Skepticism

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From the archives: The Moses Barrier – the paranormal takes over where religion left off

Lewis Jones - 17th September 2024

From the archives in 1990, Lewis Jones looks at where religion ends and where pseudoscience and the paranormal take over

Psychology

Comparing misinformation to a virus is neither accurate nor useful in preventing its spread

Ariana Modirrousta-Galian, Phil Higham, Tina Seabrooke - 13th September 2024

Portraying misinformation as a virus assumes we're all equally susceptible, and risks distracting us from solutions to the problem it poses

Archive

From the archives: UFOs Over Russia

Tom Ruffles - 10th September 2024

From the archives in 1990, Tom Ruffles asks whether the UFOs seen over Russia were alien visitors taking advantage of glasnost

Philosophy

A search for meming: fighting the mind-virus virus

Blake Smith - 2nd September 2024

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

Archive

From the archives: What is Hypnosis?

Lewis Jones - 20th August 2024

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

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From the archives: Hypnosis and the Occult

H.B. Gibson - 13th August 2024

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

Skepticism