Special Articles
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CFI Kenya Report: The Results of Superstition in Africa and Our Humanist Efforts
by George Ongere
January 14, 2013
Humanists in Africa have put anti-superstition campaigns as one of their top priorities. Not only has superstition caused people to lose property and given the youths a bleak future, but it has also made people lose their lives.
Information Cycle of Violence
by Robert Blaskiewicz
The Conspiracy Guy
January 11, 2013
New media, especially YouTube, has changed the public’s relationship to news and information in a way that has made conspiracy theories not only more prevalent but also a much more participatory pursuit. For this reason, it is vital that any student of conspiracy theory attain some degree of media literacy. A good place to start is with the information cycle.
Robert A. Steiner (1934-2013)
by Robert Sheaffer
January 8, 2013
Magician and skeptic Robert A. Steiner died on January 4, 2013 in a nursing home in Concord, California, at age 78. A longtime resident of the San Francisco Bay area, Steiner was a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and spoke at several CSI(COP) conferences.
Talking Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria – Senior Science Correspondent at Huffington Post
by Kylie Sturgess
Curiouser and Curiouser
January 2, 2013
Cara Santa Maria – Huffington Post’s senior science correspondent and host of the “Talk Nerdy to Me” series. Her published research has spanned various topics, including clinical psychological assessment, the neuropsychology of blindness, neuronal cell culture techniques, and computational neurophysiology.
Bashing the BMI: A Closer Look at the Skeptics
by Ben Radford
December 31, 2012
Why such hate for an otherwise boring, uncontroversial medical formula?
The (Christmas) Season For Reason With Young Critical Thinkers
by Kylie Sturgess
Curiouser and Curiouser
December 7, 2012
A Discussion With Science Teacher Laurie Tarr.
Appreciating Science: A New Approach to Science in our World
by Sharon Hill
Sounds Sciencey
November 14, 2012
Members of the public don’t know much about science, and they seem fine to leave science to the scientists. That’s Trouble.
Waldorf Steiner and Education – Weird and (Not So) Wonderful Schools
by Kylie Sturgess
Curiouser and Curiouser
November 7, 2012
An Interview with Quackometer’s Andy Lewis
Skepticism in the Southern End of the World
by Daniel Norero
November 6, 2012
Although we are on opposite sides of the planet, we have the same problems that you face in United States: psychics, astrologers, conspiracy theorists, doomsayers, alternative medicine "therapists,” fundamentalist preachers, creationists, and a host of charlatans who prey on the ignorance of people in the streets, either on television or privately.
CFI/Argentina Report 2012
by Alejandro Borgo
October 29, 2012
A report on the wide variety of activities of CFI/Argentina in 2012, including lectures, television appearances, online organizing, and more.
