Society

When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.

History

The Odyssey of Helen’s skin colour: casting controversies and bad philology

Gabriel Andrade -
We don't have to rewrite Greek history to centre African influences in order to argue that a fictional character like Helen of Troy could be played by a black actor.
History

Five “zombie facts” about history that we need to consign to the past

Sean Slater -
From Viking horns and dirty serfs to the plucky underdog role of Britain in World War II, history is replete with oft-repeated – but factually incorrect – myths.
Conspiracy Theories

Bill Hicks embodied all the good and bad of High Weirdness

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Bill Hicks was a brilliant and passionate comedian, but one who was prone to conspiracy theory, high weirdness, and a proto-incel level of misogyny.
Science

Smoke and mirrors: violent media, cigarettes, and shaky statistics

Jim Cliff -
Is violent media as closely linked to aggression as smoking is to lung cancer? Only if you take at face value heavily cherry-picked research.
Bad PR

Gen Z don’t really think they’re psychic – at least no more so than their elders

Michael Marshall -
New "research" suggests that a third of Gen Z believe they have psychic intuition – based on an online survey with deep methodological flaws.
Religion

‘God: The Science, The Evidence, The Dawn of a Revolution’… and underwhelming apologetics

Aaron Rabinowitz -
'God: The Science, The Evidence, The Dawn of a Revolution', by Michel-Yves Bollore and Olivier Bonnassies, is nothing more than an intelligent design bait-and-switch
Religion

For a truly global humanist movement, we need an International Humanist Institute

Leo Igwe -
Humanism extends beyond Europe and America - to allow the movement to flourish worldwide, we must address the challenge of humanist leadership.
Bad PR

The ‘Quiet Revival’ in British religiosity was only ever a statistical mirage

Michael Marshall -
The much-heralded 'Quiet Revival' report on British youth religiosity has been withdrawn after its data was found to be fraudulent.
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