skeptic
gregladen | September 23, 2015The Associated Press has changed the AP Stylebook, tossing out a commonly used set of terms in favor of an entirely inappropriate word, for describing those who incorrectly and without foundation claim that climate change science is a hoax, or wrong, or misguided, or otherwise bogus.
The term "skeptic" has a long history, but has come to refer to those who regard claims, usually about nature, health, or anything where science may inform, with studied incredulity. The skeptic wants evidence, and they are organized. The Skeptics Society has a magazine, and the magazine has a podcast. The…
aardvarchaeology | March 21, 2013Registration has opened for the 15th European Skeptics Conference. Hie thee there and register NOW, because there's only 400 tickets!
Here's the confirmed (still evolving) line-up:
Anna Bäsén (Sweden): Undercover Health Journalism
Chris French (UK): Psychological Perspectives on Paranormal Belief and Experience
Maria Berglund (Sweden): Våra opålitliga hjärnor: hur fel vi uppfattar världen och hur fel vi tänker om det vi uppfattar
Dénis Caroti (France): CorteX and Chomsky's Wish
Kendrick Frazier (US) of the Committe for Skeptical Inquiry: title to be announced.
Christer Fuglesang (Sweden): ESA…
stoat | February 14, 2010As I was about to write up the latest smoggy stuff, I thought I'd better check out Eli in case he had written it up first. And lo, I thought, Condolences referred to the death of Christy's scientific reputation. But no, it is about real death. So I need to press on.
[[John Christy]] has been a bit of a skeptic for ages. Quite where he gets it from is unclear - perhaps because he and Spencer did the first version of the [[satellite temperature record]] and, well, they got it wrong. In that it showed cooling, and so they became the poster boys for the real septics like Singer and Michaels and…