Society

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

Paranormal

Behind the times: living in a modern era doesn’t inoculate us against believing in curses

Deborah Hyde -
Belief in the supernatural doesn’t thrive or decline by decree - even in a technological society such as ours, superstition can take hold
Skepticism

Misleading propaganda from ‘Care Not Killing’ is designed to poison the well on assisted dying

Brian Eggo -
Society needs to have an honest, grown-up conversation about the right to die - what it doesn't need is propaganda and misleading stats from special interest groups
Psychology

For a high-functioning society we must learn to embrace neurodiversity

Galina Limorenko -
Listening to the voices of diverse communities helps us foster a truly inclusive society, where we treat everyone with respect and humanity.
Philosophy

We can understand the effect of privilege better when we consider it in terms of moral luck

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Terms like 'privilege' have, rightly or wrongly, become divisive - a simpler, and perhaps more fitting, question to ask is how lucky we've been
Conspiracy Theories

Inside the White Rose: the extremist groups looking to capitalise on Covid paranoia

Michael Marshall -
Seizing on people's pandemic fears, extremist groups are trying to radicalise White Rose members with health misinformation, holocaust denial, and white supremacist propaganda
Media

Behind the slick production values of “The Reason I Jump”, lies Facilitated Communication

Janyce Boynton -
The documentary "The Reason I Jump" claims to offer insight into the inner lives of autistic people, but it is based on a pseudoscientific communication technique
Skepticism

Coming to terms: the words believers, skeptics and the general public use differently

Mark Horne, Matt Kemp -
Sometimes it feels like skeptics are speaking a different language to everyone else - here's our guide to the times what we mean differs from what people hear
Health

Living donor: why I decided to give my right kidney to a complete stranger

Jairus Durnett -
Becoming a living kidney donor has made little difference to my life, but doubtlessly a huge difference to the life of the stranger who received it
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