The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking Science - Livestream

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 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.

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