TIES Weekly update - May 8, 2017
The Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science (TIES) stresses the importance of promoting teacher leadership in the United States. Here at TIES we feel that our fellow teachers are our own best...
View ArticleSurviving the Misinformation Age
In 2016 many in the mainstream media portentously declared we had entered the age of “post-truth politics” (Drezner 2016) and now live in a “post-factual democracy” (Barret 2016). With monetized “fake...
View ArticleExorcism, magic and dreams interpretation on Arabic TV channels
After the huge destruction in private and governmental media and educational institutes in Arabic speaking countries, we are currently witnessing new phenomenon: religious superstition satellite...
View ArticleSurviving the Misinformation Age
In 2016 many in the mainstream media portentously declared we had entered the age of “post-truth politics” (Drezner 2016) and now live in a “post-factual democracy” (Barret 2016). With monetized “fake...
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El jesuita mexicano que fotografiaba espíritus
Una mano fantasmal, sobre el padre De Heredia (sentado) y un acompañante. “Todos los que creen en el fenómeno espiritista, así como los que son abiertamente escépticos, no pueden dejar de interesarse...
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The Lore and Lure of the Northern Lights
I first saw the Northern Lights from between the cars of a speeding Canadian VIA Rail train at about the fifty-eighth parallel north. I was on the last leg of a three-day journey five hours shy of...
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The Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science (TIES) stresses the importance of promoting teacher leadership in the United States. Here at TIES we feel that our fellow teachers are our own best...
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Curated Crowdsourcing in UFO Investigations
At 1:52pm on November 11, 2014, a Chilean Navy helicopter was flying along the coast about eighty miles southwest of Santiago airport. They were testing their new infrared camera, a Wescam MX-15 FLIR....
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Los campos electromagnéticos ¿pueden crear fantasmas?
Artículo traducido por Alejandro Borgo, Director del CFI/Argentina. Pregunta: Recientemente leí su libro Scientific Paranormal Investigation: How to Solve Unexplained Mysteries (Investigación...
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The New Zealand Moa: From Extinct Bird to Cryptid
On a visit to beautiful New Zealand in October 2015, I encountered this question: Did the moa, the large flightless, even wingless, bird of New Zealand—a cousin to the ostrich and the emu—really...
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The Mirror in the Last Haunted House
It was just before two in the morning; the place smelled old and I wasn’t much fresher. I stood quiet and still, alone at the top of the carpeted stairs in one of the most famous Old West–related...
View ArticleMoral Panic Du Jour: The ‘Blue Whale Game’
Over the past few months scary warnings have been circulating on social media asking parents, teachers, and police to beware of a hidden threat to children: a sinister online “game” that can lead to...
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So, you supported the March for Science. Now what?
Thousands of scientists and science enthusiasts gathered all over the world carrying witty signs, chanting science slogans, and making new friends. Others watched over social media, cheering on the...
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Chiropractors: Pro and Con
In a recent article in The New York Times, pediatrician Aaron Carroll asks us to rethink our biases against chiropractors when it comes to treating bad backs. He points out that lower back pain is a...
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GSoW Audio of Skeptics Project
CSICon 2017 is right around the corner. I just received my speaker’s packet, and I am starting to share the good news all over my social media. Conference season world-wide is starting, and I will be...
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“¡Qué escándalo! He descubierto que aquí se miente”
Al igual que el capitán Renault de ‘Casablanca’ descubre que en local de Rick se juega, algunos periodistas han descubierto ahora que en el mundo se miente. “La culpa es de las redes sociales”. No me...
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“Meanwhile, In the Upside Down…”
It was a quiet, uneventful week in Washington. I mean, aside from the ongoing tire fire at a fireworks factory that is the Trump presidency. When news broke that Trump had given highly sensitive...
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P-Hacker Confessions: Daryl Bem and Me
We Didn’t Know Any Better, p < .05 Cornell University psychologist Daryl Bem and I have something in common. Yes, we are both research psychologists, but that’s not what I mean. For me, it started...
View ArticleAnswering Vaccine Skeptics
The anti-vaccine movement is full of conspiracy theorists who deny the evidence for the effectiveness of vaccines, call vaccines “poisons,” think doctors and manufacturers (in collusion with the...
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The Real ESP—Building a Bridge for Skeptics
I’ve been advocating for many years about the importance of getting out from behind your computer and attending skeptic conferences. Even if it is just a Skeptic’s in the Pub (SitP) event or a lecture...
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