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National Down Syndrome Society Promotes Communication Pseudoscience
On January 10, 2019, the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) offered a free public webinar on facilitated communication (FC), a thoroughly discredited communication method most often used with...
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Natalie Grams: Medical Homeopath to Professional Skeptic
Preamble: This is an interview translated to English from Natalie Grams and the interviewer’s native language German. For direct quotes, please refer to Natalie Grams directly:...
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Squaring the Skeptic with Celestia Ward (Part 2)
The cohosts of Squaring the Strange at work on their podcast. In part 1 of this article, Celestia and I discussed her background, the origin and format of the Squaring the Strange podcast, as well as...
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Revolviendo el contenedor de basura del VAERS La realidad es la mejor medicina
Artículo traducido por Alejandro Borgo, Director del CFI/Argentina. Sin duda, las vacunas son uno de los más grandes triunfos de la medicina moderna. La viruela fue el flagelo más letal en la historia...
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Were the ‘Sonic Attacks’ on American Diplomats Just Sci-Fi?
“Any talk of a sonic attack is science fiction … . I have no doubt that the Trump Administration, which has consistently claimed that an attack took place (including Trump himself), now realize that...
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A Surfeit of Silliness
Photo By Marco Verch Is the world getting crazier? It seems so, but maybe I’m just more aware of the silliness. Here are just a few of the outlandish things I’ve run across recently. Divination by...
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Brazil Launches Its First Institute for the Promotion of Skepticism
Natalia Pasternak Taschner, Photo Credit: Karl Withakay On November 22, 2018, Institute Question of Science (IQC), the first Brazilian institute for skepticism and rational thinking, was officially...
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Cómo creemos
Artículo traducido por Alejandro Borgo, Director del CFI/Argentina. Creencia: qué significa creer y por qué nuestras convicciones son tan persuasivas. (Belief: What It Means to Believe and Why Our...
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The Provenance of Captain Smith’s ‘Haunted’ Mirror
Several of my articles have focused on claims made by paranormal TV celebrity Zak Bagans. Between his still-popular TV show and his Las Vegas museum of “haunted” items, he tends to insert himself into...
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La Sociedad Nacional del Síndrome de Down promueve la pseudociencia de la...
Artículo traducido por Alejandro Borgo, Director del CFI/Argentina. El 10 de enero de 2019, la Sociedad Nacional del Síndrome de Down estadounidense (NDSS) puso a disposición un seminario web gratuito...
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A Conversation with Skeptics’ Guide Rogue Jay Novella (Part 3)
“We created a podcast that has significant reach; we discuss critical thinking and science. And we’re not just teaching people about it—we’re fans of it. We’re obsessed with it. We love it. It’s a...
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Un exceso de tonterías
Photo By Marco Verch ¿El mundo se está volviendo más loco? Parece que sí, pero quizá es que yo estoy más consciente de la estupidez. He aquí solo unas pocas cosas estrafalarias con las que me he...
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¿Eso es ciencia?
Carl Sagan, Father of the "Baloney Detection Kit" La ciencia es persuasiva, y debería serlo; la ciencia es el gran detector de la realidad. Lo que parece ser una afirmación científica, a menudo no lo...
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Operation Pizza Roll - Thomas John
In the tradition of Operation Bumblebee and Operation Ice Cream Cone, I bring you Operation Pizza Roll. Okay, that does sound pretty dramatic and silly, but I assure you that this is quite serious. I...
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Buckle Up - Seatbelt Psychic
Have you ever heard that skeptics overthink puzzles? Well that just happened to me and I’m going to tell you an amazing story, so buckle up. I’ve spent hours reviewing Lifetime’s TV show “Seatbelt...
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Undercover at a Psychic Group Reading
In January of 2018, I attended a psychic gallery reading at the Valley Forge Casino Resort in Pennsylvania. The event featured Matt Fraser, a self-proclaimed “gifted psychic medium” and author of the...
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A Skeptical Guide through the Conspiracy Rabbit Hole
Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect. By Mick West. Skyhorse Publishing. 2018. 304 pp. Hardcover, $21.99; kindle, $13.19. Mick West might just be...
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The ‘Momo Challenge’ and the ‘Blue Whale Game’: Online Suicide Game Conspiracies
Kids and their parents around the world apparently have a new deadly online danger to fear: a mysterious and terrifying online figure known as “Momo,” whose creepy image is that of a bug-eyed,...
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Dr. Oz Sells Lemons
Photo by Markus Spiske With his enthusiastic hype and on-air shenanigans, Dr. Oz has always impressed me as sounding more like a used car salesman than a respected cardiothoracic surgeon. A used car...
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Talking Science and Society at Church: Let’s Put Aside Differences to Tackle...
Over the past two decades, high profile debates over human origins, abortion, and stem cell research have distracted from the opportunities that scientists, skeptics, and religious Americans have to...
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