Author: Barry Karr
Barry Karr is the director of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
Skeptical Inquirer Presents Series a Big Success; Fills CSICon Gap
Another month passes by, and it seems another month is lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. I know many of us have used our time away from the normal world wisely. We’ve cleaned out every one our closets, found all our hidden childhood toys in the attic, rekindled our love affair with our pets, and watched …
CSICon 2021 Canceled, CSICon 2022 to Be the Best Yet
I am sorry to report that the decision has been made to cancel CSICon again this year. Although recently the news has become somewhat encouraging regarding the pandemic—vaccinations are up, and infections seems to be trending lower—it is just too uncertain as to when things will be safe again for people to travel and gather …
CSICon 2020 Conference Postponed for a Year; Online Lecture Series Replaces It
The coronavirus pandemic claimed another victim when CSICon 2020, planned for October 15–18 in Las Vegas, had to be postponed until 2021. CSICon is the big conference on science and reason hosted annually over a four-day period in October in recent years by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) and the Center for Inquiry (CFI). …
The Ghost in the Kitchen
Recently a video has been making the rounds on the internet showing security camera video of a glass plate flying off the shelf of a store in New Hampshire.
Skeptical Inquirer aids high school science teacher and students
Correspondance between a Texas science teacher and CSI Director Barry Karr
Notes from My Bulk-Mail Psychic File
Letters collected by CSICOP Executive Director Barry Karr
It’s the End of the World (And I Feel Fine)
“Jackson and the Robersons believe that by 1996 the world is going to end in an instant.”