The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
The mission of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry is to promote scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims.
Now Online: Skeptical Inquirer Volume 37.1
January/February 2013
Selected articles by:
Latest Articles
The Birthday Of Burzynski – Skeptics Fundraise For St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
by Kylie Sturgess
Special Articles · Curiouser and Curiouser
February 1, 2013
On January 23, the Skeptics for the Protection of Cancer Patients delivered a birthday present to Houston cancer quack Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski and the Burzynski Clinic: a donation of around $13,000 raised in his name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – with a request that the clinic match those funds for the hospital.
The Trouble with Pseudoscience—It Can Be a Catastrophe
by Sharon Hill
Special Articles · Sounds Sciencey
January 30, 2013
Pseudoscience is what one might call a two-dollar word. Skeptics often throw it around because of its weightiness and the values it transmits. We need to talk about this word, where it came from, and why we should be cautious about using it.
Stuff You Should Know TV
by LaRae Meadows
Special Articles
January 28, 2013
Ever wonder what the love child of the British version of The Office and an overheard conversation about science between two reasonably informed guys would grow up to be? Ok, maybe not, but Stuff You Should Know will answer the question anyway.
Wisdom from the Origins Conference
by Noah Nez
Skeptical Briefs · Native Skeptic · Volume 22.3
A quick search on the background of some of the speakers and sponsors reveals much of the same brand of pseudoscience that is found permeating through the entire institute, its offered programs, and the Wisdoms of the Origins conference.
Phrenology and the Grand Delusion of Experience
by Geoffrey Dean
Skeptical Inquirer · Article · Volume 36.6
In the nineteenth century, phrenology was hugely influential despite being totally invalid. Its history shows why we must be skeptical of any belief based solely on experience.
Carcajadas contra creencias
by Luis Alfonso Gámez
Special Articles · ¡Paparruchas!
January 23, 2013
El humor es una magnífica herramienta no sólo para la divulgación del conocimiento, sino también en la lucha contra la pseudociencia, donde tan importante es tener razón como que parezca que uno la tiene.
