page_title: Stichting Skepsis
section_title: Skepsis Congres
hierarchical_section_title: Stichting Skepsis / Activities / Skepsis Congres
caption_attribution_description: English: 2014 Skepsis congres - crisis in science Nederlands: 2014 Skepsis congres - crisis in de Wetenschap
context_page_description: Stichting Skepsis is a Dutch organisation dedicated to the promotion and practice of scientific skepticism. It is a member of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations.
context_section_description: The organisation's annual conference, called the Skepsis Congres, was held in Amersfoort in 1987–2001, in Amsterdam in 2002 and has been held in Utrecht ever since 2003. Each conference has a special theme that most or all lectures are about.
  2001: "Laat je niks wijsmaken!" ("Don't be fooled!"), focused on critical thinking
  2002: "Nuttig of nodeloos? Onderzoek naar alternatieve geneeswijzen" ("Useful or unnecessary? Research into alternative medicine"), focused on the wastefulness of researching alternative medicine
  2003: "Waarom geloven wij?" ("Why do we believe?"), focused on the psychology of beliefs
  2004: "Uit onderzoek blijkt..." ("Research shows..."), focused on climate change and environmentalism
  2005: "Gaat de Verlichting uit?" ("Is the Enlightenment going out?"), focused on religion and secularisation
  2006: "Het paranormale" ("The paranormal"), focused on paranormal claims and psychics. Lectures by Joe Nickell and Chris French
  2007: "Ter discussie" ("In dispute"), focused on the legitimacy of fringe sciences
  2008: "Magisch bedrijfsleven" ("Magic in business"), focused on pseudoscientific methods in human resource management
  2009: "Kostbare onzin" ("Expensive nonsense"), focused on the cost of pseudoscience
  2010: "Complotten: werkelijkheid en fictie" ("Conspiracies: reality and fiction"), focused on conspiracy theories
  2011: "Brein en illusie" ("Brain and illusion"), focused on the mind–body problem, cognitive neuroscience and free will
  2012: "Bij de les" ("Paying attention"), focused on science education
  2013: "Wonderlijke ervaringen" ("Extraordinary experiences"), focused on psychics, religious experiences and homeopathy in Belgium
  2014: "Crisis in de wetenschap" ("Crisis in science"), focused on derailments in the scientific process
caption: Impression of the 2014 Congres.
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