Center for Inquiry

We're working to foster a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values. Home of @rdfrs, @SkeptInquirer, and @FreeInquiry.

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A full day of talks on misinformation, pseudoscience, science education, AI-generated content, and critical thinking? 😍

If you're in Northern California, SkeptiCal is June 27 in Oakland.

See the schedule and tickets:
https://t.co/MxwiYe8QFS

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Religious freedom isn't just about government policy.

@pewresearch found the number of countries with high or very high levels of social hostilities involving religion rose for the third straight year in 2023.

Freedom of conscience depends on culture as much as law:
https://t.co/Vs297HIymU

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Four days + hundreds of conversations/new ideas/old friends/reasons to stay curious

Thanks to everyone who made CSICon 2026 what it was 🫡

See you next year in Philly.

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Maybe these are "credible people," but credibility isn't evidence.

@MickWest traces more than a century of UFO claims built on respected witnesses and asks why the evidence never seems to get any clearer.

From @SkeptInquirer:
https://t.co/Rent2MfNVC

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Kids will inherit problems no ancient text could've anticipated.

The question isn't whether we teach ethics, but how.

A new @FreeInquiry essay argues that empathy, evidence, and moral reasoning belong at the center of that conversation:
https://t.co/vEo50HElKR

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Today's #MorningHeresy: “Social Hostilities Involving Religion” – CSICon Highlights, Surveying Religious Freedom, and an RFK Jr. ‘Speed Round’
https://t.co/uvWkNu5mxN

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Houdini escaped jail cells and sealed crates, but Niagara Falls? Probably not.

So why do so many people believe he did?

Sometimes a story survives not because it's true, but because it feels true.

New from @SkeptInquirer:
https://t.co/G61yDhj4qc

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Why did millions of Americans stop identifying with religion?

One provocative answer starts with Elvis.

A new @FreeInquiry essay explores the surprising connections between rock music and the rise of the Nones.

History is rarely as straightforward as we think:
https://t.co/mPE1wwWsNg

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Pamela Brunskill and Coleman Watts closed the #CSICon Sunday Speakers Session with messages about the importance of navigating news sources and stories with critical thinking skills in the digital age.

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#CSICon's Sunday Speaker Session started off with Sammy Shuster, Timothy J. Redmond, and Jon Michael talking about combating tribalism, the paranormal, and pseudoscience with more self awareness, humility, and empathy.

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. @BillNye accepted CSI’s Isaac Asimov Award tonight at #CSICon.

He talked about Carl Sagan, skepticism, climate change, infectious disease, his parents’ WWII service, and the work still ahead.

“Life is short. Let’s do our best.”

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The Saturday afternoon session at #CSICon 2026 concludes with Brian Brushwood interviewing Banachek and Michael Edwards about their experience working with James Randi on Project Alpha.

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Congratulations to Ronald Lindsay on being presented with the CFI Lifetime Achievement Award ahead of his presentation at #CSICon 2026

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Academy Award-nominated filmmaker @scotthamkennedy gave a peek behind the scenes of making science-centered documentaries amid today's rampant anti-science rhetoric, noting that bad actors "are using fear" to push their agendas.

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@SkeptInquirer's @BTRadford reminds the audience at #CSICon that "beliefs have consequences" during his presentation of "Reflections from the Frontlines: Investigative Skepticism in Action."

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Richard Saunders of the @AustSkeptics, kicks off the #CSICon International Panel alongside @LeoIgwe, @AlejandroBorgo, Zhang Zhimin, and @amardeo. Saunders touted the fact that the skeptical movement is now active in many languages and every time zone!

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“We focus on what doesn’t fit in.”

@RichardWiseman on why skeptics have often ended up ahead of mainstream science in studying memory, belief, perception, bias. #CSICon

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Bow tie power in science, with the amazing @BillNye this evening in Buffalo NY @center4inquiry

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“The product is no longer something you buy. It’s something you believe.”

A fascinating conversation from @NBTiller and @rrrins on the uniquely American ecosystem of pseudoscience and misinformation. #CSICon

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The @SkepticsGuide team, joined by @RichardWiseman and @GeorgeHrab, are recording an episode live as we speak!

Celebrating 50 years of @SkeptInquirer at #CSICon 🎉