Last summer I saw by chance a presentation by dr. Michael Shermer on TED.com (Technology, Entertainment, Design). Shermer presents himself a the founder of the Skeptic society and editor-in-chief of Skeptic Magazine. The Skeptic Society is a non-profit organisation, consisting of academics, scientists, historians, magicians and volunteers who are interested in reseaching and investigating controversial ideas, extraordinary claims, revolutionary ideas and the advancement of science. The mission of the Skeptic Society is to investigate controversial ideas and to reveal pseudo science. Everybody is invited to contribute. As Shermer says in his speech: We are the debunk squad of pseudo, voodoo, junk and bad science.

Continue reading The debunk squad of voodoo science