September 10, 2024
How and Why I Got Involved in Scientific Research and Skepticism
“Like during the witch trials, those who abandon rationality for superstitious thinking are a danger to us all. When magical thinking mixes with paranoia and fear, no one is safe.”
Alejandro Borgo
From: Skeptical Inquirer, Volume 48, No. 5, September/October 2024
[Exposing and opposing pseudoscience and its aggressive well-funded practitioners is a never-ending need for rationalists. I invite you to read the article.]
Alejandro Borgo is director of the Center for Inquiry Argentina and a journalist, writer and musician. He has written two books about pseudoscience and critical thinking. He is editor of Pensar magazine (pensar.org) and has been a speaker at several skeptics congresses and conferences.
Borgo, Alejandro. 2002. Skepticism in Argentina: Life and death and magical thinking. Skeptical Briefs 12(1). Online at https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/skepticism-in-argentina-life-and-death-and-magical-thinking/.
———. 2024. The most extravagant ESP research ever carried out in Argentina. Skeptical Inquirer (February 13). Online at https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-most-extravagant-esp-research-ever-carried-out-in-argentina/.