Our purpose is to promote science, science education, and the objective investigation of the paranormal and fringe science. National Capital Area Skeptics an independent nonprofit educational and scientific organization that promotes critical thinking and scientific understanding, with a focus on paranormal and fringe-science claims based in the Washington, Maryland, and Virginia community New England Skeptical Society dedicated to the promotion of science and investigation of paranormal, especially within New England New York Area Skeptics based in Plainview, NY, USA, NYASk is one of more than seventy local, regional and national groups worldwide, dedicated to promoting critical thinking and objective scrutiny of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims whose members include doctors lawyers, psychologists, journalists, business professionals, magicians, as well as concerned citizens from the academic and scientific communities. North Texas Skeptics a Dallas-based autonomous organization devoted to promoting the use of science and rational thinking in viewing the world. Members support exploring paranormal and pseudoscientific claims from a responsible and scientific point of view. A skeptic, not to be confused with a cynic, is one who is cautious about drawing conclusions.
Skepticism is the opposite of uncritical acceptance.