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}}'''Susan Marie Gerbic''' (born August 8, 1962) is an [[United States|American]] professional portrait photographer and [[scientific skepticism|skeptical activist]] living in [[Salinas, California]].<ref name=californian>{{cite news|last1=Nordstrand,|first1=Dave|title=Staying on the job during cancer treatment|url=http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/life/2014/07/05/staying-job-cancer-treatment/12202333/|accessdate=5 July 2014|publisher=The Californian|date=July 5, 2014}}</ref> Gerbic is the co-founder of Monterey County Skeptics, founder of Skeptic Action, leader of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW), a regular contributor to ''[[Skepticality]]'', contributes to [[Skeptical Inquirer]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Articles by Susan Gerbic|url=http://www.csicop.org/author/susan_gerbic|publisher=Skeptical Inquirer Magazine|accessdate=January 13, 2015}}</ref> and a frequent speaker at skeptic conferences such as [[The Amaz!ng Meeting|The Amazing Meet!ng (TAM)]], SkeptiCal<ref>{{cite web|title=SkeptiCal 2011|url=http://lanyrd.com/2011/skepticalcon/|publisher=Lanyrd|accessdate=January 13, 2015}}</ref> and [[Merseyside Skeptics Society#QED: Question, Explore, Discover|Question, Explore, Discover (QED)]].<ref name="Skeptical Connections">{{cite web |url=http://skepticalconnections.wordpress.com/susan-gerbic/ |title=Susan Gerbic |publisher=Skeptical Connections |accessdate=23 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skepticink.com/incredulous/2013/02/13/what-is-guerrilla-skepticism-sin-interviews-susan-gerbic/ |title=What is Guerrilla Skepticism? SIN interviews Susan Gerbic |author=Ed Clint |publisher=SkepticInk |date=13 February 2013 |accessdate=23 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://qedcon.org/news/announcing-susan-gerbic-and-mark-edward |title=Announcing... Susan Gerbic and Mark Edward |author=QED |publisher=QEDcon website |date=14 January 2014 |accessdate=23 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meetup.com/Monterey-County-Skeptics/ |title=Monterey County Skeptics |accessdate=19 June 2014}}</ref> Susan Gerbic was born in Salinas, California to Anthony and Tressie Gerbic in 1962. Gerbic manages a Portrait Studio and has a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[social history]].<ref name="skeptchal" />
}}'''Susan Marie Gerbic''' (born August 8, 1962) is an [[United States|American]] professional portrait photographer and [[scientific skepticism|skeptical activist]] living in [[Salinas, California]].<ref name=californian>{{cite news|last1=Nordstrand,|first1=Dave|title=Staying on the job during cancer treatment|url=http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/life/2014/07/05/staying-job-cancer-treatment/12202333/|accessdate=5 July 2014|publisher=The Californian|date=July 5, 2014}}</ref> Gerbic is the co-founder of Monterey County Skeptics, founder of Skeptic Action, leader of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW)<ref>http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_39.5</ref>, a regular contributor to ''[[Skepticality]]'', contributes to [[Skeptical Inquirer]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Articles by Susan Gerbic|url=http://www.csicop.org/author/susan_gerbic|publisher=Skeptical Inquirer Magazine|accessdate=January 13, 2015}}</ref> and a frequent speaker at skeptic conferences such as [[The Amaz!ng Meeting|The Amazing Meet!ng (TAM)]], SkeptiCal<ref>{{cite web|title=SkeptiCal 2011|url=http://lanyrd.com/2011/skepticalcon/|publisher=Lanyrd|accessdate=January 13, 2015}}</ref> and [[Merseyside Skeptics Society#QED: Question, Explore, Discover|Question, Explore, Discover (QED)]].<ref name="Skeptical Connections">{{cite web |url=http://skepticalconnections.wordpress.com/susan-gerbic/ |title=Susan Gerbic |publisher=Skeptical Connections |accessdate=23 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skepticink.com/incredulous/2013/02/13/what-is-guerrilla-skepticism-sin-interviews-susan-gerbic/ |title=What is Guerrilla Skepticism? SIN interviews Susan Gerbic |author=Ed Clint |publisher=SkepticInk |date=13 February 2013 |accessdate=23 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://qedcon.org/news/announcing-susan-gerbic-and-mark-edward |title=Announcing... Susan Gerbic and Mark Edward |author=QED |publisher=QEDcon website |date=14 January 2014 |accessdate=23 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meetup.com/Monterey-County-Skeptics/ |title=Monterey County Skeptics |accessdate=19 June 2014}}</ref> Susan Gerbic was born in Salinas, California to Anthony and Tressie Gerbic in 1962. Gerbic manages a Portrait Studio and has a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[social history]].<ref name="skeptchal" />


