Society

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

Society

Are ‘gacha’ games and loot boxes merely gambling in disguise?

Shao Zihang -
Gacha video games - where players pay real money for a chance at winning digital items - are a poorly regulated space that can become as exploitative as gambling
Politics

JD Vance is right – for anti-intellectuals like him, the professors are the enemy

Edzard Ernst -
Professors seek the truth, and the truth is something that politicians like JD Vance fear, because it can reveal their agenda as being fascist.
Philosophy

A search for meming: fighting the mind-virus virus

Blake Smith -
The meme of religion as a "mind virus" oversimplifies how we come to our beliefs, and actively harms our attempts to encourage people to question dogma
Science

Racism is a real phenomenon, but that doesn’t mean that the idea of “biological race” is real

Natália Pasternak -
Just because some people will discriminate against others due to their appearance and racial identity, that doesn't make the notion of 'biological race' true.
Conspiracy Theories

The UK riots showed why we have to dismantle the far-right’s misinformation machines

Michael Marshall -
The UK riots were powered by misinformation - in plain sight on Twitter, and through racist conspiracy theories in covert Telegram groups
Society

“But it’s just a joke!”: why comedy’s right to offend doesn’t include the right to harm

Brian Eggo -
Comedians have a right to offend, but that doesn't automatically absolve them of responsibility for the harm or hatred their jokes can provoke
Climate Change

The 2024 UK General Election came with lessons that skeptics should listen to

Mark Horne -
There have always been parties pushing fringe beliefs at elections, but Reform saw significant gains by courting the conspiracist vote - we need to pay attention
History

The 2024 Olympics ceremony raises the spectre of pagan influence on the origins of Christianity

Gabriel Andrade -
Christians offended by their misinterpretation of the Olympics opening ceremony are clearly ignorant of the pagan influences on their religion
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