Marc kreidler

Scientists are failing the public. The world is emerging from a pandemic with the help of vaccines produced by science and scientists, but hesitancy to trust these life-saving products has skyrocketed. How then are the scientists at fault and not the people? Communication is the answer. Many scientists, most recently evident in the health sciences, …

Scientific literacy and irreligiosity are rising in the U.S., and have been for decades. Yet, whether it is the news or social media amplifying incendiary stories, there is a feeling of growing scientific skepticism and new age religions. Is this feeling an illusion due to our innate cognitive biases, or a real — but hopefully …

New-age wellness information is marketed by and for women. And while the commodification of women’s bodies should be no surprise, this misinformation infiltrates how women view themselves, (mis)understand their bodies, and creates space for pseudoscientific rationales to regulate reproductive health choices. Enter Dr. Jen Gunter: OB/GYN, pain medicine physician, New York Times columnist, author of …

Since 2016 skeptics, atheists, and science enthusiasts alike have gathered in Las Vegas to attend the Center for Skeptical Inquiry’s annual conference. This year was no different, except for the addition of several student attendees thanks to generous scholarships. The Wadsworth-Sheng Endowment Scholarship graciously provided myself and five other students with airfare, hotel accommodations, and …

In 2004, the Florida Senate passed SB2002, a bill which would allocate $9 million in order to establish a chiropractic school at Florida State University. While not listed as the introducers of the bill, some of the most significant proponents of this bill were Senator Dennis L. Jones, a chiropractic “physician,” and his friend Senator …

This is the second in a series of original articles on the COVID-19 pandemic by the Center for Inquiry as part of its Coronavirus Resource Center, created to help the public address the crisis with evidence-based information. Please check back periodically for updates and new information. There have been many pandemics throughout history, but none …

Writing this poem constituted my annual “Houdini Séance” for 2019. (Houdini died on October 31, 1926.) It is written in my own style, which I call Improvisational Rhyming. I wait, not for Houdini to haunt, but      for the rest      of us to meet      in pretense      at some séance table.      In life      he slipped off      handcuffs, …

The Center for Inquiry, as should all people of goodwill, mourns the July 16th passing of retired United States Supreme Court Justice, John Paul Stevens, at the age of 99. He was appointed to the Court by Republican President Ford in 1975, upon the retirement of Justice William O. Douglas. Back then, the political climate …

A lot of skeptics think that fat activism is based on pseudoscience because they think fat activists are trying to equate being fat with being healthy. For those unaware, fat activism is advocating for the equal treatment of people whose bodies are fatter than what is considered socially acceptable because fat people tend to be treated differently in medical, legal, and social settings as a result of their weight. If you even YouTube “fat activism” most of the results will be photos of fat people accompanied by a scathing commentary, and if you really want to see how much fat people are hated in society, just visit r/fatacceptance where one Reddit user posted “fat people shouldn’t have rights. Who’s with me?”

I’m just going to come out and say it: atheism has a problem with transgender people, especially in online circles. Atheist and secular communities have had issues with diversity for as long as they have existed, and while the demographics have shifted slightly over the years, atheism as a movement is still predominantly white, straight, cisgender (i.e. not transgender), and male. Those who hold marginalized identities, like people of color, women, and LGBT+ folks have consistently been driven away from atheist spaces due to harassment and prejudice.