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The [[Merseyside Skeptics Society]] is a group based in Merseyside, UK which calls itself
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The [[Merseyside Skeptics Society]] (MSS) is a group based in Merseyside, UK which calls itself
 
:a non-profit organisation which aims to develop and support the skeptical community on Merseyside.  The society was founded in February 2009 and holds regular social events in Liverpool City Centre.<ref>[http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/who-are-we/ Who are we?], Merseyside Skeptics Society website, accessed 27 Feb 2010</ref>
 
:a non-profit organisation which aims to develop and support the skeptical community on Merseyside.  The society was founded in February 2009 and holds regular social events in Liverpool City Centre.<ref>[http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/who-are-we/ Who are we?], Merseyside Skeptics Society website, accessed 27 Feb 2010</ref>
  
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It criticizes alternative and complementary therapies/medicines and has prominent links (headed "Great Resources"<ref>[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Image:MSS1.jpg Great Resources], MSS website, accessed 27 Feb 2010</ref>) to the [[Quackwatch]] website, [[Skeptic]] magazine, and the [[James Randi Educational Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/ Podcasts page], MSS website, accessed 27 Feb 2010</ref>
 
It criticizes alternative and complementary therapies/medicines and has prominent links (headed "Great Resources"<ref>[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Image:MSS1.jpg Great Resources], MSS website, accessed 27 Feb 2010</ref>) to the [[Quackwatch]] website, [[Skeptic]] magazine, and the [[James Randi Educational Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/ Podcasts page], MSS website, accessed 27 Feb 2010</ref>
 
The MSS website also has a prominent link to [[Sense About Science]]'s "Keep libel laws out of science" campaign.<ref>[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Image:MSS2.jpg Merseyside Skeptics link to SAS libel laws campaign], MSS website, accessed 27 Feb 2010</ref>
 
 
==History==
 
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
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There is considerable overlap in the campaigns of [[Sense About Science]] and the MSS. The MSS website has a prominent link to [[Sense About Science]]'s "Keep libel laws out of science" campaign.<ref>[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Image:MSS2.jpg Merseyside Skeptics link to SAS libel laws campaign], MSS website, accessed 27 Feb 2010</ref>
 
==People==
 
==People==
  

Revision as of 17:11, 27 February 2010

The Merseyside Skeptics Society (MSS) is a group based in Merseyside, UK which calls itself

a non-profit organisation which aims to develop and support the skeptical community on Merseyside. The society was founded in February 2009 and holds regular social events in Liverpool City Centre.[1]

The group runs a website called merseysideskeptics.org.uk. Its founder is Mike Hall, who registered the web domain on 30 January 2009.[2]

Activities

The MSS, in its website section called AntiAntiVax, defends vaccinations of many types against their critics.[3]

It criticizes alternative and complementary therapies/medicines and has prominent links (headed "Great Resources"[4]) to the Quackwatch website, Skeptic magazine, and the James Randi Educational Foundation.[5]

Affiliations

There is considerable overlap in the campaigns of Sense About Science and the MSS. The MSS website has a prominent link to Sense About Science's "Keep libel laws out of science" campaign.[6]

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  1. Who are we?, Merseyside Skeptics Society website, accessed 27 Feb 2010
  2. Merseyside Skeptics web domain WhoIs? screengrab, taken 27 Feb 2010
  3. The Truth About The Evils Of Vaccination, MSS website, accessed 27 Feb 2010
  4. Great Resources, MSS website, accessed 27 Feb 2010
  5. Podcasts page, MSS website, accessed 27 Feb 2010
  6. Merseyside Skeptics link to SAS libel laws campaign, MSS website, accessed 27 Feb 2010