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The Black Hole of Falsehood
 April 1, 2021


Yes, it is the first day in the month of April, and let it be no more than that, please. Welcome to this totally unremarkable edition of The Morning Heresy news roundup for the reality-based community. Google has my thanks; for the second year in a row, they have decided not to do April Fools …
Get Thee to a Shrinkery
 March 30, 2021


Please consider talking to a mental health professional about these feelings and encounters. Even though they seem very real to you, there is a very good chance that what you are experiencing is better explained by a glitch in how your brain is working than by paranormal ability.
CFI’s Coronavirus Resource Center: One Year Later
 March 25, 2021


On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 to be a global pandemic. Within a fortnight, the Center for Inquiry had established a one-stop shop on the web for fact-based news, information, and myth-busting about the coronavirus, with the launch of the CFI Coronavirus Resource Center. One year later, there is …

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News & Announcements
TAKE ACTION: Illinois: Stop Naturopathic Licensing
 March 22, 2021

They’re not doctors. They’re not medically trained. Many of them deny the safety and efficacy of vaccines. But if they get their way, they’ll be given the authority to present themselves as “naturopathic physicians” to Illinoisans. They’re naturopaths, and we need you to stop the state legislature from granting medical legitimacy to these practitioners of …

Gaming against Misinformation: John Cook on Skeptical Inquirer Presents, April 1
 March 22, 2021

John Cook: Gamification to Counter Science Misinformation To inoculate ourselves against viruses, we use vaccines. To inoculate ourselves against misinformation we use … games and cartoons? Can building up our immunity to false beliefs be fun? Thursday, April 1, at 7 p.m. ET, on the next Skeptical Inquirer Presents live online event, cognitive scientist John …

Meet Center for Inquiry Legal Director Nick Little on CFI Insider
 CFI Insider
March 22, 2021

The legal arm of the Center for Inquiry has a very full plate, defending church-state separation, fighting for the rights of the nonreligious, and challenging pseudoscience and fake medicine—all within a judicial landscape increasingly dominated by religious conservatives. Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm ET, on the next CFI Insider live online event, get to know …

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Press Releases

CFI Urges Pharmacists to Steer Consumers Away from Homeopathic Fake Medicine
 February 16, 2021

A national science advocacy organization is urging pharmacists to be worthy of the trust that customers have placed in them to guide them in their health decisions by steering patients away from useless fake medicine in the form of homeopathy. The Center for Inquiry today asked the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners and its member …

Secular Advocates Vow to Revive Texas Lawsuit for Nonreligious Wedding Officiants
 Legal
February 12, 2021

The Center for Inquiry is promising to maintain its fight for the right of nonreligious Americans to be married by officiants that share their secular worldview after a federal court dismissed its case challenging Texas marriage law on largely technical grounds. CFI, a national organization that advances science and secularism, filed a lawsuit on behalf …

CFI Urges FDA to Protect Consumers from Homeopathic Pseudoscience
 Legal
February 5, 2021

Today the Center for Inquiry (CFI) urged Dr. Janet Woodcock, President Biden’s pick for Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, to reverse the hands-off policies of the previous administration toward the regulation of homeopathy and take steps to protect consumers from ineffective, fake medicine. “Homeopathy doesn’t work and can’t work,” said Nick Little, CFI’s legal director. …