Society

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

Politics

JD Vance is right – for anti-intellectuals like him, the professors are the enemy

Edzard Ernst -
Professors seek the truth, and the truth is something that politicians like JD Vance fear, because it can reveal their agenda as being fascist.
Philosophy

A search for meming: fighting the mind-virus virus

Blake Smith -
The meme of religion as a "mind virus" oversimplifies how we come to our beliefs, and actively harms our attempts to encourage people to question dogma
Science

Racism is a real phenomenon, but that doesn’t mean that the idea of “biological race” is real

Natália Pasternak -
Just because some people will discriminate against others due to their appearance and racial identity, that doesn't make the notion of 'biological race' true.
Archive

From the archives: What is Hypnosis?

Lewis Jones -
From the archives in 1990, Lewis Jones takes a skeptical look at the history of hypnotism, and the studies that sought to understand it
Conspiracy Theories

The UK riots showed why we have to dismantle the far-right’s misinformation machines

Michael Marshall -
The UK riots were powered by misinformation - in plain sight on Twitter, and through racist conspiracy theories in covert Telegram groups
Society

“But it’s just a joke!”: why comedy’s right to offend doesn’t include the right to harm

Brian Eggo -
Comedians have a right to offend, but that doesn't automatically absolve them of responsibility for the harm or hatred their jokes can provoke
Archive

From the archives: Hypnosis and the Occult

H.B. Gibson -
From the archives in 1990, H.B. Gibson debunks the links between hypnotism and the occult, and puts forward his own contemporary understanding of hypnotism
Climate Change

The 2024 UK General Election came with lessons that skeptics should listen to

Mark Horne -
There have always been parties pushing fringe beliefs at elections, but Reform saw significant gains by courting the conspiracist vote - we need to pay attention
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