What we’re about
This group is operated by Beehive Skeptics Foundation. 08/10/2023
Utah's official skeptical activism group.
Promoting Science and Critical Thinking in Utah.
We are devoted to:
- Creating and maintaining a community of skeptics.
- Providing a public dissenting voice to misinformation.
- Protecting the consumer from pseudoscientific or unproven products and services.
- Testing the claims of the supernatural using proper scientific controls.
See our Meetup Group
our Facebook group
our Instagram
TikTok
And Youtube!
Help support us by visiting our Shirt Shop.
Also Check out our Podcast, Beehive Skeptics on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio!
Beehive Skeptics is an official Center for Inquiry affiliate.
CFI Utah Affiliates
We are an all-inclusive community. We will not tolerate discrimination of race, gender, gender identity, age, or sexuality in our group.
We welcome atheist, agnostics, and the religious in our groups. Though expect your deepest held beliefs to be challenged.
Questions and Answers:
Q: What is a skeptic?
A: We follow the philosophy of "scientific skepticism". This means that we require evidence up to scientific standards for all of our beliefs.
Skeptics love the phrase "prove it" and love it when the request is answered. You will often find us working as a kind of consumer protection. Challenging practitioners of a supernatural or alternative medicine products and services to test and prove their claims.
Q: I'm in, where do I start?
A: First off, vote! Get out there and make your voice heard in our political system.
Next, join our investigations team! We could always use more help. Contact leadership for more information. You can also help administrate and host events, start a local chapter in your city/county, and help grow our community.
After that, we could use financial help. Please donate to our group. This money goes to Meetup dues, planning events, testing local practitioners, and community outreach.
We are a 501c3 Organization, so your donations are tax deductible! EIN: 93-3011263
If you do not have the money or time, get more vocal! Silence is the enemy of progress.
Let people in your life know skeptics are not just cynics and debunkers and, we are not deniers. Invite them to Beehive Skeptics events!
Q: I am a practitioner of a supernatural or alternative medicine practice. (reiki, acupuncture, professional psychic, medium, naturalist, homeopath, ghost hunter, cryptid hunter, faith healer, ex...) Is this group for me?
A: We would love to talk to you! We as skeptics are interested in the truth, not our ideals. We would be ecstatic to see undeniable, falsifiable proof of any supernatural claim. If you feel the supernatural is real and can prove it in a scientific and falsifiable test, contact us! We will work with you to create a falsifiable test of the claims. If feasible, we will test it ourselves. If it passes, we will help facilitate entry to earn 500K!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Second Annual Global Skeptics in the PubNeeds location
You are cordially invited to
participate in the 2nd Annual Global Skeptics in the Pub
https://www.skepticalcon.com/global-sitp-2025# GLOBAL SKEPTICS in the PUB
## FRIDAY 22 AUGUST 2025
24 hours of conviviality
The Second Annual Global Skeptics in the Pub will begin at 7pm local time in New Zealand on Friday, August 22 and end at 9pm local time in Hawai’i (24 hours later on the same calendar day)- This event will take place on Zoom. Download the Zoom app to your mobile phone or computer in advance to participate from anywhere. Download from: https://zoom.us/download
- Zoom LINK: Will be posted here on 22 August
Meeting ID: Will be posted here on 22 August
Passcode: Will be posted here on 22 August - Tickets to SkeptiCal 2025 are not necessary for participation
- Event coordinated by the Bay Area Skeptics
- Participants:
- may join or leave at any time during the 24 hours.
- are encouraged to take event photos & videos, which will be posted publicly on the web.
- are expected to conduct themselves in the spirit of civil discourse. Contentious political issues, religion bashing, and ad hominem attacks will not be condoned.
- groups are encouraged to meet together to build local camaraderie, but both groups and individuals are welcome.
- To add your group as a “Participanting Organization” please email david.almandsmith@gmail.com
Participating Organizations
(This list is frequently updated)
Argentinian Ethical-Humanist Association
Aula Cultural de Divulgación Científica, Canary Islands, Spain
Atheisten Österreich, Austria
Bay Area Skeptics, California, USA
Beehive Skeptics, Utah, USA
Center For Inquiry NYC, New York, USA
Die Skeptiker, Vienna, Austria
Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub, Greenwich, England
Hong Kong Skeptics in the Pub, China
Konfessionsfreien, Austria
l’Union Rationaliste France
Malta Skeptics
Perth Skeptics, Western Australia, Australia
The Association for Science and Reason, Toronto Canada - Beehive Skeptics Goes to PhenomeCon, part 2!Uintah Conference Center, Vernal, UT
We're doing it again!
Beehive Skeptics has been invited back to run a vendor booth at PhenomeCon!
Last year we had such a good experience running the booth and talking to people from all beliefs about science and critical thinking.Details: Paranormal Conference | PhenomeCon | Vernal
To simply attend the conference you will need to purchase a pass with PhenomeCon. Prices range form $50 to $149.
However if you choose to help with the booth, you will not need to pay for that.What we need:
- We need up to two people willing to help run the booth.
This will involve talking about our group, going over some of the displays, selling science themed products, and talking about critical thinking in a respectful manor to people who will not agree with you. Free passes to PhenomeCon will be provided to people running the booth. - We need donations. We do plan on selling items at the booth, in this the proceeds go directly back to the group in events and other activism projects. However, the startup cost is still a lot, so any help covering these cost helps. All proceeds go to meetup fees (keeping this group free for you), investigation cost, and event cost. Donations are tax deductible.
Accommodations:
Any hotel in vernal should work, however Shane currently has a 2 bed hotel room reserved at "Vernal's Best Value Inn"
Address: 260 W Main St, Vernal, UT 84078 US
https://www.reservationcounter.com/hotels/show/6038b5a/vernals-best-value-inn-vernal-utah/
It's low rated, so don't expect the best experience. Though it was selected due to- it's price
- Proximity to the conference center
- It's not advertised on the Phenomecon website, so we'll have less people from the conference staying there.
Sep. 2nd would be needed for booth setup, but if you only plan to attend the conference you can come on the 3rd.
- We need up to two people willing to help run the booth.
