Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Personally I wouldn't even trust him in modern French,
with an open French-English dictionary!

I used to attend CSICOP meetings in Buffalo waay back in the late 70's/early 80's. I eventually stopped going because most if not all the presenters were just as biased and even more close-minded than the believers they, in no uncertain terms, made fun of.
At that time they lost a lot of members who were also upset at the deliberate bias -- in all fairness it was gratifying to see at least half the audience rise to their feet and call speakers out on especially egregious, misrepresent-at-any-cost,
and sin of all sins: deliberately ignoring any data/evidence which did not fit their debunking theories

Over the years it has gotten worse, not better.


What is the use of intellectual inquiry if one is going to be as biased on their side as any of opponents on the other?

--Please note, this is not a blanket denunciation of every CSICOP author--


Since then I have instead subscribed to The Fortean Times... they are no fools (on the whole -- I've read a couple articles that have gone beyond known evidence) but know how far they can legitimately debunk without sounding like nay-saying fools themselves.
Fine writers, and one can never go wrong with Loren Coleman!


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