Forum: Science and Skepticism

Interesting stuff on the BBC website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7520000/7520043.stm I would quite like to see this guy post...

I notice in a summary of polls taken during the year that 39% of Brits believe in ghosts and 22% in astrology. In 1950 the figures were 10% and 7%...

I decided it would be fun to add a Silly Sundays post to my new blog every week and this week I looked at the weird case of a cat that could...

There's an excellent article published today in the Guardian's environment blog....

I read that Scientists are struggling to give a definitive answer to this question: Universe was either eternal, or it came from nowhere. ...

Having an idle couple of hours tonight, I got to thinking about the What Do I Do Next document and this thread and got to thinking about how to...

When it comes to ‘skepticism’, it seems that there is agreement as to what it is (rational inquiry, etc.) but there seems to be no agreement on how...

Hello. Just posted on my blog an article regarding two of the main (founding) texts on this site, What is skepticism and Can Skeptics be Skeptical...

There seem to be a growing number of UK-based skeptical groups around these days. One the one hand this is good and shows there is an appetite out...

Scientists tend to be portrayed as nerds or nutters in drama. Politcians ignore what they say and, along with big companies, control their grants....

Hello there. Can anyone point me in the direction of some good resources so I can learn more about climate change? I am ashamed to say I know...

I would be interested to hear of any professional or personal views that members here might have regarding this "unprecedented research project", the...

Please note: This post is neither a sales pitch for NLP, nor even a defence of NLP-related techniques or ideas. Some years ago (2003, to be...

I thought it would be interesting to know how people met the word in it's appropriate usage, as descriptor of critical thinking or how critical...

Another Science story from The Daily Mail: How brain training games 'give children a grade boost' I'm getting a tremendous sense of...

As skeptics we aim to reach (provisional) conclusions on issues that are justified. i.e. when we adopt a position on a matter we can supply good...