MENU hlavní strana english written archive of articles news lectures in academy other lectures erratic boulder award skeptikon meeting photogallery offer the lectures report magazine magazine alternative medicine skeptic's dictionary news by e-mail links old version of this web fridays skeptics about contacts video mp3 sisyfos at CT24 on-line faq Live video and archive of lectures and other events About - czech 27.05.2006 73610 hits Český klub skeptiků SISYFOS Skepticismus Český klub skeptiků SISYFOS je součástí světového skeptického hnutí, které vzniklo v r.1976 v USA z iniciativy desítek vědců a filozofů, mezi nimi několika nositelů Nobelových cen jako reakce na vzestup iracionality ve společnosti. Vzniklá společnost, jejíž vůdčí osobností a ... přečíst archiv How to get the membership - czech Here you can read the Statute of Sisyfos Association. Here is downloadable application of members of our association. About 27.05.2006 38792 hits Czech Skeptical Club SISYFOS Skepticism The Czech Skeptics Club Sisyfos is a member of the international skeptical movement which has been initiated in U.S.A. in 1976 by scientists and philosophers who reacted against the rise of irrationality in the community. Among the founders of the newly established society ... read archive

Egely Wheel Debunked 04.08.2012 / 17:37Lukáš Jelínek, Luděk Pekárekhits 1274e-mail During the esoteric exhibition in May 2012 (see article of Č. Zlatník Physical exhibition of Mr George Egely http://www.sisyfos.cz), a talk was given by Dr. G. Egely, the co-author of the device called "the Egely Wheel", see Fig. 1. The plastic wheel (65 mm in diameter) shown on the picture is placed on a bearing ... read article Erratic Boulder prizes for horoscopes, intoxicated brains 21.03.2008 / 09:54redakcehits 12689e-mail Sisyfos, the Czech Sceptics' Club, has bestowed the founder of holotropic breathing and a family of astrologers with the main Erratic Boulder prizes for misleading the public for 2007. "With 42 nominations, we had a lot to choose from," said astrophysicist Jiří Grygar, head of the committee for the anti-prizes and chairman of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic. Whole article you can ... read article Jiri Grygar: SISYFOS Assaulting Pseudoscience: a Czech Way 18.10.2007 / 15:38Jiří Grygarhits 13202e-mail Presented at the XIIIth Congress of ECSO in Dublin, Ireland (September, 2007). PPT presentation can be downloaded ... read article Some activities of our skeptical club „Sisyfos“ 11.01.2007 / 07:55Luděk Pekárekhits 14202e-mail Annotation A throughout analysis of irrational, pseudoscientific and occult ideas and of its spreading throughout Europe has been presented in many contributions on skeptic meetings and in printed books and papers (see e. g. Sisyfos web sites, archive). So our skeptics’ clubs and organizations have got very good theoretical equipment for fighting against these pathological phenomena. ... read article 3rd. Skeptikon - Letovice 8th Sep to 10th Sep - program and concern 05.08.2006 / 00:22redakcehits 15078e-mail Third Skeptikon will be since 8th up to 10th September 2006 in Letovice, hotel Koupaliste. All people, who have interest to spend a nice weekend together with skeptics (in this activity will be present whole committe and some co-operating experts), get reservation of accommodation at ... read article Czech Skeptical Club SISYFOS - about us 05.08.2006 / 00:19redakcehits 18196e-mail Skepticism The Czech Skeptics Club Sisyfos is a member of the international skeptical movement which has been initiated in U.S.A. in 1976 by scientists and philosophers who reacted against the rise of irrationality in the community. Among the founders of the newly established society CSICOP, the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal were several Nobel ... read article 12th European Skeptics Congress (Brussels, Belgium, October 13-16, 2005) 05.08.2006 / 00:18redakcehits 14167e-mail Dear members, let me remind you of the upcoming ECSO congress in October. As SKEPP informs us, there will be a special highlight: Rupert Sheldrake will speak at the conference and have an open discussion with skeptics. We should also like to remind you of the early registration fees until September 1. Please see: http://www.esc2005.org We also ask you to widely distribute this notice ... read article News from ECSO 05.08.2006 / 00:17redakcehits 14480e-mail 11th European Skeptics Congress in