#skeptics — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #skeptics, aggregated by home.social.
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📼| SkeptixTalk with Susan Blackmore
Susan is one of the most colourful figures in the international sceptical community. In conversation with @hummler.bsky.social , she recounts how she evolved from a student determined to prove the existence of supernatural phenomena into a leading figure in the sceptical movement.
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📼| SkeptixTalk with Susan Blackmore
Susan is one of the most colourful figures in the international sceptical community. In conversation with @hummler.bsky.social , she recounts how she evolved from a student determined to prove the existence of supernatural phenomena into a leading figure in the sceptical movement.
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📼| SkeptixTalk with Susan Blackmore
Susan is one of the most colourful figures in the international sceptical community. In conversation with @hummler.bsky.social , she recounts how she evolved from a student determined to prove the existence of supernatural phenomena into a leading figure in the sceptical movement.
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📼| SkeptixTalk with Susan Blackmore
Susan is one of the most colourful figures in the international sceptical community. In conversation with @hummler.bsky.social , she recounts how she evolved from a student determined to prove the existence of supernatural phenomena into a leading figure in the sceptical movement.
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📼| SkeptixTalk with Susan Blackmore
Susan is one of the most colourful figures in the international sceptical community. In conversation with @hummler.bsky.social , she recounts how she evolved from a student determined to prove the existence of supernatural phenomena into a leading figure in the sceptical movement.
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👻 Famous atheist philosopher claims to have seen *something* when he was *dead*—because who doesn't love a good ghost story from a guy who devoted his life to saying there's nothing to see? 🚫🧙♂️ Apparently, a brush with #pneumonia and the #afterlife turns even the staunchest #skeptics into spiritual storytellers. 🧐📜
https://www.philosopher.eu/others-writings/a-j-ayer-what-i-saw-when-i-was-dead/ #famousathetist #ghoststory #philosophy #HackerNews #ngated -
*Actual "AI skeptics" being actually skeptical about AI making some extravagant claims about some field-of-operations that they actually know enough to be skeptical about #skeptics #skepticism
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On Science and Medicine skeptics and MAHA
When you opponent says, “I simply don’t trust you. That is what it is.”
Your reply should be a question:
"What specific attributes or expertise would someone need to demonstrate for you to trust their judgment, even if you disagreed with them at the start?"
or maybe
"Is there any combination of professional background and transparency that would outweigh your personal intuition on this topic?"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/opinion/health/maha-public-health.html
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I watched an interesting talk this evening: https://www.hampshireskeptics.org/25th-february-2026-taking-off-the-blindfold-about-plastic-waste-how-making-waste-visible-changes-behaviour/
About what types of messages caused which types of people to reduce thei volume of single-use plastics they use.
#winchester #skeptics #science #plastics #PlasticsPollution #BreakFreeFromPlastics
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I watched an interesting talk this evening: https://www.hampshireskeptics.org/25th-february-2026-taking-off-the-blindfold-about-plastic-waste-how-making-waste-visible-changes-behaviour/
About what types of messages caused which types of people to reduce thei volume of single-use plastics they use.
#winchester #skeptics #science #plastics #PlasticsPollution #BreakFreeFromPlastics
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I watched an interesting talk this evening: https://www.hampshireskeptics.org/25th-february-2026-taking-off-the-blindfold-about-plastic-waste-how-making-waste-visible-changes-behaviour/
About what types of messages caused which types of people to reduce thei volume of single-use plastics they use.
#winchester #skeptics #science #plastics #PlasticsPollution #BreakFreeFromPlastics
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I watched an interesting talk this evening: https://www.hampshireskeptics.org/25th-february-2026-taking-off-the-blindfold-about-plastic-waste-how-making-waste-visible-changes-behaviour/
About what types of messages caused which types of people to reduce thei volume of single-use plastics they use.
#winchester #skeptics #science #plastics #PlasticsPollution #BreakFreeFromPlastics
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CW: Epstein discussion (tangent)
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CW: Epstein discussion (tangent)
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CW: Epstein discussion (tangent)
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CW: Epstein discussion (tangent)
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CW: Epstein discussion (tangent)
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"NASA: For the benefit of all?"
Dr Graeme Eddolls, #UofG graduate and former #NASA researcher
January 13, 2026 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm, The Admiral Woods
https://glasgowskeptics.com/event/nasa-for-the-benefit-of-all
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05 Jan 2026 NZ Skeptic Newsletter Japanese Story
In this week’s newsletter
- Fortnight in skeptical history – January 6th to 18th
- Can AI replace your lawyer?
- Book Review: Nature’s Last Dance
- Critiquing scientific claims
https://mailchi.mp/f82a56ab4c85/skeptic-news-japanese-story
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The Skeptic's Book of Lists list item of the day. From the list "Cancer 'Cures' from A to Z You Might Want to Stay Away From".
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#SkepticsBookofLists
#skeptic
#skeptics
#BookOfLists
#CancerCures
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Are you a #skeptic or a #cynic?
#Skeptics tend to be open-minded, comfortable #questioning their #assumptions, and willing to change their minds; #cynics tend to be #pessimistic and #assume the worst in people and events.
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Are you a #skeptic or a #cynic?
#Skeptics tend to be open-minded, comfortable #questioning their #assumptions, and willing to change their minds; #cynics tend to be #pessimistic and #assume the worst in people and events.
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Are you a #skeptic or a #cynic?
