Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC)
Your humanist community for scientific, skeptical, secular, and rational inquiry.
Global warming refers to the increase in the average global temperature. Climate change refers to the changes in long-term weather patterns including precipitation, droughts, and other severe weather events. Global warming has caused climate change. The two terms are related but not interchangeable. Want to know more? 5 Climate Change misconceptions and for additional resources,…
By Zack Dumont Healthcare and medical literature is fraught with limitations: It’s complex, vulnerable to various interpretations, and ultimately not well served by fleeting headlines. To effectively translate the knowledge uncovered in a research study into clinical practice, one must first determine whether the research methods are valid (i.e., did they conduct a good study?)…
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Jason gave an excellent talk on the ways statistics are presented in the media can deceive and how to use critical thinking skills to see through the deception.
It seems impossible, given how long humans have been studying the skies, but last October 19, a Canadian astrophysicist at the University of Hawaii observed the first confirmed interstellar object to travel through our solar system. The object is called ‘Oumuamua (the apostrophe is not a typo).
During Ottawa’s Skepticamp 2019, Seanna Watson and Hilary Brown both volunteered to run a KFI. Much fun was had by all building ‘squishy circuits’. Kudos to both! [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”3″ gal_title=”KFI April 13, 2019″]