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“That’s Really a Problem For Us” – Celebrating Bill Nye, Fighting for Public Schools, and News Orgs’ Disappearing Dignity
May 15, 2023Ahoy-hoy! Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Registration is now open for our next Skeptical Inquirer Presents livestream on Thursday, May 25. “Insects in Crisis” will feature a conversation with Oliver Milman, environment correspondent for Guardian US. Insects play a crucial role in propping up ecosystems …
Strategies for Better Learning: Tips for Everyone
May 9, 2023The effort required to learn new information is often intense and involves study practices that are minimally effective. Students may spend hours using suboptimal learning strategies. Learning is important for everyone, not just students. If a behavior or thought isn’t innate, then it is dependent on learning and memory. Most of our behaviors are learned. …
Taking Psychics Seriously
May 4, 2023One important, but often overlooked, principle of critical thinking and skeptical investigation is to look not only for positive evidence (such as paper trails and fingerprints), but also for negative evidence. Often what did not happen is just as important as what did happen. One famous fictional example of this type of reasoning can be …
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Insects in Crisis | Oliver Milman on Skeptical Inquirer Presents, Thursday, May 25
May 15, 2023Insects can seem to be everywhere, all at once—sometimes to an annoying degree. After all, three out of every four known animal species on Earth are insects. But these dazzlingly adept creatures—which pre-date the dinosaurs—are suffering a silent and hugely consequential crisis, with their numbers plummeting around the world. Join us on Thursday, May 25 …
TAKE ACTION: Texas: Help Stop the State Legislature’s Theocratic Assault on Secular Education
May 4, 2023The Center for Inquiry (CFI) is sounding the alarm on three different bills in the Texas Legislature that would impose religious indoctrination and coercion in public schools. CFI’s Office of Public Policy has battled harmful bills in numerous states this legislative season, and it comes as no surprise that Texas is an especially fierce battleground. …
TAKE ACTION: Support the 2023 National Day of Reason
May 2, 2023The Center for Inquiry (CFI) calls on its supporters to take action today: Contact your members of Congress and ask them to sign the 2023 National Day of Reason resolution. The National Day of Reason commemorates the importance of science, reason, and critical thinking in helping to shape a better world. This year’s resolution is …
