Society

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

Society

The Cost of Loving: falling birthrates, and the increased role of personal choice in procreation

Deborah Hyde -
Jordan Peterson believes falling birthrates are part of a self-hating environmentalist genocide, but it's more likely that people are having fewer babies out of personal choice
Cryptozoology

Could Loch Ness Monster sightings really be attributed to an aroused whale penis?

Hayley Stevens -
Viral posts claimed that sightings of the Loch Ness Monster were actually just aroused whale penises, but this eye-catching explanation simply doesn't fit the facts
Conspiracy Theories

Nikola Tesla and the cult of the mysterious genius

Mark Horne -
In the decades since his death, Nikola Tesla has taken on a mythical status among his devoted followers, who attribute to him all manner of groundbreaking - and ultimately suppressed - inventions
Skepticism

Science can be a candle in the dark, as long as you’re not actively trying to avoid the light

David Weinberg -
When people become over-invested in their beliefs, they can develop intellectual photophobia: an active resistence to any evidence that might shed uncomfortable light
Paranormal

Elizabethan Skepticism: How “A Discoverie of Witchcraft” pushed back against a moral panic

Mark Horne -
While still a product of it's time, Reginald Scot's "A Discoverie of Witchcraft" in 1584 offered common-sense challenges to the moral panic around witchcraft
Health

Abortion isn’t murder – despite their rhetoric, even the American religious right know it

Gabriel Andrade -
It is abundantly clear that the so-called 'pro-life' movement in the US don't genuinely believe abortion is murder, they simply want power and control
Health

The right to an abortion isn’t just about extreme, horrific cases – it’s about our bodily autonomy

Lindsey Osterman -
Discussing abortion rights on the terms of the religious right is a damaging mistake - the right to an abortion isn't just about ‘morally acceptable’ reasons like assault or medical emergencies
Politics

The Dangerous Dogs Act, with its emphasis on how a dog looks, is wholly unscientific

Alice Howarth -
The Dangerous Dogs Act was brought in to protect people from dangerous dog breeds, based on aesthetics rather than genetics - and it does more harm than good
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