Greater Manchester Skeptics: 10:23 in Manchester

Sunday, January 31, 2010

10:23 in Manchester

At 10:23am on January 30th, more than three hundred homeopathy sceptics nationwide took part in a mass homeopathic 'overdose' in protest at Boots' continued endorsement and sale of homeopathic remedies, and to raise public awareness about the fact that homeopathic remedies have nothing in them. The Greater Manchester Skeptics were proud to organise the Manchester overdose. Here is that event, recorded by the award-winning documentary film-maker Angela Byrne:

- Gavin Schofield

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Skepticism is a method of discerning truth from fiction. Doubt is preferred to belief - when presented with an unusual claim, a skeptic will doubt that claim unless there is a decent amount of evidence to back it up.

Many people confuse Skepticism with Cynicism. This is not the case - cynicism is the tendency to ascribe the worst possible motives for the actions of other people, while skepticism is simply the refusal to accept claims without good evidence to back it up.

While a skeptic will try to remain rational, skeptics are of course fallible. A skeptic might also be cynical, close-minded or just plain wrong, but a good skeptic should always try to change their beliefs when shown how and why these beliefs are wrong.