Scientific skepticism

forged Roman imperial decree by which the emperor Constantine supposedly donated Rome and surrounding territory to the Pope

position of questioning the veracity of claims that lack empirical evidence

evidence collected in a casual or informal manner and relying heavily or entirely on personal testimony

Epistemological razor regarding the burden of proof

international intellectual movement

"we do not & will not know" — maxim refering to the limits of scientific knowledge

statement about the burden of proof made by various writers throughout history and famously cited by Carl Sagan on the television programme Cosmos

hypothesis added to a theory in order to save it from being falsified

argument that God created the world recently

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embracing of strange or scientifically unsound ideas by some Nobel Prize winners, usually later in life

Romanian historian

Pseudoskepticism (also spelled as pseudoscepticism) is a philosophical or scientific position that appears to be that of skepticism or scientific skepticism but in reality is a form of dogmatism.

law that states a person can expect to experience events with odds of one in a million at the rate of about one per month.

Royal Society motto: take no one's word for it

The study of human behaviour and experience with the paranormal, with the assumption that there is nothing paranormal involved

Secretion from Phyllomedusa bicolor frog

Annual award given by skeptic James Randi

Russian anthropologist

hypothesis in ufology

non-profit foundation under civil law to promote evolutionary humanism

parody religion holding that the universe was created last Thursday, complete with fictitious memories of a nonexistent past

Zététique (from Ancient Greek: ζητητικός zētētikós, "inquisitive", "keen") is the application of the scientific method when investigating allegedly "paranormal" phenomena. It is often seen as equivalent to, or somewhat different from (scientific) skepticism (French: scepticisme (scientifique)), and is widely used in the modern skeptical movement in France for self-identification.

parapsychology hoax

pseudoscientific alternative medicine

pseudoscientific use of medicine

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book by Robert L. Park

alternative to traditional sauna using infrared radiation; popular in pseudo-medicine