Luke Oldfield discusses the art of engaging with a ‘Non-Opinion’. This article was written for the New Zealand Skeptic Journal issue number 114. MSoF hopes to write regular articles for the Journal. Become a member of the NZ Skeptics to get a copy. When the doors to Hamilton’s first Carl’s Jr. franchise finally swung [...]
Awesome! We have now hit 1,500 likes on our Facebook page! On another note, we got mentioned as runners-up for a Bravo award at the NZ Skeptics conference 2014. We didn't win but there is always next year. :-) The Bravo award is an award from the NZ Skeptics to groups and people who have [...]
I wrote an article "Fluoridation: surfing the misinformation wave" for the NZ Skeptics Journal a while back for issue 111.
Each year the New Zealand Skeptics bestows the Bent Spoon Award for the New Zealand organisation which has shown the most egregious gullibility or lack of critical thinking in public coverage of, or commentary on, a science-related issue. The 2013 Bent Spoon Award is awarded to the Hamilton City Council. For ignoring the decision of [...]
