Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), formerly known as the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), is a program within the U.S. non-profit organization Center for Inquiry (CFI), which seeks to "promote scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims." Paul Kurtz proposed the establishment of CSICOP in 1976 as an independent non-profit organization, to counter what he regarded as an uncritical acceptance of, and support for, paranormal claims by both the media and society in general. Its philosophical position is one of scientific skepticism. CSI's fellows have included notable scientists, Nobel laureates, philosophers, psychologists, educators, and authors. It is headquartered in Amherst, New York.
The Banquet at the 1983 CSICOP Conference in Buffalo, New York
Barbara Forrest participating in the "Creation and Evolution" panel at CSICon 2011 in New Orleans
Bill Nye speaking about science education at CSICon 2013 in Tacoma, Washington
CSI Staff at CSICon Halloween Party 2016
The Center for Inquiry (CFI) is a U.S. nonprofit organization that works to mitigate belief in pseudoscience and the paranormal and to fight the influence of religion in government.
Headquarters of the CFI
Joe Nickell, Research Fellow at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, in office. Amherst, New York, 2013.
IIG "Power Balance" testing exercise
Tom Flynn, editor of Free Inquiry, gives a presentation on the Freethought Trail.
