The Sixth World Skeptics Congress
09/08/12 20:29 Filed in: Chairman's blog
The 6th World Skeptics Congress was held in Berlin from 18th to 20th May, 2012 (preceded by two days of pre-congress activities and meetings). The conference was jointly sponsored by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), the Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften (GWUP, Germany), and the European Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO) of which ASKE is a constituent member.Read more...
UNIVERSAL AWARENESS: A THEORY OF THE SOUL
17/12/11 12:25 Filed in: Chairman's blog
I have written a book entitled Universal Awareness: A Theory of the Soul. The book starts by asking a series of questions including ‘Why was I born the person I am?’ ‘If I had not been born the person I am would I have still been born but as someone else?’ ‘Have I lived before as another person?’ and ‘What happens to me when I die?’ By the end of the book I provide answers to all of these questions and more.
Read more...Strange beliefs and mental illness
24/03/11 19:42 Filed in: Chairman's blog
If you believe something is true (2+2=5) are you suffering from a psychotic delusion or simply misguided?Read more...
Freedom to believe
22/11/10 20:50 Filed in: Chairman's blog
Does it matter if people subscribe to significant beliefs that have little evidence in their favour or are most certainly wrong?Read more...
Lumping everything together
18/09/10 14:21 Filed in: Chairman's blog
Why do sceptics lump all these things together – astrology, homeopathy, acupuncture, the Loch Ness Monster, UFOs, sightings of Elvis Presley, etc.?Read more...