Society

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

Conspiracy Theories

Thiago Vahia Malliagros - 17th February 2021

The forces that made the attempted coup of January 6th inevitable are still around - give them another spark and it will explode again.

Conspiracy Theories

Mark Horne - 29th January 2021

The Qanon movement regurgiates old antisemitic tropes that echo back to the Illuminati conspiracy theories pushed by Nesta Helen Webster

History

Thiago Vahia Malliagros - 20th January 2021

Adrenochrome has become a central part of the Qanon theory, despite 'Q' never mentioning it; its history is long, and deeply anti-Semitic.

Alternative Medicine

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi - 15th January 2021

Kardecism - an 19th century off-shoot of spiritualism - found fertile ground in Brazil, and grew to wholly undermine trust in science and medicine.

Alternative Medicine

Michael Marshall - 4th January 2021

The news media is in an income crisis, but the solution cannot be for newspapers to lend their reputations to scams and fakers

History

Paul Duncan McGarrity - 23rd December 2020

There's plenty to be skeptical about when it comes to the origins of Christmas, but that won't stop me embracing the warmth and magic of it all.

Philosophy

Aaron Rabinowitz - 21st December 2020

Letting go of a belief in free will isn't easy, but proving to people that no trace of the belief persists? That's where things get really tricky.

History

Victoria Stiles - 14th December 2020

There is no single 'true' version of history - pretending there is merely props up the status quo, rather than advancing our understanding

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