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
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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- Annual Psychic InvestigationDancing Cranes Imports, Salt Lake City, UT
It's time for our annual psychic investigation! In this investigation we are going to get a psychic reading, then track the individual predictions for accuracy.
Last Year the psychics did not do so good, you can view our tracker here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16uwQKRX-UpzXFbdCicSDVZdnSUpiS1zEmZsph43guQU/edit?usp=sharingBut as always, more data is better! So we are going again this year.
I have already booked a reading for "a group of friends" for the readings event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1376024219981454/1376024309981445?active_tab=aboutYou will be expected to pitch in for the reading:
Prices are $10 for 3 cards, $20 for 5, $25 for 7, $30 for 9, and $40 for 11, with each reading including a rune and crystal pull as well.
Afterwards we will all go to dinner together and talk about it.The rules are:
#1: Be respectful.
#2: the reading must be recorded so we are not relying on memory.
#3: Be honest all but one control question. (lie about one detail of your life such as a dog you do not have, a surgery coming up, or some other detail)
#4: Update the tracker. Once you RSVP I will grant you edit access to the Psychic Tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16uwQKRX-UpzXFbdCicSDVZdnSUpiS1zEmZsph43guQU/edit?usp=sharingYou will be expected to break down all the different predictions in your reading, then update them throughout the year if the predictions come true.
Last year we had a great time with it, and our work here will help provide evidence for or against the validity of psychics in Utah. - Beehive Skeptics Table at the Chiasm Cabaret! A Phantasmic Science Variety ShowThe Pearl on Main, Midvale, UT
The Organizers of Chiasm Cabaret have generously offered to allow us to have a booth/table at their event in order to promote our group! Since we were already set up for PhenomeCon we have agreed. Let us know if you'd like to help run the booth, or just pick up tickets and watch the show, then come down and say hi to us at the booth!
S.T.E.A.M.punk Academy presents Chiasm Cabaret! A Phantasmic Science Variety Show featuring burlesque, drag, pole, and “magic” tricks. Join us October 5th at The Pearl On Main in Midvale (not the restaurant in Central 9th) to kick off the spooky season with a night of TITillating performances that will AROUSE your curiosity while making you think.
GA $20 presale, $40 VIP.
Doors at 7, show at 8.
Unfortunately, because of Utah’s Blue Laws, this show is 21+ only. BOOOOOOO!
https://www.24tix.com/event/8877634662
@queerdscience
@steampunkacademyslc
@thepearlonmainThe Pearl on Main
7711 S. Main St
Midvale UT, 84047 - Beehive Skeptics at CsiCon 2024!Horseshoe Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Join Beehive Skeptics for CSIcon 2024 in Las Vegas!
October 24th through the 27th.
Check the details here: https://csiconference.org/Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Cox, and Michael Mann have been confirmed as speakers!
There will also be a performance from Banachek and the cast of Skeptics Guide to the Universe!
Join Beehive Skeptics for our exclusive event, Escape IT escape rooms! Space is limited. See the event here: https://4142298.xyz/beehiveskeptics/events/301142885/
Hotel rooms are available at the Horseshoe for half off their normal price through this link: https://book.passkey.com/go/SBCFI4
Register and purchase your tickets here: https://csiconference.org/registration/
Scholarships are available for those who cannot afford it. Check https://csiconference.org/ for updates on their scholarship program.