Stuart Vyse
@stuartvyse.bsky.social
Armchair behavioral scientist. Columnist @SkeptInquirer magazine, "marvelous writer and clear thinker" —Michael Shermer. THE USES OF DELUSION (2022). Room Rater 10/10. stuartvyse.com
My latest article for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social “A Visit to the Center of the Spiritualist World” is now available in audio podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
A Visit to the Center of the Spiritualist World
Podcast Episode · Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition · July 29 · 13m
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Great piece by @minzlicht.bsky.social: "The job is to find out what is true, follow it wherever it goes, and only then decide what to do about it. Fight for whatever cause you want once the finding is in. But if justice comes first, truth is what gets sacrificed." open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...
My P-Hacking Felt Like Truth
I became a social psychologist because I wanted to make the world a better place.
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My latest article for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social, "A Visit to the Center of the Spiritualist World," is now available in Spanish in Pensar magazine. pensar.org/2026/07/una-...
Una visita al centro del mundo espiritista | Pensar
Durante mi estadía en Buffalo, Nueva York, para la celebración del quincuagésimo aniversario del Comité para la Investigación Escéptica (CSI), que tuvo luga ...
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In my latest column for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social is a report on my trip to Lily Dale, NY, the center of the spiritualist world. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/a-...
A Visit to the Center of the Spiritualist World | Skeptical Inquirer
While in Buffalo, New York, for the fiftieth anniversary of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) celebrated at the CSICon 2026 convention, I made a poi ...
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One of the best kickers I’ve read in a long time @elizkolbert.bsky.social writing in the @newyorker.com
Absolutely a masterpiece. It should win awards. The best thing I've read in a long time.
Jody Rosen@jodyrosen.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is a masterpiece. By the great Peter Hessler.
The 2026 winners of the Center for Inquiry's annual #sciencesaves video scholarship contest. Great stories of the value of science and scholarships ranging from $10,000 to $1,000. Congratulations! sciencesaves.org/scholarship/...
2026 ScienceSaves Video Scholarship Contest Winners ScienceSaves
The prompt was simple: create a 20–30 second video answering the question “What has science done for me?” or “What has science done for somebody I know?” Th ...
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My latest column for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social, "Under Attack from the Armies of Autism Pseudoscience," covers the organized campaign to promote facilitated communication and challenge the science. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/un...
Under Attack from the Armies of Autism Pseudoscience | Skeptical Inquirer
Part I—The Social Media Mob On May 1, 2026, Amy S. F. Lutz, a historian of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the mother of a young man with pro ...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: Give Us the Aliens www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...
Opinion | Neil deGrasse Tyson: Give Us the Aliens
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My April column for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social: "The Scandal of Woody Brown's Upward Bound." A disturbing episode. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/th...
The Scandal of Woody Brown’s Upward Bound | Skeptical Inquirer
April is Autism Acceptance Month, and NBC’s Today Show marked the occasion by announcing their “Read with Jenna Book Club” selection for April—Upward Bound, ...
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Chief Justice Roberts' reputation and legacy dies with this @nytimes.com report. His own words demolish his public image as a defender of the neutrality of #SCOTUS. Had he really cared about the image of the court, he would not have done this. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
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Traveling today, I am reminded of this @henrygrabar.bsky.social piece in @slate.com. 💯 Closed window shades on flights are at epidemic proportions. This must stop. slate.com/life/2024/07...
People Have Picked Up a Weird Habit When Flying. It’s Time to Stop.
Take a look around.
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«La actual administración republicana ha mostrado niveles asombrosos de desprecio por las evidencias y la verdad. Teniendo en cuenta el enorme poder de estas personas, todos estamos en riesgo», afirma @stuartvyse.bsky.social. circuloesceptico.org/articulos/pe...
Peor que un asesinato en la Quinta Avenida – Círculo Escéptico
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The @nytimes.com goes the extra mile and interviews an Emory University physics professor about the likelihood of teleportation. 🤷 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...
No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In
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"Magicians Penn & Teller File Brief in Junk Science Death Row Case" @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/ma...
Magicians Penn & Teller File Brief in Junk Science Death Row Case | Skeptical Inquirer
World famous magicians Penn & Teller have filed an amicus brief in support of the petition of Texas death row inmate Charles Don Flores to have his case ...
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There were good things that came from the pandemic. This is one. youtu.be/NEpfvTdR5-U?...
Mad World performed by Curt Smith of Tears For Fears
YouTube video by Tory Burch
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I recently appeared with Janyce Boynton on the Point of Inquiry podcast to discuss the TelepathyTapes podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Telepathy Tapes
Podcast Episode · Point of Inquiry · March 16 · 1h 4m
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My latest column for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social is a defense of cognitive dissonance theory. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/ye...
Yes, Cognitive Dissonance Is Still Actually a Thing | Skeptical Inquirer
Psychological science—particularly social psychology—is suffering an ongoing crisis of confidence. The field has endured a replication crisis stemming from ...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson denied a request for the late Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol. “Mike Johnson will defend a president who wants to unlawfully nationalize elections but won’t authorize a civil rights legend to lie in honor,” said NAACP President Derrick Johnson.
Speaker Johnson denies request for Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at the Capitol
The Republican-led House said Jesse Jackson cannot lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol. The NAACP criticized the decision.
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The latest in government-sponsored pseudoscience."RFK Jr. Puts Facilitated Communication Users on the HHS Autism Panel" @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/rf...
RFK Jr. Puts Facilitated Communication Users on the HHS Autism Panel | Skeptical Inquirer
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can now add support for discredited methods of communication to his list of anti-science accomplishments as Secretary of Health and Hu ...
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This film was released over 80 years ago, during World War II. The final speech by Frank Morgan is eerily relevant to what is going on in our streets today. youtu.be/Y2eGU2nL9QA?...
Final speech from "A Stranger in Town" (1943) Frank Morgan.
YouTube video by Stuart Vyse
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Great news! Now the entire archive of Philosophy Talk radio is available for free, including an episode I recorded many years ago on Science vs. Pseudo-science. @philtalkradio.bsky.social philosophytalk.org/shows/scienc...
Science vs. Pseudo-science - Philosophy Talk
Astronomy is science; Astrology is pseudo-science. Evolutionary Biology is science; Creationism is pseudo-science. How about cultural anthropology, abstract economics, string-theory, and evolutionary ...
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This is a quincuncial projection of the world created by the philosopher and polymath, Charles Sanders Peirce. Check out how small Greenland appears. H/t @wikipedia.org
Am I right that anything west of 128 is "western Massachusetts" and anything north of Westchester is "upstate New York"?
One takeaway from Marty Supreme: if Gwyneth Paltrow would just stick to acting, we could love her unambiguously. #NoGoop