London, Sept 5-7, 2003 We should like to remind all European skeptics who wish to participate in the European congress to register soon. A registration form can be found at: http://www.ecso.org/register.pdf For a list of hotels see: http://www.ecso.org/hotels.htm Futher information at: ... read article Three principially different segments of acupuncture 05.08.2006 / 00:16Jiří Heřthits 11082e-mail The acupuncture (ACU) appears to be a chameleon. Sometimes, it is considered to be a typical method of the alternative medicine (AM), sometimes a part of the scientific medicine. According to some, e.g. to a special committee of the European Commission, the effectiveness of the ACU is not convincing, or there is no scientific evidence of it. On the contrary, the conference of the NIH ... read article 10th European Skeptics Congress - Abstracts & Programme 05.08.2006 / 00:15redakcehits 16028e-mail Praha, Czech Republic September 7 - 9, 2001 the Congress of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO) organised by the Czech Skeptics Club SISYFOS under the auspices of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Published by ICARIS Ltd. Conference Management Nám. Dr. Holého 8, 180 00 Praha 8 Czech Republic Phone: +420.2. 684 4304, Fax: +420.2. 6631 2113, E-mail: ... read article 10th European Skeptics Congress - Address to participants 05.08.2006 / 00:09redakcehits 13502e-mail PRAGUE, SEPTEMBER 7-9, 2001 Dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me begin my brief address with telling you what is a common denominator of all of us present here today. I believe that it is an interest in the fate of mankind. Is this interest really necessary? I think so and I feel it very strongly. Especially in the early stage of the 21st century, serious worries connected with ... read article 10th European Skeptics Congress - 15 years with a skeptical group 05.08.2006 / 00:08redakcehits 13163e-mail Amardeo Sarma, GWUP / ECSO It is fifteen years after a wave of founding European organisations initiated by CSICOP. In these fifteen years, some groups have grown to large organisations. GWUP is one of these, and I will reflect on our experiences, which may be shared by others as well. These experiences are not only positive and good. Some have been painful. I wish to share them with you. In ... read article 10th European Skeptics Congress - Paranormal Scene in Europe 05.08.2006 / 00:07redakcehits 17781e-mail DELIGHTFUL DELUSIONS; THE WISDOM OF FOLLY Cornelis de Jager Sonnenborgh Observatory 3512 NL Utrecht, The Netherlands E-mail C.deJager@sron.nl Nearly five centuries ago, in 1511, Desiderius Erasmus, of Rotterdam but truly Européen avant la lettre, published his book ‘Stultitiae Laus’, meaning: ‘The Wisdom of Folly’. Its contents are a severe criticism of the world of his days, with ... read article 10th European Skeptics Congress - Alternative Medicine 05.08.2006 / 00:04redakcehits 15936e-mail QUALITY ASSURANCE IN MEDICINE: HOW TO CIRCUMVENT THE RULES Willem Betz University of Brussels VUB, Department of Family Medicine Laarbeeklaan, 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium Email: wbetz@huis.vub.ac.be Evidence Based Medicine Today Medicine has entered a phase where it is accepted that all diagnostic and therapeutic acts should be based on evidence. This rule should be applied to ... read article 10th European Skeptics Congress - Miscellanea 04.08.2006 / 23:53redakcehits 17586e-mail BAD SCIENCE AND PSEUDOSCIENCES ARE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS Mihály T. Beck Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, H-4010 Debrecen, Hungary E-mail: beckmt@chemres.hu In the last two decades one of the important and influencing school of the sociology of science expressed the view that science in general, including the natural sciences, is a social construction. There ... read article 10th European Skeptics Congress - News 04.08.2006 / 23:47redakcehits 14147e-mail September 7th - 9th 2001, Prague, Czech republic The congress is organised by the Czech Skeptics Club SISYFOS that was entrusted by the European Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS: August 28th 2001: E-mail address for the ESC participants during the congress. See page Contact. August 10th ... read article previous 15 articles This website is created by Miroslav Najman (webmaster) and Petr Dvorak (webdesign)

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