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Skeptical Adventures in Europe, Part 4
I’m joined by psychic expert and mentalist Mark Edward and European Skeptic Podcaster (ESP) András Gábor Pintér. We are now about to start day 17 of my About Time tour; I would have thought I would be...
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Combating Racism Through Shared Goals
Alt-right members preparing to enter Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, holding Nazi, Confederate, and “Don't Tread on Me” flags. Photo by: Anthony Crider When my oldest child was in high...
View ArticleHow to Make Better Decisions: Skeptics’ Advice
How can we all make better decisions in our lives given that there's so much misinformation out there? Our panel of skeptical interviewees at CSICon 2017 give us their suggestions! Jonathan Jarry from...
View ArticlePsychology, Skepticism, and Confronting Racism
Racism is abhorrent. It is therefore easy for a movement such as skepticism to adopt anti-racism stances, but skepticism must avoid promoting viewpoints because they are politically popular or...
View ArticleCritical Thinking Approaches to Confronting Racism
The racial divisiveness and tensions that erupted this past year (and specifically in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August), resulted, predictably, in a maelstrom of opinions—informed and otherwise....
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Let’s Be Reasonable
How to Be Reasonable (By Someone Who Tried Everything Else) is a graphic novel primer on critical thinking and an introduction to scientific skepticism that will empower you to see the world a little...
View ArticleDivided Expectations
If you are reading this column, you have likely benefited from the scientific and technological advances that have transformed the world’s economy. For well-educated professionals who form the core...
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Crisis Actors, Inc.
On February 14, a gunman carried out an appalling crime at Margory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing seventeen people and wounding a further fourteen. While the school shooting has become a...
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The Enduring Legend of the Changeling
In March 1863, a New York City coroner held an inquest on the death of a three-year-old child living on 83rd street between Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues. As reported in the New York Times, Mary Nell,...
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Skeptical Adventures in Europe, Part 5
I’m joined by European Skeptic Podcaster (ESP) and Associate Member of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO), András Gábor Pintér. We are now about to start day twenty of my About...
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Thomas Bopp Gets a Worthy Wikipedia Page
In early January 2018, I was informed that Thomas Bopp had died. If that name sounds familiar, think Hale-Bopp comet. It’s very likely that many of you reading this today may have watched the night...
View ArticleExpectativas divididas
Artículo traducido por Alejandro Borgo, Director del CFI/Argentina. Si estás leyendo esta columna, es porque te has beneficiado con los avances científicos y tecnológicos que han transformado la...
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Numb and Normal: Phantom Fears of an Indifferent America
Following many outrages—ranging from school shootings to real or perceived un-American actions by Donald Trump and others—it’s common to hear concerns that Americans are “numb” to terrors and that the...
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Reflections on Shermer’s Heavens on Earth
See Amazon Listing Michael Shermer is an historian of science and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. He is the founder of The Skeptics Society and the...
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Talking about The Woman Who Fooled the World: A Conversation with Nick Toscano
In 2015, journalists uncovered the truth: this hero of the wellness world, with over 200,000 followers, international book deals, and a best-selling smartphone app, was a fraud. Written by the same...
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Canarias, ¿tierra de ovnis?
El ovni de Canarias del 5 de marzo de 1979. Foto: Guillermo Lijtmaer. No hay en España un lugar más misterioso que las islas Canarias. En sus inmediaciones localizaba en los años 70 el psiquiatra...
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The Blackwell Ghost
Promotional image for The Blackwell Ghost The Blackwell Ghost is a film promoted as a real-life documentary which follows a filmmaker-turned-ghost hunter as he investigates an alleged haunted house....
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MCS SkeptiCamp: Bringing Skepticism to the People
The first skeptic conference of 2018 is over. Did you miss it? My local group, Monterey County Skeptics (MCS), has just completed its fourth SkeptiCamp, held January 6, 2018 in Seaside, California....
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The Riddle of Consciousness
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds. By Daniel C. Dennett. W.W. Norton, New York, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-393-24207-2. 496 pp. Hardcover, $28.95, Softcover, $18.95. For most of human...
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Ten Tricks of the Psychics I Bet You Didn’t Know (You Won’t...
“There is no way the psychic could have known that!” I have been researching psychics since 2002, and I have heard this phrase too many times to count. Mentalist and psychic expert Mark Edward would...
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