Birmingham Skeptics

Birmingham Skeptics in the Pub - 2nd Wednesday of every month at @TheVictoria - curator @notjarvis

[Timothy Caulfield @CaulfieldTim]

Risk of rejecting conspiracy theories could play key role in their propagation https://t.co/hkIxCqwdRW via @physorg_com

Key factors:
- perceived risk for not believing (eg, ostracism from a peer group)
- strongly held prior beliefs
- emotional state

#ScienceUpFirst

[Will Sommer @willsommer]

This one of the craziest stories I’ve ever written. Conspiracy theorists and New Age medicine fans are paying up to $120K for mysterious devices they think can cure cancer — but as far as I can tell, produce only a colored static on a computer monitor. https://t.co/uJXvZJYKWO

[Birmingham Skeptics @Brum_Skeptics]

@HelenLucyMc

[Jennifer Gunter @DrJenGunter]

Why are you using the name of my book?

[Jennifer Gunter @DrJenGunter]

Why are you using the name of my book?

[Birmingham Skeptics @Brum_Skeptics]

Sure Uri. We believe you

[Uri Geller @theurigeller]

I know where the Arc of the Covenant is I will find it mark my words. It will be an earth shattering historical tsunami and an archeological and a theological earthquake. Dowsing ancient soap factory I located under my museum gave me the inspiration! https://t.co/UFM7V1FjAl

[The Skeptic @TheSkepticMag]

Exploding Head Syndrome is no joke – and neither is sleep paralysis | Chris French @chriscfrench https://t.co/40S03btlQE

[Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics]

Ghost hunter Steve Mera says we should be alert next time we're out for a pint at the pub, saying 'we have a natural survival sense that kicks in', report Susan Griffin and Millie Reeves for @DailyMirror. https://t.co/7L30j5WSR0

[Hampshire Skeptics @HantsSkepSoc]

Fake news and going viral may be modern terms, but the concepts are centuries old. Join us via https://t.co/XVqKtGSiGB 7pm tomorrow as writer @iankeable entertains with his exploration of mindboggling C18 hoaxes. Talk ℅ @SITP

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

A fictional story about F-22 pilots resigning over a texted vaccination demand went from a bonkers website to a rando bodybuilder’s Instagram to a British radio host’s Twitter and more than 1 million views: https://t.co/63PMfKzBOM

[Edinburgh Skeptics Society @edskeptics]

Final Fringe event is up on the board now. Join us and @MeirionTweets talking about investigative journalism and the work he and his colleagues have put in to break some amazing stories.

https://t.co/lYoTUsA0g8

[Marianna Spring @mariannaspring]

London Mayor Sadiq Khan - and medics across the UK - are condemning comments about executing NHS workers made by former nurse Kate Shemirani at yesterday’s protest.

She’s become a leader of the UK’s conspiracy community - and I interviewed her son. https://t.co/BZhfIaclum

[The Skeptic @TheSkepticMag]

How the ‘Lockdown Sceptics’ misquote research in their quest to appear scientific | Danny Bradley @theskepticmag https://t.co/L3pigj4OUT

[Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics]

Join @SITP Online guest @losterman42 for a defence her field of evolutionary psychologist against misconceptions and misuses. #skeppub https://t.co/5f3dU4Z4Tc

[The Skeptic @TheSkepticMag]

Despite what Prince Charles thinks, homeopathy is not the answer to antibiotic resistance | Edzard Ernst @EdzardErnst https://t.co/633wFJrANt

[Jennifer Gunter @DrJenGunter]

How I followed the dangerous rabbit hole of online ‘momfluencers’ /via @globeandmail https://t.co/9dQqo10IBQ

[Will Sommer @willsommer]

New poll on QAnon beliefs: 23 percent of Republicans polled say the government, media, and finance are "controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles." https://t.co/apqwkymDuH

[Tom Chivers @TomChivers]

In which I learn that subliminal advertising isn’t just one more piece of silly bad psychological science, but was completely made up by a fraudulent conman https://t.co/UkkBM0VNYF

[Mike (not a) Rothschild @rothschildmd]

My latest for @dailydot: MAGNETS! How antivax claims that the COVID vaccine makes magnets stick to them are founded on a generation of scammery, and are scientifically impossible.

https://t.co/wbb4V2gavk

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

UFOs Aren't Real, by @RichardHanania https://t.co/tRDHNUQI6J