Category: Fringe Worthy
This column examines fringe, paranormal, and pseudoscientific claims—and explores skeptical efforts to study, understand, and respond to weird beliefs, today and throughout history. Daniel considers the roles that fringe beliefs and skepticism play in society, and argues that these chronically understudied aspects of the human condition demand greater ongoing critical scholarship.
Fringe Worthy
Hello! Welcome to my new column here at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry—the original North American skeptics organization since 1976. Some of you may know me from my previous work over at Skeptic magazine under the leadership of my friend and mentor Pat Linse (cofounder of the Skeptics Society). For two decades, Pat entrusted me …