If a method fails every controlled test, it’s not misunderstood. It’s wrong.
Facilitated Communication keeps coming back because people confuse belief with proof.
This piece walks through the history and the damage without sugarcoating it: https://ow.ly/XPBh50Y3Zsx
“Everyone is in favor of critical thinking. That’s evidence the term is in danger of becoming meaningless.”
A 2006 Skeptical Inquirer essay that aged better than most hot takes: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2006/03/critical-thinking-what-is-it-good-for-in-fact-what-is-it/
Wicked fans talk good vs bad. Skeptics know it’s belief vs evidence.
Malorie Mackey + Michael Maldonado talk about what happens when a believer and a skeptic share a life + why changing minds is slower than any song.
Dec 4 • 7pm ET
Free livestream: https://ow.ly/3TQQ50Xz9pK
Turns out you don’t always need a conference hall, sponsor deck, and polished stage to move skeptical culture forward. Sometimes it’s 22 people in a room eating pizza, trading ideas, arguing over Teflon, laughing about Dunning-Kruger, and finding the next generation of organizers without even realizing they’re doing it. This is where skeptical infrastructure actually begins. Tiny, imperfect rooms full of people who still care enough to show up in person.
Turns out you don’t always need a conference hall, sponsor deck, and polished stage to move skeptical culture forward. Sometimes it’s 22 people in a room eating pizza, trading ideas, arguing over Teflon, laughing about Dunning-Kruger, and finding the next generation of organizers without even realizing they’re doing it. This is where skeptical infrastructure actually begins. Tiny, imperfect rooms full of people who still care enough to show up in person.
Turns out you don’t always need a conference hall, sponsor deck, and polished stage to move skeptical culture forward. Sometimes it’s 22 people in a room eating pizza, trading ideas, arguing over Teflon, laughing about Dunning-Kruger, and finding the next generation of organizers without even realizing they’re doing it. This is where skeptical infrastructure actually begins. Tiny, imperfect rooms full of people who still care enough to show up in person.
Turns out you don’t always need a conference hall, sponsor deck, and polished stage to move skeptical culture forward. Sometimes it’s 22 people in a room eating pizza, trading ideas, arguing over Teflon, laughing about Dunning-Kruger, and finding the next generation of organizers without even realizing they’re doing it. This is where skeptical infrastructure actually begins. Tiny, imperfect rooms full of people who still care enough to show up in person.
Grassroots skepticism isn’t glamorous. It’s cookies, AV cables, and 22 people arguing over Teflon.
Small rooms are where future leaders, funders, educators, and skeptics actually get formed.
Susan Gerbic reports back from SkeptiCamp Santa Cruz 2025: https://ow.ly/tWqx50XmS6x
CSI is turning 50, which in skeptic years is… about 4,000 conspiracy theories debunked.
Join us in Buffalo with Bill Nye, Leighann Lord, and the all-stars of science communication.
June 11–14, 2026.
Let’s celebrate the people who celebrate reality: CSIconference.org
A quiet conversation between @twkskeptic.bsky.social and Gutsick Gibbon about teaching evolution, handling pushback, and leaving room for people to learn.
“Science is not a threat to anybody—it’s our way forward.”
Watch it here: youtu.be/NPFLd2UlJQA
. @kevinfolta.bsky.social: "Both men advanced to positions overseeing a vital national interest ... And by understanding the history of an unqualified person driving nonscientific decisions in scientific public policy, perhaps we can avoid another disaster."
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Barry Karr on Peter Popoff: “I have no words strong enough in my vocabulary to describe my feelings.”
That bluntness carried CSI through lawsuits, conferences, and four decades of keeping skepticism stitched together.
A proper legacy: skepticalinquirer.org/2025/08/barr...
The NIH gave us CRISPR cures and leukemia pills that turned death sentences into long lives.
Now we’re planning to cut it nearly in half.
The math here doesn’t add up: skepticalinquirer.org/2025/08/nih-...
Quackery is a reminder of how easily science can be distorted when profit comes first.
On Sept. 18, Dr. Robert Greenspan joins us to explore the history of medical pseudoscience and what it means today.
