/oss/taxonomy/term/4889/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking/about-those-angry-emails <p>“When an immovable fact meets an unstoppable feeling.” This is the title of <a href="https://buttondown.email/liminalcreations/archive/solicited-advice-on-feelings/">a newsletter article</a> from Liz Neeley, a science communicator who studied marine biology. In a mere eight words—which play on a 3<sup>rd</sup>-century text about a merchant selling a spear that can pierce any shield <i>and </i>a shield that blocks any spear—Neeley succinctly summarizes the central problem of debunking.</p> Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:41:09 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9828 at /oss /oss/article/history/bending-spoons-and-bending-minds <p><em>This week the world lost one of our greatest promoters of science and critical thinking. James Randi was a champion of the scientific method and a fierce opponent of pseudoscience. Much will be written about his life by others but I would like to share an article I wrote about twenty-five years ago after I had the pleasure of meeting the “Amazing One” for the first time. </em></p> <p><i>The OSS was privileged to have Randi as one of our 2010 Trottier Public Science Symposium speakers. Below are some photos from that memorable evening.</i></p> Thu, 22 Oct 2020 16:19:40 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8459 at /oss