What's the difference between scepticism and cynicism? Cynicism is especially necessary for assessing politics, says Prof James Alexander, as it sits below scepticism, making us question the motives of those who rule us.
Since Covid, some anti-establishment sceptics have been drawn to question whether weather is being manipulated, cancer treatment should be rejected and pesticides should be banned. This is unhelpful, argues Ben Pile.
On July 18th, Dr Tilak Doshi wrote an article for Forbes defending J.D. Vance from accusations of 'climate denialism'. 48 hours later, Forbes un-published the article. Read the article on the Daily Sceptic.
Rowan Atkinson: The inconvenient truth about electric cars.
Scepticism about human-caused climate change continues to increase around the world, with a recent poll finding a slump in such belief among Americans to 49% from 60% just five years ago.
According to a worldwide IPSOS survey covering two-thirds of the world’s population for energy company EDF, nearly four people in every 10 believe climate change is mainly due to natural causes.
The Environment Editor of the Times is alarmed about the ‘flood’ of ‘disinformation’ on Twitter about climate change since Musk took over. What he means is that Twitter no longer suppresses criticism of Net Zero.
