Skeptics Society
The Skeptics Society is an American organization of the skeptics movement , the self-declared goal of which is to promote scientific thinking. This was founded in 1992 by Michael Shermer and in 2008 had over 55,000 members worldwide. The association, based in Altadena , deals with phenomena that are regarded as pseudosciences , such as creationism , PSI , clairvoyance and Holocaust denial .
Publications (selection)
- Skeptical Yearbook III: Promises of Healing - Between Trial and Error. Eds. Michael Shermer, Benno Maidhof-Christig, Lee Traynor. Berlin: IBDK Verlag, 2000
- End time frenzy: prophets, prognoses, propaganda. Eds. Michael Shermer, Benno Maidhof-Christig, Lee Traynor. Berlin: IBDK Verlag, 1998
- Arguments and Criticism: Skeptical Yearbook. Racism, Holocaust denial, AIDS without HIV and other questionable claims. Eds. Michael Shermer, Benno Maidhof-Christig, Lee Traynor. Berlin: IBDK Verlag, 1997
Web links
- Official website
- Editorial in Skeptiker über die Skeptics Society ( October 5, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved August 6, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Omar Mouallem: Making a living of bullshit detecting. ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: vueweekly.com , August 27, 2008 (English).
