Graphology
A reporter working on the story of a graphologist hired by the Vancouver School Board to review the handwriting of teachers to identify which were child molesters. Beyerstein was asked if there was any evidence to support the invalidity of handwriting analysis. Beyerstein responded with the help of his brother Dale, by editing the book “The Write Stuff” which interviews graphologists along with their critics. He was a vocal critic of graphology which he identifies as pseudoscience similar to phrenology. According to friend and BC Skeptic co-founder Lee Muller, "... he and his brother all but eliminated graphology from the B.C. landscape".
Lecturing at the Skeptic's Toolbox, Beyerstein stated that graphology is more popular in Europe than in America, job applicants are discouraged to turn in a non-handwritten application. After extensive investigation, graphology "seems to rest on the notion of pareidolia'". As a discipline, graphology "lacks standardization in training; lack of commitment to research; absence of links with other disciplines; a tendency to self-publish rather than submit results to referred journals and a distinct dearth of progress in the field".
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