Society

When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.

Paranormal

Behind the times: living in a modern era doesn’t inoculate us against believing in curses

Deborah Hyde -
Belief in the supernatural doesn’t thrive or decline by decree - even in a technological society such as ours, superstition can take hold
Skepticism

Misleading propaganda from ‘Care Not Killing’ is designed to poison the well on assisted dying

Brian Eggo -
Society needs to have an honest, grown-up conversation about the right to die - what it doesn't need is propaganda and misleading stats from special interest groups
Archive

Do astrologers have to believe in astrology?

Nick Campion -
From the archives, Nick Campion questions whether "belief" is even a particularly useful concept when applied to astrology
9/11

Nostradamus and 9/11: picking apart the proposed prophecy

David Hambling -
From the archives, David Hambling takes a look at the predictions of Nostradamus in relation to the tragic events that took place in America on September 11th 2001
Psychology

For a high-functioning society we must learn to embrace neurodiversity

Galina Limorenko -
Listening to the voices of diverse communities helps us foster a truly inclusive society, where we treat everyone with respect and humanity.
Philosophy

We can understand the effect of privilege better when we consider it in terms of moral luck

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Terms like 'privilege' have, rightly or wrongly, become divisive - a simpler, and perhaps more fitting, question to ask is how lucky we've been
Conspiracy Theories

Inside the White Rose: the extremist groups looking to capitalise on Covid paranoia

Michael Marshall -
Seizing on people's pandemic fears, extremist groups are trying to radicalise White Rose members with health misinformation, holocaust denial, and white supremacist propaganda
Archive

Philosopher’s corner: where a false claim becomes a nonsense claim

Julian Baggini -
From the archives, philosopher Julian Baggini grapples with the distinction between claims that are true, false or nonsense.
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