ROUND I - Phase 1 - match 23/50
Which one is the best doom metal album?
Skepticism, Lead and Aether, (1998)
or Mournful Congregation, The Book of Kings, (2011)
See pinned post on profile for the tournament rules
Please 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗧
YOU ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO GIVES EACH ALBUM A FRESH LISTEN BEFORE VOTING
The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
-- Soren Kierkegaard
Black Pope, Bad Omen? Apocalyptic fears, Nostradamus, and the Papal succession
Misinterpreted 'predictions' about a black pope ushering in the end times reveal more about contemporary biases than about Nostradamus
“The skepticism that I advocate amounts only to this: (1) that when the experts are agreed, the opposite opinion cannot be held to be certain; (2) that when they are not agreed, no opinion can be regarded as certain by a non-expert; and (3) that when they all hold that no sufficient grounds for a positive opinion exist, the ordinary man would do well to suspend his judgment.”
— Bertrand Russell
For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.
-- Eric Ambler
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
-- Will Rogers
#Wisdom #Quotes #WillRogers #Ignorance #Skepticism
#Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah
Matt Dillahunty is a very skilled debater, and very knowledgeable in religious areas, but man can he be a giant fucking rude asshole when he's online talking to people. I suspect he's neuro-divergent because when I see him in live debates he never does this.
This reflects a little of my lived experience. Online (on the BBS's) people found me abrasive, but in real life they couldn't believe I was the same person because I didn't act that way at all.
Lawmakers are skeptical of Zuckerberg's commitment to free speech
https://www.theverge.com/news/646288/congress-zuckerberg-wynn-williams-careless-people
What sad, sad news to learn this year's will be the last @QEDcon 
I'm sure there are good reasons from the organisers to have reached this decision, but this was the best skeptical conference in the world. I've learned soooo much there. Where will I learn to be a better skeptic now?
Thank you Mike, @Marsh , @AliceEmmaLouise , Andy, Rick, Nicola, and everyone else behind the scenes!
#QEDcon #Skepticism
Na noite de sexta-feira, a nossa @diraquel vai ser a oradora do Café de Ciência do Centro Ciência Viva de Bragança.
A entrada é livre!
#TeamScience #Cepticismo #PensamentoCrítico #Desinformação #StopPswudociências #Skepticism #Escepticismo #SciComPT #Bragança
Gentes de Bragança!
Sexta-feira, dia 11, terei a honra de ser a convidada do 105° Café de Ciência na belíssima Casa da Seda do Centro Ciência Viva de Bragança. 
Se andarem por perto, venham dizer olá!
Será uma noite de sexta-feira animada - espero!
Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking, a way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan — political or religious — who comes ambling along. The people have to be educated, and they have to practice their skepticism and their education otherwise we don't run the government, the government runs us.
-- Carl Sagan
#Wisdom #Quotes #CarlSagan #Education #Government #Science #Skepticism
Os grandes "vencedores" do Prémio Unicórnio Voador 2024 são...
Maria José VilaçaVários políticos do CHEGAO Jornal Sol e Joana Amaral DiasRui Sinel de Cordes
...os grandes propagadores/as de pseudociência e desinformação em Portugal no ano passado.
Uma dura competição!
#UnicórnioVoador 
#Cepticismo #Desinformação #PodiaSerMentira #Skepticism #Escepticismo
https://comcept.org/unicornio-voador/premio-unicornio-voador-2024/
I can think of all sorts of things I'd like to be real even though I have no evidence that they are real. Are irrational beliefs always bad, and are some worse than others?
A brief history of The Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit
After decades researching parapsychology and testing paranormal claims, the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmith's closed it's doors for the final time in 2024.
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/03/a-brief-history-of-the-anomalistic-psychology-research-unit/
Estão a decorrer as votações para o Prémio Unicórnio Voador 2024! 
O Prémio Unicórnio Voador – um prémio feliz para atuações infelizes – é uma distinção concedida pela COMCEPT, por sugestão dos/as internautas, a quem tenha contribuído para a disseminação de pseudociência. Porque os unicórnios até podem existir, o difícil de acreditar é que consigam voar!
Podem votar até 31 de Março.
https://comcept.org/2025/03/13/votacao-para-o-premio-unicornio-voador-2024/
The paperback edition of my book will be released on April 1st (appropriately enough?). Yours for less than £20 from Satan's own website: The Science of Weird Shit: Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal amzn.eu/d/0tByjmb #Amazon via @amazon #psychology #skepticism #criticalthinking #paranormal
Ukraine Daily summary - Thursday, March 19 2025
US scales down efforts in countering Russian sabotage -- Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant in focus of Ukraine peace talks. What's at stake -- Trump Jr., Witkoff, Carlson involved in secret talks with Zelensky's rivals -- Zelensky confirms new arrival of F-16 jets to Ukraine -- US may relinquish leadership of NATO's European command -- and moreAs we watch global leaders negotiate pauses in conflict, one can't help but wonder: are we witnessing diplomacy or just a temporary lull before the storm? The complexities of power dynamics never cease to amaze. #Geopolitics #Skepticism
