SALON LUITPOLD | Die Skeptikerbewegung: "Vergangenheit, Gegenwart, Zukunft" | Amardeo Sarma & Nikil Mukerji / GWUP

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An evening with Amardeo Sarma & Nikil Mukerji / GWUP

What distinguishes reliable knowledge from wishful thinking? And how can a scientific temper help us understand the world better? With "Scientific Temper" - a term coined by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru - Amardeo Sarma describes a virtue: characterized by modesty, a willingness to be wrong and respect for the truth.

His book takes us through five decades of skeptical enlightenment: from Uri Geller and homeopathy to today's disinformation crisis. In conversation with Nikil Mukerji, the two discuss the tasks facing the skeptical movement today - and how we can strengthen reason and enlightenment

Amardeo Sarma is co-founder of the Society for the Scientific Investigation of Parascience (GWUP) and was active in leading positions there for over 30 years. With his book "Scientific Temper" (2025), he recently presented a plea for scientific, universal thinking.

PD Dr. Nikil Mukerji is scientific director of the GWUP and teaches philosophy at the LMU Munich. His publications include "The 10 Commandments of Common Sense" (2017) and "Covid-19: What Matters in the Crisis" (2020, with Adriano Mannino).