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“The Universe Does Not Keep Score” – CSI’s Open Letter, Policing Speech, and Standing Makes a Comeback
March 27, 2024Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s regular roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. A recent report from the American Academy of Pediatrics published in the journal Pediatrics implied—despite a lack of evidence to support the idea—that genetically engineered foods (or “GMOs”) were “contaminated” and thus should be avoided. A new open letter …
Baltimore Bridge Collapse Spawns Conspiracies
March 28, 2024The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a major bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed after being hit by a freighter about 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Traffic across the bridge had been halted just moments before due to a distress call, though there was a construction crew working on it at the time. At least eight workers fell …
Immigrants: The Perpetual Boogeymen
March 14, 2024Last week, in response to Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, Katie Britt, a junior Republican senator from Alabama, offered a wide-ranging broadside. In the performance, widely panned as by turns robotic, disingenuous, and histrionic, Britt related an anecdote about a Mexican woman who as a teenager was trafficked for sex by cartels before …
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Does Coffee Cause Cancer? Myths about the Food We Eat | Dr. Christopher Labos on Skeptical Inquirer Presents, Thursday, April 4
March 20, 2024Does vitamin C really prevent the common cold? Was red meat really declared a carcinogen by the World Health Organization? Is red wine really good for your heart? Are eggs good for you or bad for you? There’s a lot of “conventional wisdom” about food and nutrition out there … and it’s hard to keep …
The Psychology of Misinformation and Its Remedies | David Myers on Skeptical Inquirer Presents, Thursday, March 28
March 20, 2024In the battle against misinformation, having truth and facts on your side is often still not enough. People are stubbornly—and seemingly inexplicably—willing to believe things that are obviously not true. What are the underlying psychological reasons for this, and what can be done to address them? Join us on Thursday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m. …
TAKE ACTION: West Virginia: Tell Governor Jim Justice to Veto All Three of These Theocratic Bills
March 15, 2024The Center for Inquiry (CFI) is calling on our supporters in West Virginia to stand up for science and secularism by contacting the governor’s office. CFI is appalled that the West Virginia Legislature has passed three separate bills that promote religion in schools and are anti-science. We need residents of the state to help stop …