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

Society

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating skeptical writers who are women

Alice Howarth -
For International Women's Day, we share articles from three of the writers who choose to share their skeptical insight with our readers
Philosophy

The Tao of Magical Thinking: pseudoscience in Jeremy Lent’s ‘The Web of Meaning’

Ted Lefroy -
In The Web of Meaning, Jeremy Lent favours convenient ideas over accurate, and in doing so repeatedly presents speculative and even disproven theories as facts
Health

Job’s QALY problem: Is the life of an existing child worth more than two future children?

Gabriel Andrade -
Allocating our medical resources based on QALY - or Quality of Life-Adjusted Years - is important, but it has to be applied logically, rather than religiously
Media

The Simpson’s prophecies: no, the long-running cartoon can’t predict the future

Mike Hall -
The long-standing myth that The Simpson's has an uncanny ability to predict the future is just a case of viewers scouring archives to connect dots that aren't there
Psychology

When we enforce our taboo against inbreeding, we shouldn’t pretend that nature agrees

James Williams -
Inbreeding is seen as a gross taboo in many parts of the world, but a new study suggests it is far more common in nature than we might be comfortable admitting.
Astrology

Did earthquake guru Frank Hoogerbeets really foresee the disaster in Turkey and Syria?

Frank Visser -
Days before the earthquake in Syria and Turkey, Frank Hoogerbeets warned of the disaster with uncanny accuracy - a lucky guess, or proof of his earthquake-predicting powers?
Conspiracy Theories

January 8th, and the insurrectionist riot provoked by Bolsonaro and the Brazilian army

Thiago Vahia Malliagros -
When Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazilian parliament on January 8th, the attack was merely the culmination of years of lies and provocation from the former President and the army
Religion

Len Dong: the role of traditional rituals in modern Vietnamese communities

Gia Phuong Phan -
Despite being linked to a string of injuries, accidents and even deaths, many Vietnamese people continue to put their faith in Len Dong shamanism
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