Skeptic Society
{{about|the Russian-speaking skeptical organization|the skeptical organization based in the United States|The Skeptics Society}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Общество скептиков
Skeptic Society
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| formation = {{start date and age|df=yes|2013}}
| type = Nonprofit organization
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| purpose = Communicating science and skepticism, promote and teach skeptical thinking skills
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Kirill Alferov
| headquarters = Moscow
| location = Russia
| region_served = Russian-speaking world
| website = [http://skepticon.ru skepticon.ru]
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The Skeptic Society (Russian: Общество скептиков, Óbščestvo skeptikov) is a Russian-speaking skeptical society. Its aim is to spread critical thinking, popularize science, educate the general public, promote and teach critical and skeptical thinking skills and create a platform for science and skepticism communication.
File:Randi & Kirill.jpg and Kirill Alferov at The Amaz!ng Meeting 2014]]
History
The Society was founded on 31 March 2013, when Kirill Alferov organized the first meeting of the society in Moscow.,{{Cite web |url=https://www.skepticsociety.ru/?s=podcasts_skeptic#041 |title=Выпуск 041 |last=Алфёров |first=Кирилл |work="Скептик" podcast |publisher=Общество скептиков |date=April 2014 |accessdate=1 March 2015}} in part on the principles frequent in-person meetups and distributed participation.{{Cite web |url=http://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/episode_004_kirill_alferov.html |title=European Skeptics Podcast Episode 4 |last=Alferov |first=Kirill|work=European Skeptics Podcast |date=December 2015 }} Since then, the Society has met every second Thursday of the month. From 2014 onward, local groups of the Skeptic Society were also founded, and regular meetings held, in Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Voronezh, Ufa, Samara, Almaty, Pavlodar, Kharkiv, and Kazan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.skepticsociety.ru/?page=events |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208044700/http://skepticsociety.ru/?page=events |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2014 |title=Постоянные встречи общества |publisher=Общество скептиков |accessdate=10 March 2015 |language=ru}}
On 25 October 2014, the first Skeptic Society conference, Skepticon (Скептикон), took place in Moscow.{{Cite web|url=https://www.skepticsociety.ru/?s=events_skepticon2014 |title=Конференция общества скептиков 2014|publisher=Общество скептиков |accessdate=10 March 2015 |language=ru}} Around 250 people attended the conference. On 26–27 November 2016, the third Skepticon was held with 350 people attending.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ecso.org/news/skeptics-russia-hold-3rd-skepticon/ |title=Skeptics in Russia hold 3rd Skepticon |work=ECSO website |publisher=European Council of Skeptical Organisations |date=27 November 2016 |accessdate=27 November 2016}}
Activities
Most of the activities and projects of the society are available online. Despite the fact that there is a lot of skepticism-related information available in English, the society decided not to limit its activity just to translating this information, and started producing its own podcast Skeptik (Russian: Скептик, "Skeptic"). The focus of the podcast became skepticism-related issues that are relevant for Russian society. The Skeptik podcast was produced every Friday from 2013 until January 2015. At the moment the production of the podcast does not have a regular schedule. The podcast Delfinarij (Russian: Дельфинарий, "Dolphinarium") and video programme Kriticheskij vzgljad (Russian: Критический взгляд, "Critical view") as well as short YouTube clips are made under the aegis of the Russian Skeptic Society. The Society offers to give lectures in various educational institutions. It also sets up experiments, that tests the claims of supernatural abilities.{{Cite web |url=https://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-333-8mar2015 |title=Эпизод 338 |author=Richard Saunders |work=The Skeptic Zone |publisher= Skepticzone.tv|accessdate=16 March 2015 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://skepticon.ru}}{{deadlink|date=September 2022}}
{{Skeptic organizations}}
Category:2013 establishments in Russia
Category:Organizations based in Moscow