#Skeptics tend to be open-minded, comfortable #questioning their #assumptions, and willing to change their minds; #cynics tend to be #pessimistic and #assume the worst in people and events.
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Are you a #skeptic or a #cynic?
#Skeptics tend to be open-minded, comfortable #questioning their #assumptions, and willing to change their minds; #cynics tend to be #pessimistic and #assume the worst in people and events.
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Are you a #skeptic or a #cynic?
#Skeptics tend to be open-minded, comfortable #questioning their #assumptions, and willing to change their minds; #cynics tend to be #pessimistic and #assume the worst in people and events.
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New podcast episode out: "Who Watches The Watchers" where we discover not all 'crypto critics' are the same... some may be compromised..
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Tuller walks us through their argumentation and concludes: "The whole thing reads like a desperate attempt to portray their intervention as having had some meaningful effect. The CODES data tell a different story."
@david #sceptic #sceptics #scepticism #skeptic #skeptics #skepticism
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#MichaelShermer - What’s the #NewAtheism?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLDywmDlfbE
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfReligion #Religion #Atheist #Atheism #Theist #Theism #Theology #God #Gods #Hume #DavidHume #Agnostic #Agnosticism #Science #FineTuning #Universe #Sceptic #Skeptic #Sceptics #Skeptics #Scepticism #Skepticism #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn
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In today's episode of "I Told You So," our author bravely defends their #AI #overlords against those tinfoil-hat-wearing #skeptics 🤖🧢. With a blog name that sounds like a mosquito repellent ad and a menu longer than a CVS receipt, who wouldn't trust their sage opinions? 🐜💻
https://fly.io/blog/youre-all-nuts/ #TinfoilHat #BlogHumor #TechOpinions #HackerNews #ngated -
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Maybe related;
I've found multiple groupings around #Homeopathy.#EvidenceBasedMedicine says (perhaps) "We need large RandomControlledTrails to determine it's efficacy".
#ScienceBasedMedicine want to reject it's use as it's claimed mechanism is entirely fanciful.
#Skeptics follow #SBM .
#Clinicians (some) see (some) good outcomes and don't care if they're #PlaceboEffect #Placebo or not.
#PleasedUsers get results they want.
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C'mon #NYT stop conferring legitimacy on #climate #kooks by referring to the latter as "climate #skeptics"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/climate-change-disinformation.html
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🧠💥 "Memory Safety for Skeptics" is here to convince you that worrying about your software's memory safety is just as thrilling as watching paint dry. 🎨😴 Despite #Rust being hailed as the knight in shining armor for this cause, it's really just a hipster language trying to make buffer overflows feel passé. 🛡️📉
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3773095 #MemorySafety #Skeptics #Programming #BufferOverflows #SoftwareDevelopment #HackerNews #ngated -
Absolutely fantastic talk from Dr Cyriac Abby Philips, 'the liver doc' yest.
Treating patients young and old who have complex liver failure issues due to the ayurvedic remedies India's powerful cultural network of quacks gives to people, people who are just concerned for their health and that of their children.
Babies with mercury poisoning. A teen w alcoholic cirrhosis. Arsenic poisoning.
Horrific. Please support him https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/10/dr-cyriac-abby-philips-wins-2025-skeptical-activism-ockham-award/ #skeptics #traditionalMedicine #altMed #CAM #QEDcon
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Any of my fedi pals here at #QEDcon #Manchester?
Other than those of you I already saw/have known for years obv :D
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Meirion Jones, a brilliant journo, is speaking in Greenwich next week! Plume of Feathers, 7:30pm
Check it out
https://mastodon.world/@GreenwichSITP/115190338993706046(edit, not tonight, my calendar lies to me!)
#skeptics #sitp #London #LondonEvents #SouthEastLondon #talks #lectures #journalism
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Want to go to a Not A Con hosted by the #Skeptics Guide to the University in #Sydney #Australia next year?
It sounds pretty good.
If so, please put in an expression of interest.
#brisbane #perth #melbourne #adelaide #hobart #darwin #canberra
https://www.theskepticsguide.org/
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_dlHAHPUbeBCe-h7lbZsf0wOXp2sZZZHMFnt5Uj4zlwl9yQ/viewform
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AO THROWBACK - There are many reported human skeletal finds which are in discordance with current evolutionary beliefs dating back to anomalously ancient geological periods in the distant past, way before it is accepted that human beings ever existed. https://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-science/anomalous-skeletons-0011224
#AncientOrigins #ancient #history #historyfacts #historylovers #historymatters #ancienthistory #archaeology #mythology #Anomalies #Skeptics -
Academics are kidding themselves about AI https://www.learningfromexamples.com/p/what-academics-get-wrong (good advice for critiquing AI) #AI #skeptics #criticism
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I've just been to an interesting talk on the climate:
https://www.hampshireskeptics.org/wed-23rd-april-the-world-we-want-bors-hulesch/
If you get a chance to go and see it (it sounds like it will get rolled out widely), I hope you choose to see it. #climate #ClimateEmergency #uk #skeptics #SkepticsInThePub #winchester -
@leo listened to an interview done on the #SGU podcast this week with Blake #Lemoine discussing his view #AI #Sentience with #LaMDA and other systems. Thought it might be interesting to you and others to hear him discuss his view with a bunch of #scientific #skeptics, including a #neurologist.
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@yvanspijk
AIUI #Cybernetics has strong links with #GeneralSemantics which is poo-hooed by some #Skeptics due to an approach taken by #MartinGardner that is disputed in the article below.
