The committee is recognized as the oldest group of people with a common desire to promote critical thinking and scientific ri ... gor. It brings together, under the banner of scientific skepticism, both academics and self-taught science, belonging to different philosophical and scientific disciplines. In general, the purpose of the committee is to react to unproven assertions contrary to the knowledge acquired and recognized by the entire scientific community, whatever the nature of this assertion: para scientific, paranormal, religious (such as creationism) or any other. This process is not accompanied by any spiritual or confessional stance. True to its history, the committee maintains the will to separate the true from the false in so-called “paranormal” or “pseudo-scientific” phenomena presented to the public with a great deal of publicity. read more