7pm ET | Free livestream, registration required: skepticalinquirer.org/video/histor...
A documentary says psychic readings are “meaningful, even if they’re not real.”
Benjamin Radford digs into truth, ethics, and what it means to be “genuinely sincere” while selling unverifiable claims to grieving clients.
Smart, sharp, and necessary reading: skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/lo...
Barry Karr is retiring. He has been a leading figure at @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social and in the skeptical movement for decades. He has always been there when I needed help. I consider him a friend and wish him all the best. Thank you for everything, Barry.
circuloesceptico.org/noticias/bar...
Psychics didn’t solve this cold case.
Science and solid police work did. This piece reminds us why skepticism and science matter more than ever.
Read how a 52‑year‑old mystery was really solved: skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/no...
Check out the new issue of @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social with cover story pieces by the @theskepticsguide.bsky.social crew!
"A series of eight studies has uncovered a consistent pattern among people who believe in conspiracy theories: they tend to be overconfident in their cognitive abilities and significantly overestimate how much others agree with them."
From @psypost.bsky.social: www.psypost.org/conspiracy-b...
My latest piece for
@skepticalinquirer.bsky.social recounts how the wildly popular but thoroughly pseudoscientific Telepathy Tapes podcast tried to silence one of its critics but failed. Not a good look. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/th...
My talk "Why Do We Believe Things That Are Eminently Consequential and Demonstrably Untrue? The 3M Model of False Belief" at @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social Skeptical Inquirer Presents.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxbH...
A new homeopathy doc claims it can cure AIDS, regrow dog kneecaps, and replace real medicine. It’s funded by RFK Jr.'s org and 400K+ in industry cash 🫠
We watched it. You probably shouldn’t.
Here's the scoop from @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social: skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/be...
@tremond.bsky.social once fell for #JFK conspiracy theories.
Now he teaches teens how to spot logical fallacies, debunk ghost gadgets, and avoid getting duped.
His course is “the class to take if you want to become a better thinker.”
Check it out: skepticalinquirer.org/2025/04/high...
This month's column in @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social is now available for FREE: Here are the highlights. 🧵1/6
Read the full article ⬇️:
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Quote from David McRaney that reads: "Because as long as people are still thinking, we must encourage people to keep thinking about thinking," from Skeptical Inquirer May/June 2025. Visit SkepticalInquirer.org to read the full issue.
@davidmcraney.bsky.social introduces a special critical thinking issue—featuring @critikid.bsky.social, @thinkingpowers.bsky.social, @quackwatch.bsky.social, and more.
Explore the intro and full issue: skepticalinquirer.org/2025/04/teac...
#CriticalThinking #ScienceEd
My latest for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social is an interview with one of my heroes, C. Eugene Emery, skeptic and former science and medicine reporter for the Providence Journal and Reuters, now writing for PolitiFact. @poynterinstitute.bsky.social @reuters.com
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Why are churches pushing authoritarianism?
Join journalist @katherinestewart.bsky.social as she exposes how religion, grievance, and lies are fueling a movement against democracy.
🗓️ April 17 | 7PM ET
🔴 Free #SkepticalInquirer Presents livestream—register now: skepticalinquirer.org/video/money-...
From pandemics to the climate crisis, humanity faces tremendous challenges.
Efforts to address these crises are often hampered by a common threat: politically and ideologically motivated opposition to science.
Watch Science Under Siege with #MichaelMann: youtu.be/BBOmd2XhMLY
250 issues strong. For nearly 50 years, we've exposed pseudoscience and defended reason. To mark the milestone, we teamed up with #BillNye for a special issue on climate denial.
🧠 Support #SI: skepticalinquirer.org/support/?ms=...
📖 Read the issue: skepticalinquirer.org/2025/01/?ms=...
We’ve been debunking bad science since before the internet was a thing.
UFOs? Ghosts? Miracle cures? We’ve heard it all. Now we’re here to ruin the fun in a whole new corner of the internet.
Got evidence? Bring it. Otherwise, we’ll stick with reality.
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