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Wellmania: Misadventures in the Search For Wellness—Interview with Brigid...
Cold-pressed juices, quitting sugar, Paleo, hot yoga, mindfulness … if you embrace these things you will be happy, you will be well—just ask Instagram. Wellness has become a global mega-industry. But...
View ArticleTIES Weekly Update – September 1, 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...
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Moving Science’s Statistical Goalposts
In 1989, Ralph Rosnow and Robert Rosenthal, two well-respected experts on statistical methods in psychology, wrote the following memorable line: “We want to underscore that, surely, God loves the .06...
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James Alcock - an Interview with Susan Gerbic
Photo by Karl Withakay James Alcock is a professor of psychology at York University in Toronto, Canada. He is also a fellow and member of the Executive Council for the Committee for the Skeptical...
View ArticleTIES Weekly Update – September 6, 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...
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El negacionismo respecto de las estatinas
Artículo traducido por Alejandro Borgo, Director del CFI/Argentina. Cuando a Richard Dawkins le pidieron que justificara su creencia en el método científico contestó: “¡Funciona, forros! (1) Cuando la...
View ArticleFrom CSICon Speakers James Alcock and Loren Pankratz: A Call for Essays
We are interested in compelling stories of personal turnabout with regard to well-entrenched beliefs. We are seeking essays about the personal experience of changing one’s mind because of meaningful...
View ArticleLa Homeopatía es una farsa
Artículo traducido por Alejandro Borgo, Director del CFI/Argentina. La homeopatía es una farsa. Se ha demostrado a través de la investigación científica que los “remedios” homeopáticos son, como...
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An Interview with CSICon Speaker Kavin Senapathy
Kavin Senapathy is a science communicator who lives in Madison, Wisconsin. She writes for Forbes on many topics; you can check out her contributions here. Kavin will be speaking at CSICon Saturday,...
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The One Where “Psychic” Tyler Henry Reads Alan Thicke
“He’s so sweet.” “What a nice guy.” “Caring and with malice to no one.” “How can you call him a grief vampire when he helps so many people?” “He’s helping them get over their grief and move on.” “He...
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An Interview with CSICon Speaker Evan Bernstein
Susan Gerbic: Evan, so good to get a chance to catch up. Very excited to see that you will be at CSICon this year, we missed you last year. For the few people who don’t know who you are, can you give...
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Testosterone Rex
When a man does something silly, my daughters and I like to joke, “Testosterone poisoning strikes again!” Everybody knows women and men are different, not just anatomically but psychologically and...
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An Interview with CSICon Speaker Sheldon W. Helms
Sheldon W. Helms is a professor of experimental psychology at Ohlone College in Fremont, California, where he serves as senior faculty member in the Psychology Department. He holds a master’s degree...
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The Experience of Experiencing Eclipse People Watching
If you are interested in the 2017 solar eclipse event, then I’m sure you have already read about or watched more than I will be able to tell you in this article. I attended and was in the path of the...
View ArticleAn Interview with CSICon Speaker Maria Konnikova
Susan Gerbic: Hello, Maria. I don’t think we have actually met in person, but I have so enjoyed your lecture at CSICon 2016 as well as your podcast The Grift. You will be speaking again at CSICon on...
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27 academias científicas nacionales europeas alertan de la inutilidad y el...
La homeopatía no funciona, su promoción conlleva graves riesgos para la salud y no debería financiarse con dinero público, acaba de decir el Consejo Asesor Científico de las Academias Europeas...
View ArticleAn Interview with CSICon Speaker Bob Novella
Bob Novella is one of the founding members of the popular The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast that started in May 2005. He and the rest of the Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe rogues will be...
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We Already Know the Las Vegas Shooter’s Motive
As I write this, it is over a week since a man in a Las Vegas hotel room used assault rifles to shoot 489 people at a music festival, killing fifty-eight, and people are still asking why. The shooter...
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“13. It’s Just a Number, Right?”
Those words were spoken by my favorite science podcast host, Nate, from “The Show About Science,” on the thirteenth episode of his show, which was devoted to superstitions. At the time he said this,...
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The Fakery of Electrodermal Screening
The use of galvanometric devices to make health assessments is commonly referred to as electrodermal screening (EDS) or electroacupuncture according to Voll (EAV). Last year, I tested myself with a...
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