Apparently, all of them, according to their own descriptions. Following a recent flurry of self-promotion among the psychic community, Australian Skeptics decided to look at a number of the key players (according to themselves) and see how they rate. And the result is shocking – they’re all the best! We
UPDATE: NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has told the media that only one case of psychic services being offered under the NDIS system could be found, and that that one case actually dated from the period of the previous government’s time in power. In response to a question at the National
The 2022 Bent Spoon award – the least coveted prize in the skeptical world – has gone to Queensland fake-medical doctor Maria Carmela Pau for distributing COVID-related exemptions and reportedly pocketing about $120,000 for issuing 1200 useless certificates. Pau pleaded guilty in Southport Magistrates Court in July to pretending to
Tickets for the dinner at the 2022 Annual Australian Skeptics National Convention – Skepticon – are now available. The $85-per-person price covers a 3-course meal, with bar tab and guest speaker and, of course, the opportunity to meet and mingle with real-live non-Zoomed Skeptics. The dinner will be on the
The South Australian Skeptics are inviting new members to take over the running of its committee. When the SA Skeptics were formed in 1984, Laurie Eddie took on the role of secretary, and has continued in that position ever since. He has been running the organisation on his own for
Australian Skeptics Inc is once again offering its annual award for the best piece of skeptical journalism. The Barry Williams Award for Skeptical Journalism recognises the best piece of journalism (in any medium) that takes a critical and skeptical approach to a topic that falls within our remit, which is
Back in 2003, self-professed “psychic detective” Debbie Malone offered to help police in their investigation of the disappearance of Lyn Dawson. Malone regularly clams to help police by offering her psychic insights into recent murders or disappearances. In light of the court verdict that Lyn’s husband, Chris Dawson, was guilty
The dates for the Australian Skeptics Annual National Convention – Skepticon 2022 – have been moved from the last weekend of November to the first weekend of December – ie December 3-4. The last-minute change was due a large music festival being held on the original convention date accounting for
Propose a perpetrator of preposterous piffle Nominations are now open for the Australian Skeptics Bent Spoon award, one of the least sought-after credits in the Skeptical world … or any world, for that matter. It has been awarded every year since 1982* and it recognises the perpetrator of the most
The June issue of The Skeptic magazine includes a special feature on “science pretenders” – proponents of pseudoscience riding on the coattails of genuine science. Articles in the feature include discussions on how to differentiate science from pseudoscience; the misuse of scientific concepts and terms, particularly the much-abused “quantum”; the
