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Jim Lippard
James Joseph Lippard (born 1965) is an American skeptic and activist freethinker.Lippard, Jim"Publications and Appearances"(bibliography)''discord.org''.Accessed July 13, 2009. Archived fro/ref> Lippard works for Global Crossing as its head of information security. He founded the ''Phoenix Skeptics'' in 1985 and was its executive director until 1988, and edited ''The Arizona Skeptic'' from 1991–1993. He is the former president (2003–2005) of the '' Internet Infidels'' and former webmaster for the Skeptics Society (1994 to 1997). Lippard is the author of ''The Fabulous Prophecies of the Messiah'' on the Secular Web, and a contributor to Ed Babinski's ''Leaving the Fold: Testimonies of Former Fundamentalists'', to Joe Nickell's ''Psychic Sleuths: ESP and Sensational Cases'', Gordon Stein's ''Encyclopedia of the Paranormal'', and to Skeptic magazine and ''Reports of the National Center for Science Education The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is a not-for- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skeptic Skepticism, also spelled scepticism, is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. For example, if a person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the person doubts that these claims are accurate. In such cases, skeptics normally recommend not disbelief but suspension of belief, i.e. maintaining a neutral attitude that neither affirms nor denies the claim. This attitude is often motivated by the impression that the available evidence is insufficient to support the claim. Formally, skepticism is a topic of interest in philosophy, particularly epistemology. More informally, skepticism as an expression of questioning or doubt can be applied to any topic, such as poli |
