“You Would Be Shocked” – Dr. Jen Gunter in SI, Cultural Religiosity, and NFL Flat Earthers
April 29, 2024Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s regular roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. As we told you Friday, the May/June 2024 issue of Skeptical Inquirer is now available to read online. In addition to the features on Artificial Intelligence and witchcraft belief we looked at last week, the new issue also features …
Misleading Meme Monday
April 29, 2024Welcome to Misleading Meme Monday, an occasional series of short columns each focusing on a single, specific popular-yet-misleading meme. Of course many, if not most, memes are wrong in some way, if for no other reason than that they are incomplete. Like bumper stickers and t-shirt slogans, it’s impossible to succinctly capture nuances of complex …
“Countless Ways to Manipulate, Exploit, and Do Harm” – SI Takes on AI, Help Wanted in Louisiana, and Evolution at Work
April 26, 2024Ahoy-hoy! Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. I’m not sure what your plans were for the weekend, but you should probably go ahead and cancel them because the May/June 2024 issue of Skeptical Inquirer is now available to read online. The cover story, Guy P. …
“Absolutely Shocking” – Bennett Braun, Emergency Care, and International Blasphemy
April 24, 2024Welcome to your midweek Morning Heresy, CFI’s roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. In his latest column for Skeptical Inquirer, JD Sword notes that Bennett Braun died last month; Bennett was “a psychologist whom the New York Times rightly claims ‘fueled’ the Satanic Panic, who lost his medical license, not once but …
“There’s Simply No Polite Way” – Skeptical Inquirer Presents, Fraying Social Bonds, and Standing Up for Nonbelievers
April 22, 2024Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. If you find yourself baffled by how or why so many people still believe in the paranormal, you’ll want to register for our next Skeptical Inquirer Presents livestream on Thursday, May 2, at 7:00 p.m. ET with Chris French, …
“The Toxicity of the Debate is Exceptional” – The Cass Review, Deepfake Tech, and a Veto Victory in Arizona
April 19, 2024It’s Friday…time again for the Morning Heresy, CFI’s regular roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Good news out of Arizona: earlier this week, CFI’s Office of Public Policy (OPP) issued an Action Alert urging Arizonans to contact Governor Katie Hobbs and ask her to veto SB 1131 (the “Ten Commandments” bill). On …
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