Skepticism is a cultural phenomenon. I know that many self-declared skeptics prefer to ... ah ... believe otherwise, or as they would perhaps say, they have deduced from pure principles using sound logic that Skepticism is rational behavior and there is nothing cultural about it. But they are...
I was just glancing through the blog of Katheryn Schulz, author of Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error, a book about people who were wrong about stuff, often big stuff (for example, she talks about individuals who spent decades in jail owing to false convictions). Meantime, I'm...
.... the podcast of the recent Skeptically Speaking, is here. It's a recorded live show!
This is not about women in skepticism. It is about skepticism, by women. Sort of. Anyway this episode includes:
Panelists: Kylie Sturgess of The Token Skeptic, Robynn “Swoopy” McCarthy of...
Skepchicon starts in two days. For those of you who don't know, Skepchicon is a "track" at Convergence, which in turn is one of those science fiction conventions where everyone dresses up as a Klingon or something.
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Although companies that manufacture over-the-counter DNA testing kits hope the tests will take off, many within the medical community have expressed concerns that the kits can lead to confusion or depression over the results, the Fort Meyers News-Press reports. The kits are designed to test a...
There are two things I've learned over the last year.
1) If you get a room full of self-described skeptics, gathered to converse skeptically about something, a minor tweaking of the conversation can cause an alarmingly large percentage of said "skeptics" to start spewing utter nonsense; and...
On Desiree Schell's Skeptically Speaking Radio with Quiche Moraine and Almost Diamond's Stephanie Zvan ...
... a panel discussion on skepticism and race. Is the face of modern skepticism really as monochrome as it appears? How do we make our message appeal to a broader, more diverse audience...
I believed people would crawl out of the woodwork to shout me down over considering acceptable the objectification of women, the "sexification" of breast cancer, and that I was going to be accused of merely wanting to save "my playthings" rather than people's lives. You see, because I'm a guy --...
I believed people would crawl out of the woodwork to shout me down over considering acceptable the objectification of women, the "sexification" of breast cancer, and that I was going to be accused of merely wanting to save "my playthings" rather than people's lives. You see, because I'm a guy --...
On the next episode of Skeptically Speaking, a panel discussion on skepticism and race. Is the face of modern skepticism really as monochrome as it appears? How do we make our message appeal to a broader, more diverse audience? And how do racial demographics influence belief in pseudoscience and...
You've met them. "Oh, those scientists. They get their funding from the government/industry/political think tanks. They're just producing the results needed to keep their money flowing. They'll say anything it takes. Besides, it's not like they don't make mistakes. Even Newton and Einstein had...
Skeptically Speaking Tonight!
We'll be talking to Nicky Garratt, guitarist in the legendary punk band, the UK Subs, who also happens to be an active skeptic. Does speaking out against psuedoscience, magical thinking and unexamined beliefs get in the way of damning the man?
And, back by...