How the Epstein Files Became the Ultimate Conspiracy Theory
Michael Shermer examines the psychology behind pattern seeking, the limits of suspicion, and how the Epstein files fuel conspiracy thinking.
Skeptics
Nick Gillespie and Skeptic Magazine's Michael Shermer on Postmodernism, Rationalism, and The Intellectual Dark Web
Tune in to Reason's livestream conversation between Gillespie and Shermer.
Michael Shermer on Why Even Scientists, Transhumanists, and Atheists Want To Believe in Heaven: Podcast
One of the world's top skeptics of religion casts a cold eye on secular attempts to create utopia and immortality.
Stossel: Junk Science Locks Up Innocent People
DNA testing reveals that long-used forensic methods are error-riddled.
Why Libertarians Should Want *More* Trust in Government
Paradoxically, government grows because of our lack of confidence in it.
Stunning Rejection of Scientific Values of Transparency and Skepticism at New England Journal of Medicine
Outside researchers might "even use the data to try to disprove what the original investigators had posited."
Project Launched to Check Global Temperature Records
The Global Warming Policy Foundation calls for evidence for the validity of temperature records
Assassins, Witches, Secret Societies, and Skepticism: Jesse Walker Discusses Conspiracy Theories With the National Capital Area Skeptics
A talk recorded in Bethesda on April 5.
Everyone Freaks Out About Two New Climate Change Studies
New reports on global temperature trends cause a predictable media uproar
Lukewarmers, Denialists, and Other Climate Change Skeptics
Impressions and reporting from the Sixth International Climate Change Conference
How Science Should Deal with Pseudoscience
Ignoring the cultists will not make them go away; scientists should devote time and effort to investigating the pseudoscientists' claims.
UFOs, Bent Spoons, and Alternate Realities
Can the scientific outlook survive in an increasingly pseudo-scientific age?
