I am so grateful for the opportunities that have arisen through my work with skeptical activism. Since the start of this blog, I have found and joined a local Skeptics in the Pub meetup group and took part in the establishment and founding of a non-profit educational organization, the
Phoenix Area Skeptics Society (PASS). For the most part, it is quite rare to find people doing things they are passionate about with intentions of receiving praise or recognition for them. The work is the reward. However, sometimes positive attention and the constructive criticism from peers can have a profound impact on validating efforts
. So, I was proud to take part in
this interview with the deputy editor of the
Skeptical Inquirer, research
fellow at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
,
and
the go to
scientific paranormal investigator
Benjamin
Radford. He is author or co-author of six books and over a thousand
articles on skepticism, critical thinking, and science literacy. Topics that he covers include urban legends, the paranormal, and media literacy. The
newest book from Mr. Radford is titled,
The Martians Have Landed: A History of Media Panics and Hoaxes. Amongst all of this great work educating the public, he also finds the time to be a columnist for Discovery News and
LiveScience.com.
Seeing my name and this blog under the Center for Inquiry banner
displays to me a respect for Native American beliefs that rarely get
acknowledged. The voices from the First Nations of people in America got
just a bit louder.
You can follow the link to the entry on the CFI website by clicking in the text or by going
here.
This interview originally appeared in the Skeptical Briefs newsletter, Volume 21.3, Fall 2011, which featured a longer version.
