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This article originally appeared in The Skeptic, Volume 7, Issue 4, from 1993.
Note: the article reflects the views of the author as published by the magazine at the time. It is preserved here for posterity, but is followed by an update giving contemporary context for some of Galton’s views and his modern legacy.
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The public conversation about artificial intelligence runs on two registers. In the first, the machine understands, feels, is on the verge of waking up. In the second, it is about to replace us, deceive us and quite possibly end us. Notice what these sworn enemies have in common: neither claim can be falsified. Wonder and doom are both theology, and both are excellent for bus...
The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.
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An article published by the BBC this week tells the worrying story of a stairlift salesman offering to sell a vulnerable cancer patient two unproven treatments for cancer unprompted. Following a tip-off, the BBC put an undercover reporter on the story, and the salesman, ...
Halal and kosher are distinct religious dietary systems that share some similarities, but differ in important ways. While both require ritual slaughter and prohibit blood consumption, halal permits some foods (such as camel and...