Society

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

Conspiracy Theories

Defending Critical Race Theory is impossible without highlighting the moral panic around it

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Defining Critical Race Theory will do nothing to deter culture war figures from stoking the CRT moral panic - we need to call out their tactics, rather than play into their hands
Health

Correlation does not equal causation – the depression and serotonin edition

Alice Howarth -
Media reports on serotonin and depression risk causing patients to quit their antidepressants - even though we know antidepressants do work for some people
Ghosts

The mystery of Glastonbury Abbey: When the spirit moves you

Chris French -
Critics often accuse Bligh of making up his claims about automatic writing, but experiments show that it's quite possible that he was sincere, albeit mistaken, in his claims
Skepticism

Anti-vaxxers and pro-Russia conspiracy theorists are both driven first of all by attitude

Lorenzo Gagliardi -
While disinformation is a powerful tool for spreading false ideas, anomalistic beliefs would not take hold if they didn't already fit with the recipient's ideology and attitude
Paranormal

The Hairy Hands of Devon: how a tabloid tale spiraled into a full-blown urban legend

Blake Smith -
Legendary horror stories of monstrously hairy hands sending drivers in Devon to their death can be traced back to a spate of tabloid tales in the 1920s
Society

My abortion was absolutely the right decision – but I wish I’d known what to expect

Anonymous -
We need to talk more about our experiences of abortion, so that people know what is normal, what to expect, and how they might feel even when they know it's the right decision
Ghosts

The mystery of Glastonbury Abbey: Messages from the other side?

Chris French -
Bligh Bond's 1919 book 'The Gates of Remembrance' is one of the first documented examples of so-called psychic archaeology, claimed to be written using automatic writing.
Paranormal

“Miracles Today?” A Medical Critique of Craig Keener’s miracle claims

Peter May -
A recently published book claims to present stories of miraculous healings brought about by prayer, yet there remains no good evidence of even a single Christ-like miracle
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