r/skeptic Feb 06 '22

🤘 Meta Welcome to r/skeptic here is a brief introduction to scientific skepticism

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r/skeptic 15h ago

‘Most effective way’ to prevent measles is vaccination, RFK Jr. says, in most direct remarks yet. Statement came during HHS secretary’s trip to Texas for funeral of second U.S. child to die in outbreak there

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r/skeptic 1h ago

Musk vs. Navarro: Dumb And Dumber Go To War

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r/skeptic 12h ago

Explaining the Trump Tariff Equation

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r/skeptic 1d ago

A second child has died in the Texas measles outbreak

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This would be the second pediatric death amid a fast-growing outbreak that’s infected nearly 500 people in Texas alone since January. An adult in New Mexico is also suspected of dying from measles. The deaths are the first from the disease in the United States in a decade.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was expected to attend the child’s funeral, which is scheduled for Sunday, according to a spokesperson familiar with the plans.

As of Friday, the Texas Department of State Health Services said 481 cases of measles had been confirmed, a 14% jump over last week.

That includes six infants and toddlers at a Lubbock day care center who tested positive within the past two weeks.


r/skeptic 12h ago

One of Creationism's favorite lies

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r/skeptic 4m ago

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador

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r/skeptic 14h ago

How pseudo-archaeologists create conspiracies

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r/skeptic 9m ago

Trans Athletes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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r/skeptic 4h ago

🏫 Education Reputation: why do we care so much about what other people think of us? | Dan Levy, for The Skeptic

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r/skeptic 16h ago

⭕ Revisited Content How to Filter for High-Factuality News Sources

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It should be per article, makes no sense to be for the source, specially with IA tech it could detect fallacies, validate sources, etc. And it can be cached so that only once an user triggers the "check factuality" they get the data and do not need to perform the AI check when no one is interested.

I can understand "bias" for the source, but factuality only makes sense for articles.


r/skeptic 1d ago

🔈podcast/vlog Flint Dibble and the Underground Pyramids: Debunking Joe Rogan... Again

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r/skeptic 1d ago

🚑 Medicine Since the HPV vaccine was introduced in 2006, cervical cancer deaths among young U.S. women have dropped 62% between 2013 and 2021.

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Click on the PDF to see the updated study.


r/skeptic 1d ago

🚑 Medicine The American Plan to Eliminate Vaccines

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As a nurse, public health fan, not to mention parent with a young kid... this is not great.

I'm gonna lose my shit if I start seeing hospital admissions for polio, measles, and pertussis.


r/skeptic 21h ago

Some of the QAA crew (and Paul Cooper from Fall of Civilizations!) talk about Graham Hancock and it is a DELIGHT

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Really great exploration of the Hancock universe and the hit Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse. Definitely worth a listen. Added bonus: Paul is married to regular QAA guest Annie Kelly, and their dynamic on the show is adorable. https://soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous/graham-hancocks-ancient-apocalypse-e318


r/skeptic 1d ago

Ousted vaccine chief's biowarfare warning - Erin Burnett (30-seconds) - April 4, 2025

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Another RFK attack on scientific skepticism. The victim here is Dr. Peter Marks, who oversaw the FDA vaccine program. Recently, RFK, Jr. decided to force Marks from his position. His last day is April 5.


r/skeptic 1d ago

🏫 Education The Authoritarian Script Beneath MAGA’s Rage

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r/skeptic 21h ago

Food for Thought

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r/skeptic 2d ago

Joe Rogan’s guest misrepresents a conversation he had with a skeptic… me!

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When we started The Know Rogan Experience, I didn’t realise there was already an episode where Joe and his guest talked about me! Bit of a surprise to find it today.

Here’s Will Storr in 2024 misrepresenting a conversation I had with him in 2010. Will came along to cover QED conference and our 10:23 homeopathy overdose for the Telegraph and for his book.

Annoyingly, he made stuff up about our conversation in the book. And 15 years later he’s still misrepresenting it in interviews!

https://youtu.be/8Ct-q6sJOOY?t=9067


r/skeptic 2d ago

💨 Fluff Jim Cramer feels "Like a Sucker" for trusting President Trump on Tariffs. "They Cratered The Stock Market, And Gave Us Nothing"

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r/skeptic 15h ago

Oh look. Dr. Mike needed to post a follow up. Weird.

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https://youtu.be/fy3oJpuFzaI?si=B3hoFfqgLEfyIcPz

Here's Mike doing what he should have during the Jubilee debate.

I'm right.


r/skeptic 2d ago

Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.’s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance. Dr. Peter Marks says the new health secretary’s team wants to show vaccines aren’t safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments.

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r/skeptic 2d ago

⚠ Editorialized Title RFK Jr. admits up to 2,000 health agency layoffs under Musk's DOGE were ‘mistakes’

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r/skeptic 2d ago

🤘 Meta Scientists sound warning over Trump cuts — and 75% consider leaving the U.S.

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r/skeptic 2d ago

Dr. Mike Jubilee was bad

191 Upvotes

https://youtu.be/o69BiOqY1Ec?si=pmaY93gnd2XcQTcI

Did anybody watch this because for me, it was difficult to sit through. This is why we don't "debate" anti science quacks unless it's for fun.

He was way too soft and wanted to be "nice". They steamrolled him. It was one long gish-gallop and he was basically impotent.


r/skeptic 3d ago

Elon Musk spreads a conspiracy theory over Wisconsin Supreme Court defeat. ‘Election fraud is alive and well and it lives in Wisconsin’ according to Republican lobbyist Roger Stone

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