Psiram (de)

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Status:	Vibrant
Language:	German
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Main topic:	Pseudoscience

Psiram is a closed wiki taking a sceptical look at pseudoscience, CAM and New Age believes. A Blog and a forum are also offered. Most of the articles are written in german. All authors use anonymous nicknames, the operator is unknown. The anonymity is explained with negative experiences by identifyable critics of New Age beliefs.[1]

Psiram greift Themen aus der Esoterik, den Grenzwissenschaften und der alternativen Medizin auf und berichtet darüber aus kritischer, aufgeklärter Sicht. [2]

Wiki size:	3,706 article pages see stats
wikiFactor:	45 info / verify

(As of: 6 October 2013)

History

The platform founded on June 1, 2007 with the name Esowatch.
In July 2012 the platform was renamed into Psiram. (Guido Watermann: Esowatch heißt jetzt Psiram, Telepolis vom 13. Juli 2012)

Public reception

The first major public reception was 2008 in the German online magazine Heise/Telepolis (Fabian Kunow: Licht ins Dunkel des Irrationalen, Telepolis vom 17. Mai 2008). Psiram's article on Prahlad Jani was referenced in the science blog Pharyngula, and their article on night milk crystals was referenced by the Guardian.

A German court based a decision partly on arguments collected by Esowatch [3]. Further, data from Esowatch was used in an inquiry in the Austrian parliament [4].

Criticism

Esowatch met harsh reactions on New Age blogs.

See also

• RationalWiki A wiki similar in attitude