Skeptics claim that many of the allegedly hominin-like features seen in the Ardipithecus material are found elsewhere among living and fossil primates, and that claims about its hominin status and locomotor habits are not adequately supported by the available evidence.

Skeptics of the creature claim the Kongamato is a hoax or a misidentification of a huge bat or a large stork.

Skeptics argue that the current gambit of contemporary conspiracy theorists who use The Protocols is to claim that they " really " come from some group other than the Jews such as fallen angels or alien invaders.

Skeptics claim that, in many cases, prison education produces nothing more than " better educated criminals ".

Skeptics argue there is strong evidence that the briefing document and Truman letter are fake.

Skeptics argue that evidence would suggest that the Bavarian Illuminati was nothing more than a curious historical footnote since there is no evidence that the Illuminati survived its suppression in 1785.

Skeptics of Chow point to there being no evidence that his earthquake predictions are anything but claims made after the events took place.

Skeptics may deny the more startling phenomena of dreams as things they have never personally observed, but failure to wonder at their basic mystery is outright avoidance of routine evidence.

Skeptics dismissed the photos as frauds ; seeing that the bird is in roughly the same position in both photos, they suggested they may have been of a mounted specimen.

Skeptics such as James Randi suggest that his reputation as a prophet is largely manufactured by modern-day supporters who fit his words to events that have either already occurred or are so imminent as to be inevitable, a process sometimes known as " retroactive clairvoyance " ( postdiction ).

The book is titled Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals, and is meant as a kind of handbook to be read alongside the Bible itself.

Skeptics question whether SCI is actually scientific According to proponents, practicing the TM technique can lead to higher levels of consciousness and supernormal effects, including the Maharishi Effect.

Skeptics have pointed to this discrepancy between the two revealed sets of Enochian texts as an indication that Enochian is not a consistent language.

She is a Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal ( CSICOP ) and in 1991 was awarded the CSICOP Distinguished Skeptic Award .< ref > A Who's Who of Media Skeptics: Skeptics or Dogmatists ?.

Skeptics initially doubted that SpongeBob could be popular in Japan as the character's design is very different to already popular designs for Hello Kitty and Pikachu.

Stackpole has been the executive director of the Phoenix Skeptics since 1988 and is listed as the contact for the group in the magazine Skeptical Inquirer.

According to Bob Bruce of the Queensland Skeptics Association, astral projection is " just imagining ", or " a dream state ".

Michael Brant Shermer ( born September 8, 1954 ) is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic, which is largely devoted to investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims.

Skeptics contend that the match with the Shroud is based on a polarized image overlay technique, which may be subjective and unreliable.

Skeptics reason that the only benefit to eyesight gained from such techniques is itself imagined, and point out that familiar objects, including letters on an eye chart, can be recognized even when they appear less than clear.

Skeptics argue that the term " New Age movement " is a misnomer, generally used by conspiracy theorists as a catch-all rubric for any new religious movement that is not fundamentalist Christian.

Skeptics, who adhere to the psychosocial hypothesis for unidentified flying objects, argue that the convergence of New World Order conspiracy theory and UFO conspiracy theory is a product of not only the era's widespread mistrust of governments and the popularity of the extraterrestrial hypothesis for UFOs but of the far right and ufologists actually joining forces.

Skeptics argue that unfounded fears about an imminent or eventual gun ban, military coup, internment, or U. N. invasion and occupation are rooted in the siege mentality of the American militia movement but also an apocalyptic millenarianism which provides a basic narrative within the political right in the U. S., claiming that the idealized society ( i. e., constitutional republic, Jeffersonian democracy, " Christian nation ", " white nation ") is thwarted by subversive conspiracies of liberal secular humanists who want " Big Government " and globalists who plot on behalf of the New World Order.

Skeptics such as Antony Flew have cited the lack of such a theory as their reason for rejecting the evidence for psi.

Skeptics disagreed with that conclusion, pointing to the lack of scientific evidence.

