Center for Inquiry
| The Center for Inquiry is an organization of 'skeptics', with 4 million dollar revenue, used as agents of the Science Church, to guard the official narrative and neutralize skepticism towards media propaganda, established by atheist Paul Kurtz (NYU, Columbia, AAAS, Prometheus Books, American Humanist Association) in 1991. It has branches on 17 locations in the US and 16 outside the US. During the 90's it played a role in the media feud between James Randi and Uri Geller (Stargate Project of CIA with Andrija Puharich). |  |
In 1976 the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry was founded with Carl Sagan, James Randi, BF Skinner (CIA front Esalen), Philip Klass (AAAS, UFO researcher), Isaac Asimov, Lyon Sprague de Camp and started Skeptical Inquirer with Douglas Hofstadter (Stanford, AAAS, American Philosophical Society, Scientific American), Martin Gardner and Benjamin Radford. Hofstadter organized a symposium with Ray Kurzweil.
Jesuit trained Steven Novella started the New England Skeptical Society, affiliated with the James Randi Educational Foundation and Skeptics' Guide to the Universe to promote James Randi, Michael Shermer, Susan Blackmore (The Guardian), Jimmy Carter, Paul Kurtz, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku, Jon Ronson, Bill Nye, Phil Plait (Bill Nye Saves the World, Discovery Channel), Gerald Posner (book about the JFK ritual and Vatican), Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett.
The Center for Inquiry published Skeptic Inquirer with Kendrick Frazier (AAAS) as editor.
It gave the In Praise of Reason award to Martin Gardner, Sidney Hook, Douglas Hofstadter, Kendrick Frazier, Carl Sagan, Donald Johanson (Lucy findings in Ethiopia), Stephen Jay Gould (AAAS), Bill Nye, Ray Hyman, Elizabeth Loftus and Marvin Minsky.
In 1973 Paul Kurtz wrote the 2nd Humanist Manifesto signed by Francis Crick, Julian Huxley, Corliss Lamont, Hans Eysenck, Betty Friedan, BF Skinner, Sidney Hook and Isaac Asimov.
It gave the Richard Dawkins Award to James Randi, Ann Druyan, Julia Sweeney (SNL), Daniel Dennett, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Bill Maher, Steven Pinker, Christopher Hitchens, Lawrence Krauss, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Fry, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Elizabeth Loftus was trained at the New School, is a member of the AAAS and played a role in the Ted Bundy, OJ Simpson, Michael Jackson, Harvey Weinstein, Ghuislaine Maxwell-Jeffrey Epstein.
James Randi and Martin Gardner played the role of skeptic debunkers of Uri Geller. Geller worked with Criss Angel, who worked with CFI affiliated magician Banachek.
With James Randi she was used to popularize the concept of False Memory Syndrome (with jesuit Alan Alda on Scientific American Frontiers) in cases of satanic ritual abuse through CIA front False Memory Syndrome Foundation.
In 1997 Barry Karr, Kendrick Frazer wrote The UFO Invasion: The Roswell Incident, Government Cover-Ups.
Joe Nickell worked for the BBC.
The Skeptic Society made podcast Skepticality with James Randi, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ann Druyan, Adam Savage (Discovery Channel), Bill Nye, Phil Plait,..
Jason Colavito of Skeptics Society was used to debunk Ancient Aliens and Qanon.
Dawkins, Susan Blackmore, Brian Cox and Derren Brown are on the board of The Skeptic magazine of Shermer's The Skeptic Society. James Alcock's son worked with Eminem on the album Recovery.
From 2005 it made Point of Inquiry with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paul Krugman, Brian Greene, Temple Grandin, Oliver Sachs, Daniel Dennett, Steven Pinker, Chris Mooney.
From 2008 it was led by jesuit trained Ronald Lindsay.
From 2011 CSI holds annual conventions.
In 2016 it merged with the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, with Robyn Blummer (ACLU, Huffington Post) as CEO.
The Science Network organizes events with Richard Dawkins, Elizabeth Loftus, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, Lawrence Krauss,..
Benjamin Radford was used to debunk theories about the staged Sandy Hook shooting.
Kendrick Frasier led the AAAS. Justin Trottier worked for the Green Party. Sunand Joshi published on HP Lovecraft.
Seth Shostak and Jill Tarter (inspiration for Sagan's Contact) worked for the SETI Institute. Clifford Pickover worked for IBM. James Underdown is host of the Cult Awareness podcast with Tony Ortega about cults like Scientology. He worked with the Oprah Winfrey Network.
The CFI and Neil deGrasse Tyson were used during the Covid19-ritual as antagonist of Plandemic with Judy Mikovits.