I Unwittingly Manipulate A Citation Index
The list of misdemeanours that identifies an Open Access science journal as predatory and not bona fide is long. One of them is attempts on the part of the publisher and editors to manipulate the...
View ArticleTwo Stockholm Dissenter Churches De-Sanctified
I follow the decommissioning of Sweden’s churches keenly for several reasons. I like churches, the older the better, but I don’t like the Church much. And I take great interest in the West’s ongoing...
View Article2014 Enlightener & Deceiver Awards
Last spring I stepped down from the chair and the editorial board of the Swedish Skeptics, but I remain an enthusiastic member of the association and we have a really strong executive board these days....
View ArticleI Believe In Robert Lind
Here’s my translation of a classic 1979 revue routine by Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. Kramfors is a town of 6000 inhabitants in central Sweden, near the 62nd parallel. —– TD: New religions keep...
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2015 Enlightener & Deceiver Awards
The Institutet radio show: 2015 Enlighteners of the YearThe Swedish Skeptics have announced their annual awards for 2015. The Enlightener of the Year award is given to a radio show on Swedish...
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Skeptical Sir Richard
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-90) Yesterday I finished reading the first volume of Sir Richard Burton’s 1855 Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah (in the public domain). Here...
View ArticleMy Relativism
Like Romanticism, Post-Modernism is a poorly defined term that means different things in different contexts. But in academe, pomo can pretty much be equated with relativism. This term also means...
View Article2016 Enlightener & Deceiver Awards
The Swedish Skeptics have announced their annual awards for 2016. The Enlightener of the Year award is given to the science desk at Dagens Nyheter, a major newspaper. Science editor Maria Gunther and...
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National Heritage Board Abdicates Again At Ales Stenar
Bob Lind has yet again managed to get the National Heritage Board to abdicate its responsibility at Ales Stenar, a beautiful 7th century AD burial monument near Ystad in southern Sweden. Bob has...
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