According to the book Skeptics Dictionary, Chopra's " mind-body claims get even murkier as he tries to connect Ayurveda with quantum physics .” Chopra also participated in the Channel 4 ( UK ) documentary The Enemies of Reason, where, when interviewed by scientist Richard Dawkins, he admitted that the term " quantum theory " was being used as a metaphor and that it has little to do with the actual quantum theory in physics.

Every issue of the magazine opens with a description of The Skeptics Society and its mission statement, which is to explore subjects such as creationism, pyramid power, Bigfoot, pseudohistorical claims ( as in the examples of Holocaust denial and extreme Afrocentrism ), the use or misuse of theory and statistics, conspiracy theories, urban myths, witch-hunts, mass hysterias, genius and intelligence, and cultural influences on science, as well as controversies involving protosciences at the leading edge of established science, and even fads like cryonics and low-carb diets.

No Answers in Genesis is a website affiliated with the Australian Skeptics organisation that provides information to defend the theory of evolution, and, more specifically, counter young Earth creationist arguments put forward by Answers in Genesis.

Skeptics argue that the paranoia behind a conspiracy theorist's obsession with mind control, population control, occultism, surveillance abuse, Big Business, Big Government, and globalization arises from a combination of two factors, when he or she: 1 ) holds strong individualist values and 2 ) lacks power.

Skeptics are generally incredulous about this and any other claims of life after death.

Skeptics say that instances of apparent telepathy are explained as the result of fraud, self-delusion and / or self-deception and that telepathy does not exist as a paranormal power.

Skeptics note that a small subset of doctors are responsible for diagnosing the majority of individuals with DID.

Skeptics and debunkers have questioned the interpretation of sea serpent sightings, suggesting that reports of serpents are misidentifications of things such as cetaceans ( whales and dolphins ), sea snakes, eels, basking sharks, baleen whales, oarfish, large pinnipeds, seaweed, driftwood, flocks of birds, and giant squid.

Skeptics will observe that Mao's heavy bend towards singular ideological solutions to China's numerous social, cultural, and economic problems are inappropriate and even costly.

Skeptics argue they are cases of postdiction ( prophecy after the events have already occurred ).

" Skeptical Inquirer has carried such articles as reports on the success rate of past years ' tabloid " psychic predictions " and coverage of the Australian Skeptics ' " Bent Spoon Awards " ( winners are notified by telepathy and must pick up their trophies by paranormal means ).

Skeptics feel that voters are not well enough informed to vote intelligently.

According to Baron and Wagele, the most common Enneatypes for ISFJs are Perfectionists, Helpers and Skeptics.

Skeptics such as Robert T. Carroll, Claus Larsen, and others have questioned the methodology of the Global Consciousness Project, particularly how the data are selected and interpreted, saying the data anomalies reported by the project are the result of " pattern matching " and selection bias which ultimately fail to support a belief in psi or global consciousness.

Skeptics of New World Order conspiracy theories accuse its proponents of indulging in the furtive fallacy, a belief that significant facts of history are necessarily sinister ; conspiracism, a world view that centrally places conspiracy theories in the unfolding of history, rather than social and economic forces ; and fusion paranoia, a promiscuous absorption of fears from any source whatsoever.

Skeptics doubt that superintelligence is possible and believe that the processes inside a brain are too complex to fully understand and simulate in a technological device.

* Skeptics: scientists who are skeptical of the claims of Darwinism, abiogenesis or macroevolution

Skeptics think the goal of using reprogenetics to increase genetic IQ is rendered less likely by the very great complexity of the genome with respect to intelligence ( half of all genes are expressed somewhere in the brain ), not to mention the environmental influences from conception to adulthood.

In the USA, the most notable of these are, in chronological order, the Center for Inquiry ( 1991 ), The Skeptics Society ( 1992 ), the James Randi Educational Foundation ( 1996 ), and the New England Skeptical Society ( 1996 ).

Skeptics hold that such ' contactees ' are deluded or dishonest in their claims.

Skeptics have stated some of these attempts are examples of confirmation bias.