== Skepticism ==
== Skepticism ==

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Susan Gerbic
2014
Born
Salinas, California
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationBA Social & Behavioral Studies
Alma materCSUMB California State University Monterey Bay
OccupationPortrait Studio Manager[1]
Years active1982 - present
EmployerLifetouch Portrait Studios
Known forscientific skeptic activism
Parent(s)Anthony and Tressie Gerbic
Susan Gerbic's voice
recorded in May 2015

Susan Marie Gerbic (born August 8, 1962) is an American professional portrait photographer and skeptical activist living in Salinas, California.[1] Gerbic is the co-founder of Monterey County Skeptics, founder of Skeptic Action, leader of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW)[2], a regular contributor to Skepticality, contributes to Skeptical Inquirer[3] and a frequent speaker at skeptic conferences such as The Amazing Meet!ng (TAM), SkeptiCal[4] and Question, Explore, Discover (QED).[5][6][7][8] Susan Gerbic was born in Salinas, California to Anthony and Tressie Gerbic in 1962. Gerbic manages a Portrait Studio and has a B.A. in social history.[9]

Skepticism

Gerbic's interest in paranormal and fringe topics began during childhood, when she was most frightened by spontaneous human combustion, "the idea that you could be walking down the street and suddenly, BOOM!"[10] She grew up in Salinas as a Southern Baptist who became interested in skepticism in the 1990s.[9] "I had never heard the word atheist until I was in my late teens," Gerbic told Skeptical Inquirer editor Benjamin Radford. "Once I found out there were other people who felt the way I did, I read everything I could on the subject". In 2000, Gerbic discovered that there was a community of skeptics and went to her first conference, Skeptic's Toolbox in Eugene, Oregon a month later. "I felt like I had found my people."[11]

Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia

After Gerbic's experience with three "Amazing Adventure" cruises put on by the James Randi Educational Foundation and several of The Amaz!ng Meetings she decided it was "time for me to do something."[9] Her first contributions were a photo of Brian Dunning to Wikipedia, then how to edit and improve Wikipedia articles. Gerbic and her partner Mark Edward proposed "Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia" (GSoW) as a Skepticamp presentation. The name "Guerrilla Skepticism" was coined by Mark Edward to mean skeptical activism that is "more underground, more grass-root, more mole-like." During this time, Edward and Gerbic were using the term for many projects.[12] The idea for organized effort came from Tim Farley after she had made attempts to use typical WikiProjects and found them dormant and not user-friendly for new editors. She then started communicating and training others on Facebook and by email.[13]

The skepticism on Wikipedia effort grew after presentations at SkeptiCalcon and a Sunday paper presentation at The Amaz!ng Meeting[12] and she created a blog on the subject.[14] She stated that the formal beginning of GSoW is May 2010,[15] yet it's birthday is celebrated in June.[10][16] Gerbic is often asked about her Wikipedia contributions and edits. "I discovered that there are people in our community that have been looking for a way to become more involved but need more structure, support, and training."[15] When people ask how they can help the skeptical movement, Gerbic is quick to suggest that they, too, learn to edit Wikipedia.[17] "We rewrite Wikipedia, and proof the pages, we remove citations that are not noteworthy, we add citations, we do just about everything in Wikipedia to improve content."[18] Emery Emery asked Gerbic, "This was a need right?" "I was trying to find something to do," responded Gerbic. "It was my time to step up and take on some responsibility... I'd attended the lectures, I'd read the books, it was my time."[19]

Susan Gerbic, 2012

Gerbic promotes the approach of identifying skepticism-related articles that are in need of improvement. Articles are improved by the addition of references from popular writing, podcast, and other citations. "Its just lots and lots of research. Because we are a team of friends we can share resources and work reviews. It is often necessary to interview notable persons to improve the citations and resources."[9] She used the example of psychic Sylvia Browne's Wikipedia page during the Amaz!ng Meeting lecture, suggesting that people looking for information might prefer Wikipedia as a neutral, virus free, user friendly site. She calls this the Goldilocks effect.[12]

Gerbic spends much of her Wikipedia-related time helping new editors learn to perform basic tasks in Wikipedia.[13] New editors to the GSoW users group are encouraged to identify notable references and add them to various related pages. Gerbic calls such edits "backwards editing", which is the reverse of the more typical process where one subject is enhanced from multiple references.[9][20] In an interview with Richard Saunders she states that this kind of project is "a perfect storm, we would never have been able to do this without [the Internet]."[21]

Gerbic states that the "We Got your Wiki Back Project!" is a popular GSoW sub-project. She relates that the project's goal is to improve the Wikipedia pages for all skeptical spokespeople. "When they are in the media's eye, we know that their Wikipedia page views are going to spike."[15] "When people are looking for information, we want to make sure they are getting great information," says Gerbic on the Data Skeptic podcast.[22]


It was very powerful when I started making edits.

