Details
Category: Swift
Hits: 7472
Fifteen years ago today, the James Randi Educational Foundation was announced as a 501(c)(3) organization for the purpose of promoting critical thinking about paranormal, occult, and supernatural beliefs. Since then, we’ve grown rapidly and attained a very prominent position in the world of skepticism.

Details
Category: Swift
Hits: 8395
The JREF is a proud partner of Non-Believers Giving Aid, a project by the Richard Dawkins Foundation. We urge you to donate today to support disaster relief efforts in Japan.

Details
Category: Newsflash
Hits: 7581

Here is a recap of the stories that appeared last week at Science-Based Medicine, a multi-author skeptical blog that separates the science from the woo in medicine.

Details
Category: Swift
Hits: 10470
It’s time once again for the annual TAM Forum Grant auction. Every dollar raised during this online charity auction goes to help a worthy person attend the Amaz!ng Meeting 2011 who would otherwise be unable to attend. Each of the items in the auction were donated or hand made by fellow skeptics.

Details
Category: Latest JREF News
Hits: 107178

JREF's 'Pigasus Awards' are a Dubious Honor for Dubious Claims

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.—The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) promotes critical thinking through grants for outstanding educators, scholarships to inspire skeptical students, and annual conferences showcasing the best of skeptical thought—but every April Fools Day, the organization honors the five worst offenders who are intentionally or unintentionally pulling the wool over the public's eyes.

Since 1997, the JREF’s annual Pigasus Awards have been bestowed on the most deserving charlatans, swindlers, psychics, pseudo-scientists, and faith healers—and on their credulous enablers, too. The awards are named for both the mythical flying horse Pegasus of Greek mythology and the highly improbable flying pig of popular cliche.

These are this year’s “winners.”

  1. Video From Trondheim and Recent Press Coverage
  2. A Report On My Norway Tour
  3. Churn The Other Cheek
  4. Science-Bashing Is In Full Throttle