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, Nothing to Fear 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, 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- Stand Up for Science Utah presents "Pints & Postcards"!RoHa Brewing Project, Salt Lake City, UT
Are you tired of doom scrolling? It's time to take action!
Join us at Hoha Brewing on July 22nd, 2025 at 7PM.
30 E Kensington Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84115Grab a beer, make your voice heard, and take a stand for science!
We'll guide you on crafting impactful messages for your representatives.
Hosted by Stand up for science Utah Home | Stand Up For Science
- “The Ghost Lab” with Matthew Hongoltz-HetlingLink visible for attendees
“The Ghost Lab” with Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
Skeptical Inquirer Presents | Thursday, July 24
It’s hard to deny the growing cultural rift between traditional institutions and a rapidly expanding landscape of paranormal belief. In his latest book, The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking Science, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling examines how widespread distrust in science, government, and media has fueled a boom in supernatural thinking—and empowered a new class of paranormal entrepreneurs that further spread distrust. At stake is not just what we believe but how we decide what counts as truth.
Join us on Thursday, July 24, at 7:00 p.m. ET for a Skeptical Inquirer Presents live stream with author and journalist Matt Hongoltz-Hetling. He’ll explain how belief in the paranormal is evolving into a dominant worldview, one that increasingly competes with evidence-based systems for public trust. Hongoltz-Hetling uses a blend of storytelling, humor, and hard data to challenge skeptics to think differently about belief—and to consider what a more inclusive, resilient version of scientific and civic life might look like.
This live, online event is FREE, but advance registration is required. Sign up today!
The Ghost Lab | Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling | Skeptical Inquirer PresentsMatthew Hongoltz-Hetling is a freelance journalist specializing in narrative features and investigative reporting. He has been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, won a George Polk Award, and been voted Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press Association, among numerous other honors. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Harper’s Magazine, USA Today, Popular Science, the Associated Press, and elsewhere. He is the author of two prior books, A Libertarian Walks into a Bear and If It Sounds Like a Quack.
- Second Annual GLOBAL Skeptics in the PubShane's House, FARMINGTON, UT
You are cordially invited to
participate in the 2nd Annual Global Skeptics in the Pub.Beehive Skeptics will be hosting a local group event where will connect into the zoom meeting and talk with skeptic groups all across the world!
Meet at Shane's house in Farmington.BYOB/Pot Luck: bring some food/drinks to share!
If you can't make it to the in-person event, be sure to join us online:
Details: 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 - 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.
