In this one, limited, highly-specific, and particularly niche way, yes, David Icke was actually right about something.

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The strange and deeply unlikely tale of Gef the talking mongoose

Gef the talking mongoose - supernatural resident of an Isle of Man farmhouse - is legendary in skeptical lore... even if he was merely the invention of a 13 year old girl

Blue Pill or Red Pill: the effects of “The Pill Cabinet” and the formation of incel worldviews

Misogynistic and glorifying violence, the incel movement is a misguided reaction to feminism, and the idea that a loss of privilege is a form of oppression

Could ASMR be a possible explanation for some new age and spiritual experiences?

Reports of autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR, bear a striking resemblance to the way some people describe their experience of reiki... and of religion

From the archives: media clippings from the death of Doris Stokes

From the archives in 1987, The Skeptic looks at media reporting surrounding the death of noted "psychic medium" Doris Stokes

“It’s in our DNA”: the clichés that confuse the public about genetics and essentialism

Clichés about a quality being "in our DNA" use the terminology of genetics to depict ideas of essentialism - and in doing so, they reinforce a spurious link

Critical thinking is essential, especially around emotionally-charged subjects like Gaza

If we want to better understand what's going on in situations like the Israeli-Gaza conflict, we need to be aware of our biases, and how to mitigate their impact

How cholesterol denialism went from reasonable skepticism to pseudoscience

There was a time when doubts over the role of cholesterol in heart disease, and the utility of statins, were valid - but the evidence now is unequivocally clear, and the modern doubters are merely deniers
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