Society

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

Ghosts

Pulau Tekong: An island of ghosts, and the military men who train there

Ishan Singh -
While Pulau Tekong's hauntings and spooky occurrences may not be real, the impressions they make on the young military recruits who train there are very real
Society

Counterweight, and the continued enabling of bad faith ‘anti-woke’ actors

Aaron Rabinowitz -
The 'anti-woke helpline' Counterweight launched in a flurry of uncritical media interviews, but are less forthcoming when it comes to answering reasonable questions from critics
Science

Recovering memories: Could the Satanic Panic happen again?

Chris French -
Ongoing public belief in the idea of repressed memories suggests that the so-called Memory Wars are not yet over, and that the Satanic Panic could happen again
Society

10 songs that show there’s space for skepticism in the music industry

Brian Eggo -
From Frank Zappa to Stevie Wonder to Genesis, we chart the often surprising skeptical contributions from the world of pop
Paranormal

The story of the Satanic Panic is a tale of religious and cultural paranoia in America

Deborah Hyde -
The Satanic Panic of the 1980s showed we don't actually need a real Satan - well-meaning, deluded and fervent people will do His work for Him.
Science

Behind the World Wide Wall: how the anglophone IT industry limits diversity in coding talent

Akshi Narang -
When people have to learn English before they can learn to code, we close the door on a potential wealth of creativity and innovation
Astrology

When put to the test, the predictive powers of Indian astrology simply don’t hold up

Nagesh Rajopadhye -
The data collected in the famous double-blind test of Indian astrology in 2008 allows us to put the other basic astrological principles to the test
Conspiracy Theories

The continuation of QAnon: the eternal sunshine of an election that never ended

Thiago Vahia Malliagros -
The conspiracy theorists of Donald Trump's base avoid processing his defeat by refusing to accept that the 2020 election is over
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