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Aaron Rabinowitz

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Aaron Rabinowitz is a lecturer in philosophy at Rutgers University, and host of the Embrace The Void and Philosophers in Space podcast.

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Philosophy

“Who decides?”: how fair questions can derail meaningful action

Aaron Rabinowitz - 31st March 2021

The question of who gets to decide how boundaries are set in society can often be a way to distract from efforts to change the status quo

Conspiracy Theories

Can you recognise antisemitism when you see it? An interactive meme adventure

Aaron Rabinowitz - 5th March 2021

After Disney dropped one of their stars over antisemitic social media posts, we look at common problematic tropes in 'anti-globalist' imagery

Conspiracy Theories

Beware the ‘They’: once we believe in hidden, evil cabals, we can be convinced of anything

Aaron Rabinowitz - 8th February 2021

By blaming an unseen "They" for all that's wrong, conspiracy theories block any genuine skepticism - and that's what makes them so dangerous

Conspiracy Theories

Cheap talk skepticism: why we need to push back against those who are ‘just asking questions’

Aaron Rabinowitz - 8th January 2021

'Cheap talk' skepticism - coming at little cost to the doubter, but significant cost to others - is undermining genuine skeptical inquiry.

Philosophy

Are you skeptical about free will? Prove it!

Aaron Rabinowitz - 21st December 2020

Letting go of a belief in free will isn't easy, but proving to people that no trace of the belief persists? That's where things get really tricky.

Philosophy

Real in what sense? Consensually torturing skeptics over the nature of ‘realness’

Aaron Rabinowitz - 24th November 2020

Even a skeptic's sense of what is real can be less black and white than we think - and can lead to some surprisingly uncomfortable analysis

Conspiracy Theories

The Curse of Monster Island: a four year experiment in unmoderated free speech

Aaron Rabinowitz - 14th October 2020

A forum for unmoderated free speech quickly became a place to showcase the worst aspects of human nature, with grim consequences.

Philosophy

Ethics for skeptics: why compassion and reason go hand in hand

Aaron Rabinowitz - 18th September 2020

Philosophy lecturer Aaron Rabinowitz outlines the ethical core of skepticism, and explains why a compassionate understanding of morality must underpin the skeptical worldview.

Should we be skeptical of homeopathy research conducted in India? A look at the evidence

New NICE guidelines on chronic pain fall woefully short – and not just because of the acupuncture

Integrative medicine: Mixing cow pie with apple pie

When it comes to our health, doing nothing is often better than doing something wrong

New NICE guidelines on chronic pain fall woefully short – and not just because of the acupuncture

Rapid Prompting Method: A new form of communicating? Hardly

Virginity testing is as unscientific as it is sexist, but will banning these tests prove effective?

Do we really need supplements? A skeptic’s guide to micronutrients

‘Startling Stories’, illustrating ‘Strangers on the Heights’ by Manly Wade Wellman

Psychics and mediums: Mad, bad, or dangerous to know?

Blackpool’s ‘Chariots of the Gods’ park is built on racist assumptions about the past

When predictions fail: UFO cults, QAnon and cognitive dissonance

The conspiracy theorists who believe ‘traditional masculinity’ is under deliberate, strategic attack

2019’s ‘The Mandela Effect’ is a stylish, shallow exploration of a rather silly conspiracy theory

Can you recognise antisemitism when you see it? An interactive meme adventure

How the conspiracy theorists behind the failed US coup settled on a new date: March 4th

The conspiracy theorists who believe ‘traditional masculinity’ is under deliberate, strategic attack

“Who decides?”: how fair questions can derail meaningful action

Are you smarter than an 800 year-old? Our ancestors were more skeptical than you think

Species, Individual, Gender – biology and taxonomy don’t deal in black and white

University of Liverpool’s proposed redundancies raise serious red flags for academia

The ‘scientist as lone genius’ is a myth that obscures real stories of scientific discovery

Species, Individual, Gender – biology and taxonomy don’t deal in black and white

10 persistent HIV myths we need to move past to break the stigma of the disease

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Should we be skeptical of homeopathy research conducted in India? A look at the evidence

New NICE guidelines on chronic pain fall woefully short – and not just because of the acupuncture

‘Startling Stories’, illustrating ‘Strangers on the Heights’ by Manly Wade Wellman

University of Liverpool’s proposed redundancies raise serious red flags for academia

The conspiracy theorists who believe ‘traditional masculinity’ is under deliberate, strategic attack

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