• Vote for Dr. Rachie & Science-Based Medicine on Twitter!

    Updated: 2010-01-30 03:28:03
    With the advent of new technologies such as the Internet, Facebook, and Twitter, the skeptical movement has been able to make great strides in connecting, networking, and growing over the years.  Unfortunately, various woo-based anti-science groups are doing likewise, often clogging up the ol’ Intertubes with all manner of nonsense. In a recent example of this [...]

  • 10:23 Homeopathy Suicide — Shaking, Stirring, For Science and Skepticism

    Updated: 2010-01-30 02:00:19
    I’m attending Perth Skeptics in the Park, with about a dozen people sitting around in the shade of a gorgeous Sunday, and I’m telling people about the 10:23 Campaign interview I just did for the Skeptic Zone podcast. If you haven’t checked it out, it features Marsh of the Merseyside Skeptics. Since I’m keen on Perth [...]

  • 10:23 Campaign Takes It To The Streets

    Updated: 2010-01-29 20:57:45
    In an effort to spread the word about the total non-effectiveness of homeopathic “medicines,” the 10:23 Campaign has organized a worldwide protest, taking place tomorrow. Skeptics will gather in cities all around the world, and participate in a mass ingestion of homeopathic treatments. Given the total inefficacy of homeopathy, this deliberate “overdose” will hopefully point [...]

  • Member: Ellen Ross

    Updated: 2010-01-29 20:27:01
    This member has not yet entered a bio.

  • Skeptical Groups Added

    Updated: 2010-01-29 16:00:48
    We’ve recently added the following skeptical groups to our Group Index. If your group isn’t on our list yet, let us know! Missouri: Springfield Freethinkers Jonathan Kraus http://www.meetup.com/SpringfieldFreethinkers/ Virginia: Drinking Skeptically – Richmond Shelley Mountjoy http://www.meetup.com/Drinking-Skeptically-RIC/ New Zealand: NZ Skeptics Vicki Hyde http://skeptics.org.nz/

  • 129th Skeptic’s Circle @ SkepVet

    Updated: 2010-01-28 22:13:03
    The Skeptic’s Circle comes rolling along for another round of skeptical goodness from all corners of the Interwebs – this round is being hosted by the SkepVet Blog, a place where “A Vet Takes a Science-Based Look at Complementary and Alternative Medicine”.  Read on to soak up the awesomeness Filed under: skeptical community [...]

  • Member: Elizabeth Lloyd

    Updated: 2010-01-28 04:27:18
    This member has not yet entered a bio.

  • Skeptical Websites Added

    Updated: 2010-01-27 21:21:41
    We’ve recently added the following skeptical sites to our Website Index. If your blog or website isn’t on our list yet, let us know! Astrodicticum Simplex Florian Freistetter http://www.scienceblogs.de/astrodicticum-simplex/ ICBS Everywhere.com Barbara Drescher http://www.icbseverywhere.com Spookspot Sharon Hill http://spookspot.wordpress.com/ Zeno’s Blog Zeno http://www.zenosblog.com

  • Skeptical Media Added

    Updated: 2010-01-26 21:45:43
    We’ve recently added the following skeptical podcasts to our Media Index. If your podcast isn’t on our list yet, let us know! The Completely Unnecessary Skeptical Podcast http://thecusp.org.nz MonsterTalk Blake Smith http://www.monstertalk.org

  • Are You On Our List(s)?

    Updated: 2010-01-26 16:43:47
    If you’re a skeptical group organizer, podcaster or blogger, here’s an easy way to help get the word out about your work. On our Resources page, we’re compiling indexes of skeptical groups, blogs/websites and media. Go check out the pages, and if you don’t see your particular project featured, don’t panic. At the top of [...]

  • Hal Bidlack on CBS News Video

    Updated: 2010-01-26 05:00:00
    Monday night on CBS News with Katie Couric, Hal Bidlack discussed the recent arrest of Jim McCormick and "dowsing for bombs." Video is available here. Click the image to watch the video.

  • Member: Tim Fake

    Updated: 2010-01-26 01:44:14
    BIO: "I am very interested in skepticism and critical thinking."

  • Site Maintenance

    Updated: 2010-01-24 13:36:07
    Just blowing some air through the tubes. Everything will be back to normal in a few moments. DB6SXXAPFVAX

  • Member: Rajesh

    Updated: 2010-01-23 22:52:29
    This member has not yet entered a bio.

  • Skeptical Groups Added

    Updated: 2010-01-23 22:05:48
    We’ve recently added the following skeptical groups to our Group Index. If your group isn’t on our list yet, let us know! North Carolina: The Triangle Area Skeptics Meetup http://www.meetup.com/triangle-area-skeptics/ Triangle Atheist, Agnostic, and Freethinker Meetup Alex http://atheists.meetup.com/80/ The Triangle Freethought Society (a chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation) http://www.triangleffrf.org/ UNC-Chapel Hill Secular Student Alliance Joy Nichols http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=155565056392&ref=ts

  • Speaker’s Bureau Signup

    Updated: 2010-01-23 01:45:51
    If you’re interested in being a part of our new Skeptical Speakers Bureau, you can add your information to the signup form. We’re hoping to make it as easy as possible for skeptical groups to find speakers on a wide range of topics, and your participation is a great first step. Thanks!

