The BLOGOSPHERIC SKEPTIC’S CONFERENCE is a bi-weekly conference for bloggers to present their latest work on skepticism.

PROGRAM
The program for the 98th Blogospheric Skeptic’s Circle is as follows:

Andrea, The Sum of Good Intentions.”

The addition of good intentions to bullshit fails to transmutate bullshit into anything else. This finding is supported by multiple lines of evidence from medicine, politics, and journalism.

Scepticon, Frequency Specific Microcurrents.”

Discusses therapy promoted in a community paper, with emphasize on lack of evidence for the therapy’s effectiveness and dubious theoretical foundations.

Greta Christina, “What Convinced You?: A Non-Belief Summary… and an Atheist Game Plan.”

Presented the results of a small survey using a self-selected sample regarding the causes of non-belief in former believers. Discusses implications for activism and need for more research on this topic.

Yoo Chung, “Drowning Real Cures Among Quack Cures.”

Places current medical quackery in historical context, emphasizing positive long-term trends.

The Bronze Dog, “This Rant Is Just a Bunch of Ones and Zeroes.”

Discusses reductionism and the “just X” fallacy, which confuses something’s being X with that something’s just being X.

Brian Cooksey, “Why I Am What I Am.”

A personal history of influences contributing to subject’s current skepticism.

Barbara Martin, “Geiers’ Metabolite Values Are Questioned.”

Discusses flaws in recently published research by Mark Geier and David Geier relating to autism. Emphasizes inconsistencies between metabolite data presented by Geier and Geier with previously published data.