Society

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

Skepticism

Obituary: Lewis Jones – magician, writer, teacher, and skeptic

Mike Hutchinson -
Mike Hutchinson, long time contributor to The Skeptic says farewell to the magazine's former columnist Lewis Jones, who died in September.
Skepticism

The Ockham Awards 2021: honouring the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience

Michael Marshall -
Nominations for the 2021 Ockham Awards are now open, with our annual award for Skeptical Activism and our Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience.
Politics

Those who define as ‘post-tribal’ forget that we all have communities – and biases

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Humans form in-groups on the thinnest of pretexts - it's better to acknowledge the communities we're in than to delude ourselves in thinking we are 'post-tribal'
Media

Are young people turning to god in the pandemic? Don’t believe the prayer PR

Michael Marshall -
The BBC reported on a growth of religiosity in young people... based on a flawed opinion poll from a Christian PR firm hired by "The Eternal Wall of Answered Prayers"
Ghosts

“I do try to think more critically!”: The Parapod’s Barry Dodds on his belief in the paranormal

Brian Eggo -
With the Parapod movie out now on general release, Brian Eggo sat down to talk ghosts and ghouls with the film's resident believer, Barry Dodds
History

The paradox of progress: how some social improvements paper over unfairness and inequality

Aaron Rabinowitz -
It's easy to argue that society is progressing, but when we replace overt oppression with covert oppression, is it reasonable to really count that as progress?
Paranormal

The mystery of the Gedriya: Unexplained lights over the Arabian Desert

David Mountain -
When a mysterious light appeared over the Hadhramaut desert, Bedouins agreed it must be the Gedriya - said to grant wishes during Ramadan
Health

The BBC’s ‘Sickness and Lies’ adds to the stigma disabled and chronically ill people experience

Alice Howarth -
A BBC documentary on whether chronic illness influencers were 'faking it' only served to heap more judgement and stigma onto disabled and chronically ill people
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