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The New England Skeptical Society (NESS) is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting science and reason. It was originally founded in January 1996 as the Connecticut Skeptical Society, by Steven Novella, Perry DeAngelis and Bob Novella. The group later joined with the Skeptical Inquirers of New England (SINE) and the New Hampshire Skeptical Resource to form the New England Skeptical Society (NESS). == Origins == In 1996 Perry DeAngelis, Steven Novella, and Bob Novella founded The Connecticut Skeptical Society. "The three... formed the society in January 1996 after their love of science drew them into the network of national and regional skeptical societies and they discovered there were none in Connecticut." As Evan Bernstein tells it, "One night sometime in late 1995, Perry was over () Steve's condo, casually flipping through a copy of SI (''Skeptical Inquirer''). He was reading through the list of local groups, and commented to Steve: 'There's no local skeptics group in Connecticut. We should start one.'" Steve states that he () took on the majority of the "heavy lifting" but Perry was "right there" the whole time. "He () was in love with the big ideas, the logistics and the details that was for other people to worry about, which is why Perry and I worked really well together. Because I quickly became the detail and logistic person that made things happen," but he gets the credit for having the original big idea.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoGLeHMcpOs )〕 The group later joined with the Skeptical Inquirers of New England (SINE)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/skeptical_inquirers_of_new_england/ )〕 and the New Hampshire Skeptical Resource to form the New England Skeptical Society (NESS). The NESS was actively involved in investigating claims of the paranormal, Satanism, homeopathy, Dowsing, Cults and UFO's all have been given attention by NESS. In October 1996, Novella had been on a Ricki Lake show that talked about vampires, one claimed to be a psychic vampire and could drain people's minds. DeAngelis stood up in the audience spread his arms and said "Drain Me". The psychic claimed that it does not work in public. DeAngelis later stated "I had my doubts she could drain a sink."〔 Novella states that he and DeAngelis were guest lectures at a cult awareness conference, NESS arranged for James Randi to also be invited.〔 In addition the NESS hosts local lectures on a spectrum of skeptical topics, conducts investigations into local paranormal claims and screens local applicants for the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge offered by the James Randi Educational Foundation. The group publishes a newsletter of original skeptical articles that can also be found on its website.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theness.com/index.php/articles/ )〕 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「New England Skeptical Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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