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 practice, and testing the claims of the supernatural.
See our Meetup Group
our Facebook group
and our Instagram
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- Skeptical Inquirer Presents: The Science of Weird Shit with Chris FrenchLink visible for attendees
The Science of Weird Shit with Chris French
Skeptical Inquirer Presents | Thursday, May 2
If the wider scientific community is right to be skeptical about paranormal claims, why do so many people believe in the paranormal—including a sizable number who claim to have had direct personal experience of paranormal phenomena?
Join us on Thursday, May 2, at 7:00 p.m. ET for a free Skeptical Inquirer Presents livestream with Chris French, author of The Science of Weird Shit: Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal. French will provide an overview of anomalistic psychology, which attempts to address believers by proposing alternative, nonparanormal explanations for ostensibly paranormal experiences. He’ll also discuss key factors such as the unreliability of memory, hallucinatory experiences, and a range of cognitive biases.
This live Zoom event is free, but advance registration is required, so sign up right now.
https://secure.everyaction.com/6TbutQEIoUuE-MZu7JK_PA2Chris French is emeritus professor of psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, where, for more than two decades, he headed the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit. He is a fellow of the British Psychological Society and of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a patron of Humanists UK. He has published well over 200 articles and book chapters covering a wide range of topics. Currently, his main area of research is the psychology of paranormal beliefs and anomalous experiences.
- BS Idaho Falls Beer Fest414 W 500 S, Salt Lake City, UT
Come join me (Tim) and my crew for a great time at the Idaho Falls beer festival! Friday morning at 7:30am at the Maverick in Downtown (414 W 500 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101) I'll be leading a group of motorcyclist all the way Idaho falls. (Car are welcome to follow or just drive directly to Idaho falls)
From there we'll work our way to Logan to fill our bellies with some amazing food at Angie's and will spend basically the entire day on the back roads working our way there.
The actual festival is on Saturday at Noon. You'll have to purchase your tickets before hand using this link. I have a room block setup with Tru hotel. Rooms fill up quickly, please reserve your room here
It's always a great fun to have everyone wear the same shirts. If your interest in a shirt please send me your shirt sizes. Shirts are usually $20 a shirt. Please send me your shirt size by April 30th.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
https://northamericanbrewers.org/Shirt form:
https://forms.gle/S3Ba6f8eebYKXMwV7
