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If a method fails every controlled test, it’s not misunderstood. It’s wrong.
Facilitated Communication keeps coming back because people confuse belief with proof.
This piece walks through the history and the damage without sugarcoating it: https://ow.ly/XPBh50Y3Zsx
“Everyone is in favor of critical thinking. That’s evidence the term is in danger of becoming meaningless.”
A 2006 Skeptical Inquirer essay that aged better than most hot takes: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2006/03/critical-thinking-what-is-it-good-for-in-fact-what-is-it/
Wicked fans talk good vs bad. Skeptics know it’s belief vs evidence.
Malorie Mackey + Michael Maldonado talk about what happens when a believer and a skeptic share a life + why changing minds is slower than any song.
Dec 4 • 7pm ET
Free livestream: https://ow.ly/3TQQ50Xz9pK
Grassroots skepticism isn’t glamorous. It’s cookies, AV cables, and 22 people arguing over Teflon.
Small rooms are where future leaders, funders, educators, and skeptics actually get formed.
Susan Gerbic reports back from SkeptiCamp Santa Cruz 2025: https://ow.ly/tWqx50XmS6x
CSI is turning 50, which in skeptic years is… about 4,000 conspiracy theories debunked.
Join us in Buffalo with Bill Nye, Leighann Lord, and the all-stars of science communication.
June 11–14, 2026.
Let’s celebrate the people who celebrate reality: CSIconference.org
