Skeptical opinions

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Before the US elections: how can we identify "fake news"?

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Trust in science in the age of artificial intelligence. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Declining public trust in scientists and the contribution of science to humanity in the US

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This is according to a comprehensive survey published by the PEW Research Institute. The worst situation is among the voters of the Republican Party, but also among the Democrats, the majority who still show confidence in science is shrinking
The late Prof. Yosef Agassi. From Wikipedia

The Israeli philosopher Professor Yosef Agassi passed away close to his 95th birthday

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Agassi was born and grew up ultra-Orthodox and left the religion in adolescence. Considered the senior philosopher in Israel and was a student of Karl Popper. He asked to change the nationality on the identity card from Jewish to Israeli and was refused
Human rights. Illustration: depositphotos.com

A summary of the history of the West - the values ​​of the modern era, part XNUMX

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In the 18th century, the process of turning monarchies into democracies began, but it still took many years for blacks and women to get basic rights
Knesset. There must be an authority that audits the Knesset and the government, so that they pass laws that do not contradict the fundamental laws. Illustration: depositphotos.com

A summary of the history of the West - the values ​​of the modern era, part one

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All over the world, including in Israel, there seems to be a wave of populist governments that oppose what are known as Western values ​​- freedom, equal opportunities and globalization (of which science is one of the successful examples). Nir Lahav reviews the
Trust no one, the basis with which conspiracies are spread. Image: depositphotos.com

On the link between conspirators

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What is the connection between the conspiracy theory about COVID-XNUMX and vaccines, chemtrails and the conspiracy theory about evolution and science in general? What does this connection say about the generic, stereotypical and one-dimensional way of thinking of the conspirators?
The three monkeys - an illustration of the fooling process. Image: depositphotos.com

Stupidity defeated democracy

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Stupidify Stupidify according to the Oxford dictionary. There are too many people who want the citizens to be stupid. Democracy fell when ancient Rome became an empire, the end is known. You have to do everything to stop
A huge demonstration against corona restrictions and against vaccines at the same time in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, February 2022. Photo: depositphotos.com

Can countries trust the cooperation of the public?

Prof. Feldman will receive funding of 2.5 million euros over the next five years for his proposal "Understanding the Feasibility of Voluntary Compliance in Different Doctrines and Cultures: Examining Behavioral and Regulatory Aspects in the Ability of Democratic Governments to Trust
The climate crisis - we are on the brink of the abyss. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Many conservatives have a difficult relationship with science - new research explains why

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"In God we trust." A special silver coin issued in the USA. Photo: shutterstock

The decline in the power of religions was the key to economic development in the twentieth century

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US President Donald Trump downplays the importance of scientific findings regarding global warming in the event of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. Screenshot from YOUTUBE

How industry fights science

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The debate is over. None of the religions. Photo: shutterstock

Meaning in a rational world

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Scientific literacy does not necessarily mean knowing how heat, pressure and volume are expressed in gas, but rather being aware of the scientific law that determines the relationship between them. FROM PIXABAY.COM

The two questions that assess your scientific literacy

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Acupuncture treatment. Source: US Navy.

The myth of Chinese acupuncture

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Medicine shelf in a homeopathic medicine shop in India. Photo: from Wikipedia

Homeopathic medicines and treatments will be required to carry warning labels warning of their ineffectiveness

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A landscape of olive trees in Italy. Photo: Kite_rin/Shutterstock

The state against science

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study science. Illustration: shutterstock

Forum - The Talent Gap / Rene P. Subotnik, Paula Olszewski-Kovilius and Frank S. Worrell

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mysterious rays. Illustration: shutterstock

N rays or no rays

This is how you see the Milky Way galaxy from the Borot Lotz parking lot in the Negev and in the background some of the tents that will be set up by the Israeli Desert company for a secular spiritual event. Source: Israeli desert

Opinion - secular spirituality: what is left of God for the secular man?

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A lesson in modesty. Professor Mario Livio Image courtesy of NASA, ESA, and J. Coyle Jr. (for STScI)

Man as derivative: a scientific conversation with Professor Mario Livio, senior astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute

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Centaur, the birdic creature of man and horse in Greek mythology. Illustration: shutterstock

Why is the claim of a former geneticist from Georgia that man is a cross between a chimpanzee and a pig impossible?

