The Skeptics Society is a nonprofit, member-supported organization devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and resisting the spread of pseudoscience, superstition, and irrational beliefs. The ...
On June 2-4 at the California Institute of Technology, the Skeptics Society held an eclectic “Environment Wars” conference on the state of environmental science. Conference participants talked about ...
It is no secret that a small but perhaps increasing share of Americans is deeply angry at many if not all societal and political institutions. On the right, reasons for fury include fear of racial or ...
You’ll never actually hear Daniel Reed say ghosts aren’t real, but he’s going to need more evidence before he believes in them. “I will say that there’s not been sufficient evidence presented to ...
Life used to run a series of cartoons called “The Skeptics Society” which showed earnest-looking savants solemnly testing and rejecting such saws as “A watched pot never boils” and ” ‘Tis an ill wind ...
Finally, if Skeptics are furious at their powerlessness and vulnerability, the modal Rejecter simply opts out—of societal involvement as well as the survey’s invitation to engage. The portrait that ...