Skepticism

A double-edge sword: should we be labelling kids?

Labels in children's mental health offer validation, but risk pigeonholing, misdiagnosis, and overshadowing the child behind the diagnosis

What really happened in the case of the Great Seattle Windshield Mystery of 1954?

When residents of a small town near Seattle began to notice mysterious dents in their car windscreens, a full-scale panic was born - but was it real?

Ten top times skepticism made an unexpected appearance in pop culture

Few things can match the enjoyment of seeing your favourite show take an unexpected turn towards skepticism. Here's ten of our favourite examples.

The “purebloods”: how the unvaccinated came to see themselves as superior

As viral videos claimed that the vaccinated were dying in great number due to vaccine-caused blood clots, antivax communities adopted a new label for themselves: "purebloods"

Critical thinking is trending, so why doesn’t it seem like it’s helping?

We all like to think we're critical thinkers, and that our opponents aren't, but in order to reach people we have to be open to our own positions being challenged, too

Don’t call me skeptic! Should we embrace the label, or focus on the work of being skeptical?

While the term 'skeptic' has its uses in building communities, it's important that we don't let the label excuse us from the hard work of living up to it

The Transparent Psi Project: the results are in, so where are all the headlines?

Daryl Bem's precognition studies made worldwide headlines in 2011 - yet it's easy to predict proof Bem's work was flawed won't get the same attention

Did earthquake guru Frank Hoogerbeets really foresee the disaster in Turkey and Syria?

Days before the earthquake in Syria and Turkey, Frank Hoogerbeets warned of the disaster with uncanny accuracy - a lucky guess, or proof of his earthquake-predicting powers?
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