James Randi at the Amazing Meeting
Here’s the keynote address James Randi gave at this summer’s Amazing Meeting…
Dan Ariely’s Truth About Lying
This was one of my favorite talks at the James Randi Educational Foundation’s Amazing Meeting this summer in Las Vegas. The speaker is Dan Ariely, a professor at Duke University and author of “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty.” He spoke about research he’s done into lying and cheating and how prevalent they are. He’s a […]
Today’s Must-Reads
Phil Plait’s open letter to the LA Times editors who insist on standing up for science. Frank Bruni’s piece about how politicians should stop comparing everything to the Holocaust and 9/11. Linda Holmes on the outright sexism of “Survivor.”
Homeopathic Exploitation
After reading Susan Perry’s MinnPost column about how homeopaths are exploiting the world’s most vulnerable people, I invited her onto my America Weekend show to explain why spreading such pseudo-science and non-medicine to the developing world is harmful. She talked about groups like Homeopaths Without Borders, who have taught earthquake victims in Haiti to use […]
Everything Causes Cancer
It seems like every week, there’s a report about something else we eat that causes cancer. But Dr. Steven Novella of Science Based Medicine, explained on my America Weekend show that while it seems like everything causes cancer, it turns out that very little of it does, and that eating a balanced diet will give […]
JREF In The Classroom
The James Randi Educational Foundation is expanding its efforts to teach critical thinking by offering schools — for free — lesson plans in skepticism. JREF president DJ Grothe joined me on America Weekend to explain the subjects covered in the new series, how difficult it is to convince schools to teach these topics, and the […]