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- The Affirmations of Humanism: A Statement of Principles
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1997
Principles of secular humanism.
- Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?
Resource Type: Article
- Bridging the Chasm Between Two Cultures
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2004
A full-on clash of cultures makes communication extremely difficult between the skeptical community and the metaphysical/new age community.
- Conspiracies or Institutions: 9-11 and Beyond
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2002
Why and how does much (but not all) conspiracy theorizing create a tendency for people to depart from rational analysis?
- Conspiracy Theories and Paranoia: Note from a Mind-Control Conference
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1996
The debate over "recovered" and "false" memories continues to be one of the most contentious issues in the field of psychology today. The debate is extremely polarized with very little amicable communication among members of the opposing camps. While such a dispute may eventually be beneficial to science, in that both sides are clearly being spurred on to produce original research at a frenetic pace, at the moment the clearest manifestation of this dichotomy is miscommunication and friction between factions.
- Dear "Skeptics," Bash Homeopathy and Bigfoot Less, Mammograms and War More
A science journalist takes a skeptical look at capital-S Skepticism
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2016
So I'm a skeptic, but with a small S, not capital S. I don’t belong to skeptical societies. I don’t hang out with people who self-identify as capital-S Skeptics. Or Atheists. Or Rationalists. When people like this get together, they become tribal. They pat each other on the back and tell each other how smart they are compared to those outside the tribe. But belonging to a tribe often makes you dumber.
- Dear "Skeptics," Bash Homeopathy and Bigfoot Less, Mammograms and War More
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2016
A science journalist takes a skeptical look at capital-S Skepticism
- A field guide to critical thinking
Resource Type: Article
- The High Cost of Skepticism
What happened to two scientists who believed that tenure and First Amendment would protect their rights to free inquiry
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2002
Here’s what happened to two scientists who believed that tenure and the First Amendment would protect their rights to free inquiry.
- Judging Authority
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2004
We are often required to accept the word of another person, but how can we best judge whether or not that person is a legitimate authority?
- Massive Uncritical Publicity for Supposed "Independent UFO Investigation"
Demonstrates Media Gullibility Once Again
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1998
On Monday, June 19, 1998, all of the major media outlets were suddenly filled with accounts proclaiming that an independent panel of scientists had taken a fresh look at the UFO question, and had concluded that the matter needed to be taken seriously after all.
- Media Watch: When the Media Tell Half the Story
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1997
Twenty-eight years after Chariots of the Gods? author Eric von Däniken brought pseudoscience to new lows by suggesting that our ancestors were too stupid to create the pyramids, Stonehenge, and other monuments without the help of space aliens, his ideas are alive and well.
- 9/11: Debunking The Myths
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2005
Popular Mechanics special report on September 11 conspiracy theories.
- 9-11 Loose Change Second Edition Viewer Guide
Resource Type: Article
Debunking 9/11 conspiracy theories.
- 911Myths
Resource Type: Website
Skeptical analysis of conspiracy theories about September 11, 2001.
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 1, 2017
April 1 issue
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 2017
Other Voices always strives to present you with alternative views on important topics. This issue offers some really alternative perspectives and even some "alternative facts." As always, read critically - and enjoy.
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 17, 2018
Hearts and Minds: How do People Change?
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 2018
How can we reach the millions we need to reach and engage if fundamental change is to happen? How can we accomplish the essential task of persuading a majority of the population that a fundamental social and economic transformation is necessary? Even more importantly, what will it take for people to come together and act collectively to bring about that transformation? What can we do to help make this happen?
- Panoply of the Absurd
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2006
Conspiracy theorists are filling bestsellers with their supposed evidence about September 11.
- Post 9/11 Conspiracism
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2006
The tendency to explain all major world events as primarily the product of a secret conspiracy is called conspiracism. The antidote to conspiracism is Power Structure Research.
- Pranks, Frauds, and Hoaxes from Around the World
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2004
It's pretty easy to hoax people. We all want to be deceived, but only up to a point. Some hoaxes are fun and pleasant, others malicious and unpleasant. We'd like a way to tell the difference.
- Religions: The Tragedy of Mankind
Resource Type: Website
For all who would struggle against the tragedy of religion.
- Scientific skepticism
Connexipedia Article
Resource Type: Article
A practical, epistemological position in which one questions the veracity of claims lacking empirical evidence.
- Screw Loose Change Video
Resource Type: Website
This is a counter-video of the famous "Loose Change 2nd Edition". Using their own video and words, "Screw Loose Change" debunks the theories and statements made in Loose Change 2nd Edition.
- A Skeptic's Handbook of Parapsychology
Resource Type: Book
- The Skeptic's Dictionary
Resource Type: Website
A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions.
- The Skeptic's Dictionary
A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerious Delusions
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2003
- Towers of Deception
The Media Cover-Up of 9/11
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2006
- The Truth About the "9/11 Truth Movement"
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2006
A rebuttal of some of the claims made by 9/11 conspiracy theorists.
- The Uses of Literacy
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1957
In this partly autobiographical book Hoggart observes the loss of an authentic popular culture and denounces the imposition of mass culture by the culture industries.
- When 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Go Bad
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2002
Aren't these conspiracy theories too silly to address? That should be the case. But, sadly, they do attract people.
- Why Bad Beliefs Don't Die
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2000
Because beliefs are designed to enhance our ability to survive, they are biologically designed to be strongly resistant to change. To change beliefs, skeptics must address the brain's "survival" issues of meanings and implications in addition to discussing their data.
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