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A Fair Number of Crooks
August 22, 2019 ·The latest episode of our podcast Point of Inquiry has Jim Underdown talking to comedian Jerry Minor, who has worked on shows like SNL and Mr. Show, about leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses and how that life influenced his comedy. A guy going by the name of Moses the Street Artist likes to leave big cutouts …
The Trump ‘Distraction’ Quasi-Conspiracy
August 22, 2019 ·One common claim about Donald Trump is that he often says and does things not only for effect, but with the specific goal of distracting the public and news media from something else he wants to keep hidden. The claims have circulated for years, especially on social media; for example one Facebook post recently stated …
Searching for the Ghost in the Machine
August 22, 2019 ·You have probably heard the phrases “mind over matter,” “it’s all in your head,” or “mind and body.” These phrases imply the separation of mind and body/brain. Notions of the mysterious mind being something other than physical or material have existed throughout time. Some brain scientists have suggested most people are naturally dualist; they believe …
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Texas Messed with Us. We Will Mess Right Back.
August 22, 2019When religious Americans get married, they can have their unions solemnized by an officiant who reflects their core beliefs and values. We believe that nonreligious Americans deserve that same right, which is why the Center for Inquiry trains and certifies Secular Celebrants and has waged and won groundbreaking legal victories in Indiana and Illinois that …
TAKE ACTION: Don’t Let Chiropractors Scam Medicare Patients
August 15, 2019Dear Friend of CFI: Last month, a gift to the chiropractic lobby was introduced in Congress. The Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act (H.R. 3654), introduced on July 9 by Representatives Brian Higgins (D-NY) and Tom Reed (R-NY), would force Medicare to cover all services that the chiropractic industry claims to be within its pseudoscientific repertoire and, …
I’ve Got a Fever, and the Only Cure is More CSICON!
July 29, 2019Are you protected against the pseudoscience epidemic??? Outbreaks of antivaxxers, fake medicine, psychic scammers, and science denial are cropping up all across media, politics, and popular culture, and the best way to protect yourself and others is to get inoculated with a healthy dose of skepticism. It’s time for CSICon 2019 in Las Vegas, the …
