"Today In Skeptic History" Now In iPhone App Store
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As announced previously on our social networks, the JREF has published the first of our mobile apps to bring skepticism to new audiences. We’re proud to present SkepDay: Today in Skeptic History, an interactive calendar of historical events relating to both the modern skeptics movement as well as the supernatural, paranormal, and fringe science claims that the skeptics’ movement challenges. Download it today!
And don’t forget our eBook offerings:
Enda Kenny Speaks Out
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This man is the Prime Minister of Ireland, a politician who has the courage to make a forthright statement - to a sparsley-attended session of the Parliament - a speech that has now been published and distributed world-wide, one that I hope you will all choose to view, as well. Members of the Irish Parliament knew in advance that this speech was to be made; look at the empty seats they provided so that they might profess ignorance of the importance of this address...! A cowardly refuge...
Enda Kenny is the epitome of all things that are the best of the Irish. In this speech, he shows his intelligence, astounding courage, decency, fairness, and eloquence.
Your Skeptic Stories
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[Editor’s Note: “Your Skeptic Stories” is an ongoing series written by readers like you, people who have, through one means or another, discovered skepticism and critical thinking. These stories remind us that we all started somewhere and some of us are still finding our way as skeptics If you are interested in contributing your own story, please submit your piece of around 1000 words to maria (at) randi.org along with a short 2-3 line bio.
Today’s story comes from Mason]
The JREF at Camp Inquiry
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The James Randi Educational Foundation is proud to have contributed to the unique experience offered by Camp Inquiry. The Foundation served as a sponsor for this year’s session, which took place August 1-6, 2011 in Holland, New York. The camp—founded in 2004—is a program of the Center for Inquiry, a non-profit working to promote science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values in society.
For the nearly fifty campers—aged 7 to 17—Camp Inquiry offers much of what you would expect from any residential summer camp. There are roasted marshmallows, nature hikes, team sports, sing alongs, crafts, and new friendships, but that’s where the adventure just begins. The thing that makes this camp special is its mission to help kids adopt a reason-guided and evidence-based approach to taking on all of life's questions. The campers—through dozens of engaging activities, presentations, and discussions—explore the tools of critical thinking, scientific skepticism, and information literacy. The week also offers the kids plenty of opportunities to exercise their intellectual muscles as they take on the challenges of navigating pseudoscientific claims, urban legends, media misinformation, the pitfalls of the internet, and even some of their own cherished beliefs.
Richard Wiseman's FiveBooks Pick: Randi's Flim-Flam!, Now on Kindle and iBooks
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The Browser collects writing worth reading from all over the Internet, and each day they pick one expert to discuss the five best books in his or her field. Today, their FiveBooks expert is friend of the JREF Prof. Richard Wiseman, whose first recommendation is James Randi's classic book Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and Other Delusions. "[Randi] was very sceptical about the paranormal," Wiseman says. "It was the first time I'd seen a volume which wasn't taking any nonsense."
If you've never read Flim-Flam!, you can now purchase it on the Amazon Kindle and on Apple's iBooks store.
And for more from Richard Wiseman, be sure to read The Browser's complete interview.
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