My #neighbour bought a new #fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and put a sign next to it saying, "Free to good home - you want it, you take it".
For 3 days, the fridge sat there without even one #person looking twice at it.
He eventually decided that #people were rather #skeptical about such a good deal, so he changed the sign to read, "Fridge for sale, $50".
The next day, someone stole it.

»#Microsoft Claims #QuantumComputing Breakthrough—but Some #Physicists Are #Skeptical: With its ‘topological’ #quantumcomputers, Microsoft aims to reach useful scales faster.« https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/microsoft-claims-quantum-computing-breakthrough-but-some-physicists-are/?eicker.news #tech #media

New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:

#Skeptical #Senator

comics.lucentinian.com/3729
#ComedyGold #Comedy #AILaughs #FunnyNews #DailyComedy

There was a new super computer, which they claimed knew everything. A #skeptical #man came and asked the #computer, "Where is my father?"
The computer bleeped for a short while and then answered, "Your father is fishing in #michigan." The skeptical man said triumphantly, "You see? I knew this was #nonsense. My #father has been dead for twenty years."
"No," replied the super computer immediately. "Your mother's husband has been dead for twenty years. Your father has just landed a 5-pound salmon."

#NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ThePeoplesParty with #AFRODEUTSCHE

Fixate & Skeptical:
The Rig Monkey

#Fixate #Skeptical

https://fixateuk.bandcamp.com/track/fixate-skeptical-the-rig-monkey

https://open.spotify.com/track/0DDDlBczdNbOx9jkHpMdib

Why we need to be #MediaLiterate and #Skeptical in consuming #News. And maybe a return of #EthicsInJournalism?
Rush to Judgment and Bias on Gaza Hospital Story https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/rush-to-judgment-and-bias-on-gaza-hospital-story

The Aliens of the Gaps. Just because you haven't solved the mystery doesn't mean its god or aliens. Stay #skeptical.

Just a tip for being #Skeptical: it sounds like the #truth when a nicely-dressed person makes a claim in a confident manner. That doesn't mean it *is* the truth. Any person can clean themselves up, look good, and practice saying things. Politicians and people who want to trick you (sorry if I repeat myself) know this, and take full advantage of this trick.

Well, hello. Giving this a go.

I am the editor of The Skeptic magazine (the UK one!), the #skeptical campaigner who brought an end to #nhs #homeopathy, the guy who spent 2021 in online #antivax groups tracking how they slid into extremism, or the podcaster who talks positively to people with all manner of unusual beliefs.

Or you might know me as that person @elibosnick keeps spreading lies about.

Check out my various projects in the links on my profile, and say hi!