Society

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

History

What little you know about Jack the Ripper’s victims is almost certainly wrong

Mike Hall -
Despite all of the sensationalised coverage of the murders of Jack the Ripper, his victims are seldom more than an afterthought in history
Politics

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness: How do we measure happy countries?

Tim Jokl -
Instead of measuring the success of countries by GDP, we should pay more attention to how happy they are, and what contributes to that happiness
Paranormal

A forgotten sceptic: William M. Knox, the one-eyed atheist of Belfast

Madeleine Goodall -
Writing in the late 1800s, Irish atheist William M. Knox took aim at the emerging trend of spiritualism, séances, and communicating with the dead
Religion

J.D. Vance, religious conversion, and the battle over identity

Gabriel Andrade -
J.D. Vance has been criticised for hoping his Hindu wife might convert to Catholicism, but does that differ from skeptics and atheists spreading doubt?
Archive

From the archives: examining the Creationists’ Argument from Design

Antony Flew -
From the archives in 1992, philosophy professor and author Antony Flew reviews the Creationist argument for a designer deity
Conspiracy Theories

Phantom Time Hypothesis – the supposedly ‘missing’ fortnight in 1752

Mike Hall -
When the calendar skipped two weeks in 1752, the cause wasn't 'phantom time', but the incompatibility of the Julian and Gregorian calendars
Paranormal

Halloween for Skeptics: ‘Monsters on the Couch’ by Brian Sharpless

Deborah Hyde -
Horror stories, as well as being entertaining, give us clues about the human experience, as ‘Monsters on the Couch’ from Brian Sharpless explores
Archive

From the archives: Brainwashing a skeptic – escaping from a frightening cult

Arthur Chappell -
From the archives in 1992, Arthur Chappell tells us how he fell into, and later escaped from, the Divine Light Mission cult.
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