Is Critical Thinking Really Available to Everyone? In socio-economically unstable situations, people’s ability to think critically and make rational and sustainable decisions is questionable. In a rapidly changing global environment, it is more important than ever to have strong social policies that balance inequality, create the prerequisites for the development of the foundations of critical … Continued
For society, community and self: Nordic skepticism Skeptics meetup #15 Date: 29 August 2025 What is the status of the skeptic’s movement in the Nordic countries and beyond? What successes and lessons can be learned and shared? With well over a decade’s experience of skeptical activism, Pontus Böckman will share his take-aways from the … Continued
Bütent Festivalis, Vilnius, 30 augusti 2025 Två nya videor (Two new videos) Litauens skeptiker organisation (Skeptikų draugija) i samarbete Nordiska Ministerrådets kontor i Vilnius bjöd in Vetenskap och Folkbildnings Pontus Böckman till ett samtal om Kritiskt tänkande under diskussionsfestivalen Bütent, 29-31 augusti. Paneldebatten filmades och finns nu att se på Youtube och på VoFTV, länk: … Continued
Thomas Erikson 2014. Creative Commons CA 3.0 How Swedes were fooled by one of the biggest scientific bluffs of our time Dan Katz, licensed psychologist and psychotherapist, explains why Thomas Erikson’s success with his book Surrounded by Idiots is one of the biggest pseudoscience scandals in recent history. Over the last few years, hundreds of … Continued
Event organized by the Swedish Skeptics Association (VoF) at Twang Guitar and Café, Stockholm, on 15 March 2024. The guest was the award-winning journalist Bosse Lindquist, whose revelation of the scandal surrounding Paolo Macchiarini, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska Hospital had been particularly topical with his documentary ”The Experiments” on Swedish Television, the documentary series ”Bad … Continued
Positive News Sandwich, Stats, Support, Give-Away, Spreading the Good Word Utdrag (ca 00:04:45): [Martin Lindeskog] ”I went to the Book Fair today. I went to the booth where they call themselves ’skeptics’. They say they are for education for the so-called masses, in a positive way. But also for science. But he had a t-shirt … Continued
En intervju med Brian Deer, journalisten som avslöjade Andrew Wakefields bedrägliga forskning som felaktigt kopplade MMR-vaccinet till autism. Han berättar historien om Wakefield och framför även berättigad kritik mot peer review-systemet. An interview with Brian Deer, the journalist that exposed Andrew Wakefield’s fraudulent research that falsely linked the MMR vaccine with autism. He tells the … Continued
Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton hailed for riffs on history Utdrag: ”Last week the Swedish Sceptics’ Association (VoF) named the band its ’enlightener of the year’, an award usually reserved for writers and broadcasters popularising rigorous research.” […] ”However, VoF said Sabaton could keep the prize because the band had denounced the Russian invasion of … Continued
Sabaton receives The Swedish Skeptics Association’s ‘Enlightener Of The Year Award 2022’ Utdrag: ”The Swedish Skeptics Association have hand-picked Sabaton specifically for their ability to deliver factual content, expressing that they stand out from their contemporaries and peers in the music scene for their dedication to giving truthful, historical accounts with the assistance of qualified … Continued
Sabaton receives The Swedish Skeptics Association’s prestigious “Enlightener of the Year Award 2022” Utdrag: ”We are beyond proud to announce that The Swedish Skeptics Association (Vetenskap och Folkbildning) has awarded us the ’Enlightener of the Year Award 2022’ (’Årets Folkbildare 2022’) making us the FIRST EVER ROCK BAND to receive this prestigious accolade.”