Society
When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.
Panpsychism revived, in James Bridle’s “Ways of Being”
"Ways of Being" argues that intelligence isn't a purely human phenomenon, but in doing so strays into a quasi-mysticism to explain the material
‘To Know You More Clearly’: what the new catholic school syllabus means, one year in
The latest Catholic school syllabus reinforces conservative positions on sexuality, marriage and faith, discouraging pupils from exploring and asking questions.
“No Tax For Genocide”: is the refusal to pay taxes a reasonable form of protest?
The "No Tax For Genocide" campaign urges protesters to withhold tax payments, but followers of their advice should think hard about the group's goals
Irredeemably Flawed: The IPP prisoner scandal, and the death of Matthew Price
Matthew had been free from prison for almost 10 years, when the hopelessness of his situation led him to take his own life – another victim of the IPP prisoner scandal
From the archives: Are near-death experiences sufficient proof of life after death?
From the archives in 1988, Professor Antony Flew looks at claims made by people who have had near-death experiences, and what they say about the afterlife
#TradWife: the misogynistic movement based on cosplaying an American ideal
The #TradWife movement claims to offer women a simple, structured and idealised life. In reality, it reduces women to property, in service to white nationalist agendas
From the archive: S.G. Soal – A statistical master of deception
From the archives in 1988, Chris Scott recounts Soal's experiments, which suggested precognitive abilities, but turned out to be statistical fakery
Do extraordinary claims really require extraordinary evidence?
It is a common skeptical mantra that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" - but is this true, or is it simply setting unlikely ideas up to fail?
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