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The cover of the book "A city and a mosque at its heart"

Renewal of prayer at the mosque in Be'er Sheva is good for the Jews?/Yitzhak Reiter and Lior Lehers

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Mysticism fills our heads with nonsense. Illustration: shutterstock

Stop scrambling online - from Gilad Diamant's book "Sharp Thinking - Between Reality and Illusion"

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A girl in Peshawar, Pakistan, receives an attenuated polio vaccine in drops in 2002. Photo: shutterstock

Science communication in a complex world * ahead of the "Science in Communication" conference that will be held at Tel Aviv University at the beginning of the week

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Secular spirituality. Illustration: shutterstock

Opinion - why do we need secular spirituality?

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natural grass Credit: Ethan Crane

Reflections - healing from nature / Bracha Reger

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Artist's impression of a disk surrounding a young giant star. Astronomers have for the first time been able to clearly look at a disk of dust closely surrounding a young giant star. This discovery provides direct evidence that massive stars form in the same way as their smaller brothers and thus closes a heated debate. The artist's rendering shows what such a massive disk might look like. Photo: ESO/L. Calçada

Opinion, is it possible to have a secular spirituality?

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A country haunted by demons XNUMX: The man who hates Euclid was unanimously elected chairman of the science committee in the Knesset; Hawking boycotts Israel

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Barack Obama versus Mitt Romney - the candidates for the US presidency in the 2012 elections

Forum - the election garden

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A screenshot from a video circulating on YouTube that is supposed to depict the crater created by the meteorite that hit Russia on February 15, 2013

This is not the Russian meteorite crater

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M.H.R. Conference - Rational Freedom Science

M.H.R 2013: The Association for the Promotion of Atheism in Israel was established, which was also accepted into the World Organization of Atheists

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M.H.R. Conference - Rational Freedom Science

The M.H.R. Conference 2013 - Rational Freedom Science will be held this Thursday at Beit Zioni America in Tel Aviv

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2012 HOAX website logo

How to prepare for the end of the world

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Mad Scientist, from Wikipedia (CC license)

The hostility to science rears its head

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Akhenaten and his family worship the sun god. Are his wide hips the product of a hormonal imbalance?

Weekend of skepticism: Is an epileptic attack responsible for the creation of the monotheistic religion?

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Sir Isaac Newton

Forum - what science wants to discover

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The Thinking Man, Auguste Rodin's statue. From Wikipedia

Has a way been found to stop believing in God?

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Transportation Minister Israel Katz hosts Tanya Rosenblit who was harassed on the bus while sitting in the front part. Photo: Sasson Tiram, for the Ministry of Transportation

A country haunted by demons L.: Score 0 for Israel due to the lack of religious freedom for non-Orthodox Jews. In the report summarizing the state of religious freedom in 2010

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2012 HOAX website logo

Not the end of the world 2012: there is no reason for hysteria

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Al Gore during his time as US Vice President, 1994. Official photo of the White House

Al Gore is angry about the media spin trying to hide the scientific position about global warming

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A series of stamps to mark the end of the era of ferries

A new civil year - an opportunity to summarize the year 2011 in science: the end of the era of shuttles, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Higgs boson

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The burnt container containing archaeological findings vandalized by ultra-Orthodox, December 2011. Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority

A country haunted by demons 29: in a place where archaeological finds are burned...

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The science system was able to predict that in the future we will be able to predict the future

First proof of the ability to see the future?

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From the left: Prof. Ruth Arnon - President of the Academy of Sciences, Robin Williams, director of the science unit at the Australian ABC network, and Prof. Hanoch Gutfreund. Photo: Sasson Tiram

"Even death is not safe"

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Cell division and embryo formation. Illustration: British WELCOME Foundation

Haunted country XNUMX - Science is not a plan as you requested. Answer regarding Avital

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Simon Singh. From Wikipedia under the CC license

Simon Singh - Case closed

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Genetic engineering, courtesy of Wikipedia

Don't be afraid, let science run

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The victory of rationality: the Council for Higher Education rejected a proposal of a subcommittee it established for academic recognition in complementary medicine

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

2012, Nibiru, the reversal of the poles? The 20 common questions that NASA people are asked about the claims spread on the Internet * special project

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

"Is there a God? The Great Illusion of Religion", Meller discusses Prof. Richard Dawkins' book

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