gessellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften e.V. . 28 August 2018.
  65. Web site: Ärztetag beschließt: Homöopathie soll aus der GOÄ gestrichen werden . Ärztezeitung . Springer Nature . 20 June 2024 . de.
  66. Web site: Skeptics in the Pub . Skeptiker Hamburg website . Skeptiker Hamburg . 18 July 2014. de.
  67. Web site: SITP (Skeptics in the Pub) . Berlin Skeptics website . Berlin Skeptics . 18 July 2014.
  68. Web site: Aktuell . News . Skeptics in the Pub Köln YouTube channel . Skeptics in the Pub Köln . 4 November 2023. de.
  69. Web site: SITP (Skeptics in the Pub) . Wiener Skeptiker website . Wiener Skeptiker . 4 November 2023. de.
  70. Web site: Hall, Hermes, Loftus, Frazier Named GWUP Fellows . Center for Inquiry . 2 May 2019 . Skeptical Inquirer . 7 May 2019.
  71. Web site: Schädeldeutung und Co.: Absurde Methoden der Psychodiagnostig . Skull Interpretation and Co .: Absurd Methods of Psychodiagnosis . Uwe Kanning . GWUP . 2010 . 22 July 2014. de.
  72. Web site: Homöopathischer Vollrausch – Esoterik-Kritik als massentaugliches Edutainment . Homeopathic intoxication – esoteric criticism as edutainment suitable for the masses . GWUP . 2010 . 22 July 2014. de.
  73. Web site: GWUP – Die Skeptiker . GWUP – The Skeptics . GWUP blog . GWUP . 19 July 2014. de.
  74. Web site: Medienecho Übersicht . Media coverage overview . GWUP website . GWUP . 2014 . 20 July 2014.
  75. Web site: Der One-Million-Dollar Preis . The One-Million-Dollar Prize . Corinna Sachs. WRD website . WRD . 2–7 . November 2004 . 20 July 2014. de. etal.
  76. Tolle Theorien . Great theories . Richtar . Isabella (presenter) . Talk im Hangar-7 . . 6 May 2010 . 21 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100902061013/http://www.servustv.com/cs/Satellite/Article/Talk-im-Hangar-7-011259273596189 . 2 September 2010. de. Alt URL
  77. News: Mit Engeln in Kontakt . In touch with angels . Felix Ehring . Menschen bei Maischberger . Frankfurter Rundschau . 6 January 2010 . 21 July 2014. de.
  78. Web site: Hellseher-Casting bei RTL: GWUP bohlt mit . Clairvoyant casting at RTL: GWUP is involved . Bernd Harder . GWUP blog . GWUP . 28 February 2011 . 22 July 2014. de.
  79. Web site: Weltuntergang 2012 . Doomsday 2012 . Frank Elster (presenter) . Menschen der Woche . SWR Fernsehen . 15 January 2012 . 22 July 2014 . de. Alt URL
  80. Web site: Alles fauler Zauber!? Das Übersinnliche auf dem Prüfstand . All Mumbo-Jumbo!? The Paranormal Put To The Test . Claus Hanischdörfer . GWUP . SWR, PHOENIX, ARD-Digital, 3sat . 2008 . 22 July 2014. de. Information about the documentary by director Claus Hanischdörfer.
  81. Web site: Wahre Gabe oder fauler Zauber? – Übersinnliches unter Beweis . True Gift or Lazy Charm? – Paranormal evidence . Matthias Ott . Vor Ort – Die Reportage . . 17 January 2012 . 22 July 2014 . https://archive.today/20120721151457/http://www.br.de/fernsehen/bayerisches-fernsehen/programmkalender/sendung190032.html . 21 July 2012 . de . dead .
  82. Web site: Die Wunderhändler – Geschäfte mit dem Übersinnlichen . The miracle dealers – deals with the supernatural . Exact: die Story . . 15 November 2013 . 22 July 2014. de.
  83. Web site: Die Wunderhändler – Geschäfte mit dem Übersinnlichen . The miracle dealers  - Doing business with the psychic . YouTube . 22 June 2014 . 22 July 2014. de.
  84. News: Grabenkämpfe, Glosse zum Streit um die GWUP . Trench warfare, comment on the dispute over the GWUP . Christoph Drösser . Die Zeit . 28 January 1999 . 22 July 2014. de.
  85. Web site: Kritik von Edgar Wunder . Review by Edgar Wunder . Edgar Wunder . Skeptizismus.de . 2000 . 22 July 2014. de.
  86. Web site: Interview mit Amardeo Sarma . Interview with Amardeo Sarma . GWUP . 22 July 2014. de.

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