  • Member: Darwin

    Updated: 2010-01-22 20:13:47
    BIO: "I'm a skeptic and interested in meeting others..."

  • I Am A Grassroots Skeptic: Reed Esau Part 3

    Updated: 2010-01-22 16:00:58
    PART III – THE SKEPTICAMP COMEBACK Previous Post: “Part I: Becoming a Grassroots Skeptic” Previous Post: “Part II: The Genesis of SkeptiCamp” Ideas are cheap. Even good ones aren’t that difficult to come by. But making good ideas succeed requires careful execution, and perhaps a bit of luck. After the experience of the first three SkeptiCamp events, it wasn’t [...]

  • Member: Andrew

    Updated: 2010-01-21 19:43:19
    BIO: "Promoting science, skepticism and rationality is a virtue."

  • Skeptical Websites Added

    Updated: 2010-01-21 16:00:44
    We’ve recently added the following skeptical sites to our Website Index. If your blog or website isn’t on our list yet, let us know! Committee for Skeptical Inquiry http://www.csicop.org/ The Mad Skeptic Myron Getman http://www.themadskeptic.com Stuff And Nonsense James Cole http://jdc325.wordpress.com/ Truth-Driven Thinking Stephen L. Gibson http://www.truthdriventhinking.com

  • Secular & Skeptic Help for Haiti

    Updated: 2010-01-21 03:42:21
    **Note: This is essentially a repost of Phil Plait’s recent entry at Skeptiblog, but it is worth spreading the message far and wide; so please take a moment to read it and pass it on… The James Randi Educational Foundation has teamed up with the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science and a dozen other [...]

  • Last Call!!! Skepchicamp FUNdraiser!

    Updated: 2010-01-21 03:33:00
    **Note: Though I am helping to organize Skepchicamp, the first Chicago Skepticamp, I totally stole this announcement from Elyse Anders at Skepchick Today the Skepchicks have their hats out. All we’re asking for is money, and all we’re promising is booze and Skepchicks and amazing fun and great skeptical topics and great skeptical women/role [...]

  • Hitler reacts to the Global Atheist Convention

    Updated: 2010-01-19 11:10:53
    Most regular readers of the site will know of my ongoing troubles with internet connections. Fewer will know the extreme lengths I have gone to so that I may blog to you today — I have fled Australia for foreign shores, so that I may find bandwidth. A few days ago, on the 18th, I arrived [...]

  • Discussion: Skeptically Caffeinated

    Updated: 2010-01-19 07:12:42
    Hi all,Please make sure to RSVP for the Feb 3 meeting so we can get a head count.- RJoin this discussion.

  • Young Australian Skeptics on your iPhone!

    Updated: 2010-01-18 02:03:16
    Great news. The iPhone is ours! We have some good news for iPhone users. YAS is now iPhone friendly. Go on, have a look and tell us what you think. This is another step along the way on making YAS a more portable website. Bookmark it and put it on your iPhone desktop for quick access! [...]

  • January 2010

    Updated: 2010-01-17 15:47:54
    Teaching Biology January 20, 2010, 7:00 pm Betts Branch Library Marvin Druger, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University, will talk about his experiences teaching freshman biology. Dr. Druger is a Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence. He has taught introduction to Biology for more than 50 years. He served as president of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the Association [...]

  • William Shatner Sets Phasers for “Debunk” and PWNs John Edward

    Updated: 2010-01-16 03:53:11
    During my random Friday-night web surfing, I stumbled across this little gem that I had to share.  William Shatner (who played Captain Kirk on Star Trek) is interviewing psychic charlatan John Edward on his show “Shatner’s Raw Nerve” and definitely had his phasers set for “debunk”.  Check these clips out! “Is it possible you’re [...]

  • 128th Skeptic’s Circle @ Ionian Enchantment

    Updated: 2010-01-16 03:12:30
    The Skeptic’s Circle is back for 2010 with the first installment over at Ionian Enchantment. There are a lot of interesting skeptical posts in this installment, so go over and check it out… Posted in skeptical community

  • Member: John

    Updated: 2010-01-16 01:44:12
    BIO: "Just curious to see whats being talked about here. Have some good conversations"

  • Member: Robert

    Updated: 2010-01-13 21:09:36
    This member has not yet entered a bio.

  • Member: George

    Updated: 2010-01-13 05:53:39
    BIO: "Hoping to have some stimulating, intellectual discussion on scientific topics of current interest."

  • Member: Armenius von Hugenstein

    Updated: 2010-01-12 23:33:33
    BIO: "I am a skeptic and agnostic atheist."

  • Member: tahmina

    Updated: 2010-01-12 19:14:13
    BIO: "New resident of the Capital Region. Looking to meet new people with interesting opinions :)"

  • Member: Rick Gibson

    Updated: 2010-01-12 01:14:11
    BIO: "Arron & I were discussing getting the group going, so I searched out the meetup page. I'm working on a wordpress for our very own site."

  • Member: Max

    Updated: 2010-01-11 16:19:42
    BIO: "Sounds right up my cerebral alley. :-]"

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