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The Skeptic is the UK’s longest-running publication offering skeptical analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal.
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Leaving aside the wonder and the doom, we should appreciate the real-world arithmetic cost of AI
The public conversation about artificial intelligence runs on two registers. In the first, the machine understands, feels, is on the verge of waking up. In the second, it is about to replace us, deceive us and quite possibly end us. Notice what these swor
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The Skeptic Podcast - Episode 078
The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine's expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020. On this episode: Critical thinking is trending, so wh
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Ivermectin is a genuinely great drug, but there's no good evidence it can treat cancer
An article published by the BBC this week tells the worrying story of a stairlift salesman offering to sell a vulnerable cancer patient two unproven treatments for cancer unprompted. Following a tip-off, the BBC put an undercover reporter on the story, an
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The online debate about halal and kosher meat uses animal welfare as a political weapon
Halal and kosher are distinct religious dietary systems that share some similarities, but differ in important ways. While both require ritual slaughter and prohibit blood consumption, halal permits some foods (such as camel and shellfish) that are not kos
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From the archives: Psychic Diary - Two North Yorkshire oddities
This article originally appeared in The Skeptic, Volume 7, Issue 4, from 1993. One recent Sunday I woke up to find myself struck down with Dabbler's Disease. I was bored. I couldn't decide which section of the Sunday paper to read, the choice was so immen
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