This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. In today’s episode, Marsh is joined by the Director of the Faiths & Civil Society Unit at, Goldsmiths College, Adam Dinham Tickets for the conference are available …
Jul 17 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #04 – Deborah Hyde
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Today Marsh is joined byfolklorist and editor of the Skeptic magazine, Deborah Hyde. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate to …
Jul 13 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #03 – Carla MacKinnon
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Today Marsh is speaking with film-maker and director of the Sleep Paralysis Project, Carla Mackinnon. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate …
Jul 10 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #02 – Catherine de Jong
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Marsh speaks with Catherine de Jong – anaesthetist, chair of the Dutch Society Against Quackery and board member of ECSO. Tickets for the conference are available at: …
Jul 07 2015
Get Active! Volunteer with the Good Thinking Society
One of the big strengths of the skeptical community is the breadth of talents, backgrounds, skills and passions we encompass. Here at the Good Thinking Society we’d love to encourage more and more people to get skeptically active, and to use their skills to help advance skeptical causes. There’s so much energy and enthusiasm out there, …
Jul 06 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #01 – Jim Al-Khalili
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Today Marsh is joined physicist, broadcaster and TV presenter, Jim Al-Khalili. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate to support the Good Thinking …
Jul 06 2015
Good Thinking Supporters July 2015 Newsletter
Jun 26 2015
NHS Homeopathy Spending
In our campaigning against the funding of homeopathy on the NHS, we have highlighted that the total annual spend is ‘between £3m and £5m per year’. Some people may have a particular interest in how we came to this estimate – for those people, full details of our research and calculations are below. By way of …
Jun 26 2015
ABSW Best Science Blog Award Winner Announced
The Association of British Science Writers Awards took place last night, including the annual Good Thinking Society award for Best Science Blog. We would like to extend our congratulations to the 2015 winner: Kat Day for her blog The Chronicle Flask. Well done, Kat, for a very well-deserved win. These awards are not only a chance to …
Jun 24 2015
NHS Dorset CCG Ceases Funding For Homeopathy
Following the recent announcement from Bristol Homeopathic Hospital that it will cease offering homeopathic remedies, another NHS Clinical Commissioning Group has confirmed to us that they will no longer waste money on this disproven treatment. Dorset CCG – who spent £8,000 on homeopathy in 2013/14 and whose equivalent bodies spent £45,000 per year from 2006-2010 …