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The second hundred Meetings of the Skeptics’ Circle begin

Having finally hosted the Skeptics’ Circle myself last week after a long absence and having had a blast doing it to celebrate the 100th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle, I know it’s time for me once again to turn over the reins to the next host, who will inaugurate the beginning of what will (I […]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Continuing the theme from yesterday one last time this week and bringing our long disused blog mascot front and center, I wish all my readers a happy Thanksgiving!

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Welcome to the Age of Ignorance

Everyone knows that the quackery-friendly, antivaccine blog Age of Autism has a rather–shall we say?–hypocritical stance when it comes to free speech. For one thing, for all their complaints about censorship and not being heard by the government, its denizens frequently confuse freedom of speech with freedom from criticism. For another thing, they also ruthlessly […]

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100 is on the way

As hard as it is to believe, it’s almost here. In a mere four days on Thursday, November 20, the 100th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle will land right here at its mothership for the first time in three years. As of this morning, I only have six submissions. That’s not nearly enough! I need […]

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Holy crap, it’s the 99th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle!

Unbelievable. It really is. It’s simply amazing that The Skeptics’ Circle has been around so long. It’s been around so long that we’re already up to the 99th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle over at Ferret’s Cage. The new generation of skepticism has landed with a great addition to the lore of the Skeptics’ Circle. […]