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The Association française pour l'information scientifique or AFIS (English: ''French Association for Scientific Information'') is an association regulated by the French law of 1901, founded under the leadership of Michel Rouzé in November 1968. As a skeptical organisation, it has been a member of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations since 2001, and publishes the magazine ''Science et pseudo-sciences'' ("Science and pseudosciences"). == Purpose == Statement of principles: "The AFIS strives to promote science against those who deny its cultural value, abuse it for criminal purposes or as a cover for quackery." According to the AFIS, science itself cannot solve humanity's problems, nor can one solve them without using the scientific method. Citizens should be informed about scientific and technical advancements and the problems it helps to solve, in a way that is accessible to everyone, regardless of the pressure from particular interests. They should be warned against false sciences and against those who propagate them in the media for personal or financial gain. Via its magazine, ''Science et pseudo-sciences'', the association states it wants: *to collect a number facts from current affairs in science and technology to consider them from a human perspective first; *to distribute scientific information about all disciplines of research via the news, in a language that everyone can understand; *to unconditionally denounce peddlers of false science or pseudoscience (astrology, flying saucers, sects, the "paranormal", fake medicine), malevolent charlatans and suppliers of irrationality; *to defend scientific thinking against the threat of a new obscurantism. Independent of all pressure groups, it rejects any concession to sensationalism, disinformation and complacency regarding the irrational. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Association française pour l'information scientifique」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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