Barry Beyerstein, a psychologist, skeptic, teacher, promoter of science and reason \u2013 and without hyperbole the single nicest guy in the skeptical movement, passed away two days ago. He was only 60 and his death was unexpected, it certainly came as a shock to me. The premature death of such a wonderful person is always a tragedy, it is a terrible loss for his family, and I feel as if the skeptical family has also suffered a great loss.<\/p>\n
I had the good fortune of knowing Barry, although our paths crossed only occasionally. We worked together on the Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, and I always enjoyed seeing him at skeptical meetings. I am glad we had the opportunity to interview him recently for the Skeptics Guide. Take a listen to the interview \u2013 his good humor comes through no matter what topic we were discussing.<\/p>\n
The inner circle of the skeptical movement is actually quite small. Although we are geographically spread out, I feel as if we are tied closely together by our common cause, by a shared worldview and purpose, and by the virtual bonds of blogs, podcasts, magazines, and e-mail. It\u2019s an intellectual community and every member is extremely valued. I hate to be reminded of that in this way.<\/p>\n
Barry was a CSI fellow \u2013 you can read their tribute to him<\/a> which includes a summary of his many skeptical accomplishments. His daughter, Lindsay, also has a touching tribute to her father here<\/a>.<\/p>\n So long, Barry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Barry Beyerstein, a psychologist, skeptic, teacher, promoter of science and reason \u2013 and without hyperbole the single nicest guy in the skeptical movement, passed away two days ago. He was only 60 and his death was unexpected, it certainly came as a shock to me. The premature death of such a wonderful person is always […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-beyerstein"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t