Craig Weiler

Craig Weiler is an American conspiracy theorist and parapsychology activist, known for posting anti-skeptic rants on the internet. He describes himself as a "psychic healer".Biography for Craig Weiler Also see Biographical information at Reality SandwichIn October 2013, he warned someone on Wikipedia: "if you ever attach the word -psychic- to my name you are to never put it into quotations. That is a personal insult, it is bigotry and I will not tolerate it."
==Background==
Weiler has no education or qualifications in science. His current occupation is working as a handyman.Craig Weiler User Profile "Handyman: the favorite profession of drunks, drug addicts and serial killers."Here’s a Look at My Day Job: Expert Handyman
 
Weiler admits he hasn't read many books on parapsychology, but that hasn't stopped him from giving lectures on the subject.Craig Weiler at Brother, Can You Spare a Paradigm?
==Beliefs==
Weiler claims that psi and all kinds of woo have been scientifically provenThe Scientific Evidence for Psi Weiler's Wordpress blog. (Archived). but ignores most of the skeptical literature on it.Weiler does not mention notable publications which have debunked psi claims such as C. E. M. Hansel. ESP: A Scientific Evaluation. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. Rev. ed. as ESP and Parapsychology: A Critical Re-evaluation. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus, 1980. Leonard Zusne, Warren H. Jones. (1989). Anomalistic Psychology: A Study of Magical Thinking. Psychology Press. Terence Hines (2002). Pseudoscience and the Paranormal (2nd ed. ed.). Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. Jonathan Smith. (2009). Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit. Wiley-Blackwell. He also claims Dean Radin's The Conscious Universe (1997) contains evidence that psi exists, but if he'd done any research he might have found Radin did not manage the file-drawer effect correctly, made fundamental errors in his calculations, and ignored possible non-paranormal explanations for his data.Victor Stenger. (2002). Meta-Analysis and the Filedrawer Effect. Skeptical Inquirer. Volume 12. Weiler is supportive of the bogus mediumship experiments of Gary Schwartz,Evidence for the Afterlife (Archived). and has even defended the fraudulent medium Sylvia Browne.Sylvia Browne Dead. Skeptiko.
Weiler has worked with Dean Radin, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax and Ben Steigmann in promoting paranormal studies on Wikiversity.The Parapsychology article on Wikiversity was written by Craig Weiler, Dean Radin, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax and Ben Steigmann. Also see the talk page. These studies were later deleted.
===9/11 conspiracy theories===
Weiler is a proponent of 9/11 conspiracy theories: 
In 2014, Weiler commented:
… Because 9/11 was comparable to a controlled demolition.
==Conspiracies of skeptics‎==
Weiler is notorious for posting anti-skeptic rants to the Skeptiko forum, the SCEPCOP website, and his own blog, The Weiler Psi accusing skeptics of being atheists, materialists and "pseudoskeptics", especially if they disagree with him.A Critical Look at CSI, (formerly CSICOP), a Pseudo-Scientific Skeptic OrganizationWeiler posts abuse against skeptics in the "PseudoSkeptic Fallacies" section of the forum 
In March, 2013,"The Psi Wars Come To TED" Weiler accused the TED Talks of being run by "atheists" and engaging in "censorship" after they moved videos of controversial talks by Rupert Sheldrake and Graham Hancock from the TEDx YouTube channel to the TED blog.The debate about Rupert Sheldrake’s talk The TED staff issued a statement explaining, "The reason people are upset is because they think there has been censorship. But it's simply not true. Both talks are up on our website."TED conference censorship row
===Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia===
In October 2013 Weiler published a blog post titled "The Wikipedia Battle for Rupert Sheldrake’s Biography", claiming that Sheldrake's Wikipedia bio was being targeted by a group called Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia.
It wasn't. 
===Psi Wars: TED, Wikipedia and the Battle for the Internet===
In November 2013, Weiler released Psi Wars: TED, Wikipedia and the Battle for the Internet. The book promotes his conspiracy theory that atheist skeptics have taken over mainstream media, universities, scientific organizations and are working together to promote their skeptical views on Wikipedia.Craig Weiler, Psi Wars: TED, Wikipedia and the Battle for the Internet. White Crow Books, May 22, 2020. . The book was negatively reviewed by the paranormal investigator Hayley Stevens who concluded "The only recommendation I can make for this book is to leave it on the shelf unless you want a headache. No amount of reasoning will make a difference here."Review: PSI Wars: TED, Wikipedia and the Battle for the Internet
In 2014, the parapsychologist Tom Ruffles reviewed Weiler's book for the Society for Psychical Research and supported his conspiracy theories. Ruffles complained that RationalWiki had tried to denigrate Weiler by claiming he works only as a handyman.Psi Wars: TED, Wikipedia and the Battle for the Internet Reviewed by Tom Ruffles. While a lack of a background in science doesn't discount Weiler's work, it does show a lack of scientific training, which could potentially lead to incorrect testing procedures and results.
==See also==
*Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia
*Michael Prescott
*Bruce Siegel
==External links==
*The Weiler Psi
==Notes==
==References==
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