–Susan Gerbic[13]

World Wikipedia project

The World Wikipedia project began in August 2012 after Gerbic was unable to find non-English editing groups to do what she had done with English project. Gerbic began forming and training non-English editors. Beginning with the "Lets Start with Jerry" project, all teams were asked to translate the English Jerry Andrus Wikipedia page into as many languages as possible. Arabic, Dutch, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Portuguese articles were completed under her guidance.[15]

Monterey County Skeptics

The Monterey County Skeptics (MCS) and Mark Edward participated in the "There's Nothing in it" 10:23 Campaign by overdosing on many homeopathic tablets. To demonstrate the effects of homeopathy, Gerbic personally took 80 pellets (15 doses) of Boiron 30C Belladonna.[23] In 2011, during SkeptiCal, Gerbic joined in with over 100 attendees to take an overdose (15 times recommended) of homeopathic caffea cruda which is used for sleepiness.[24] On January 3, 2015 the Monterey County Skeptics had the first SkeptiCamp in Northern California. This is "a day of free presentations on skepticism, critical thinking, science and related topics." Lectures included eight speakers, including Gerbic, whose presentation was reporting back on a 6 months long psychic sting. “We’re not curmudgeons,” Gerbic said. “We just want more facts when someone makes a claim.”[25] A Monterey Herald reporter who attended the conference stated, "SkeptiCamp Monterey 2015, [is] a gathering of people who choose to take just about everything with a grain of salt — and probably a whole tablespoon."[26]

Skeptic action

Gerbic manages Skeptic Action, a Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ activist organization with the goal of reviewing one topical site per day on Web of Trust and RbutR.[27]: at 7:30  From 2010 to 2014, Gerbic was a member of the Independent Investigations Group. During 2013, Gerbic served as a Steering member and participated in several investigations for their then $50,000 (now $100,000) paranormal challenge.[28] Gerbic was the main photographer for the Nick Nelson[29][30] and Phillip Lee[31] preliminary tests.[32]

Weird or What?

Gerbic and Edward were hired by Discovery Channel in 2011 to film a recreation of the Scole Séance experiences, during Weird or What? episode "Life After Death".[33] Edward performed the séance in the dark while Gerbic, dressed in black, would manipulate various sounds and lights in the room to fool the participants during filming.[34]

Psychic activism

Gerbic has claimed that her favorite area of pseudoscience is psychics, she names as "Grief Vampires" because they latch onto desperate families that would do anything to talk to their loved ones, or pay anything to find their missing child.[35] Gerbic and Edward organized a protest against Sylvia Browne when she appeared at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on July 13, 2012.[36][37]

Gerbic has attempted to get noticed at psychic events, such as those organized by Chip Coffey, where she holds a photo of a living person and listens to 'cold readings' regarding fictionally deceased persons.[38] Sheldon Helms describes the effort behind fundraising and preparation prior to psychic events, and the effort of exposing the fictional statements.[39][40]

Conference promotion

Conference attendance gets a lot of attention on Gerbic's bi-weekly Skepticality segments. She stresses how important it is for skeptics to attend, and if there aren't conferences nearby, then to create a conference, be it a SkeptiCamp or a Skeptics in the Pub event. She insists that conference attendance is the first step towards activism. "What I do know is that the one-on-one contact recharges our batteries. People like Harriet A. Hall (Skepdoc), Lindsay Beyerstein (co-host of Point of Inquiry), and myself came from CSI’s Skeptic's Toolbox. We weren't primarily authors or lecturers, just people with a passion for the skeptical movement who decided it was our turn to step up. You can’t buy that fire, but sometimes you might have to kick the embers to keep us (and others) out there fighting what seems to be an insurmountable world of woo. Conferences are essential."[41] In her November 2014 article for Skeptical Inquirer about the Skeptic's Toolbox she describes the 4-day conference held in Eugene, Oregon each August. She again restates the importance of conference attendance, stating "we know our best asset is our people."[42]

Awards

Gerbic, flanked by Grothe (left) and Randi (right), receives the James Randi Award for Skepticism in the Public Interest at TAM 2013.
  • "In the Trenches" award at the 2012 Skeptic's Toolbox[5]
  • "James Randi Award for Skepticism in the Public Interest" at The Amaz!ng Meeting 2013[43]
  • EVENT/CAMPAIGN nomination, "Ockhams 2013" at QEDcon 2014.[44]

Personal life

Gerbic was married to Robert Forsyth from 1983 to 2003.[citation needed] The youngest of her two sons, Stirling is often found with her at speaking events.[45][46][47] Gerbic met her current partner Mark Edward during the JREF cruise to Mexico in 2009.[citation needed] In 2010, Gerbic and Mark Edward visited Ray Bradbury on his 90th birthday to show him a video that was created by Rachel Bloom, called Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury. While there Gerbic performed the ball and vase magic trick for him, which was the first magic trick that Bradbury ever learned.[48][49]

Cancer survivor

Her father died of cancer in 1989, during a time when "cancer was a whispered word... we weren't allowed to even say it."[21] In 2013, during her regular segment on Skepticality, Gerbic announced "I have breast cancer."

Gerbic found it odd what friends said about her diagnosis. "There is this odd rationalization to look for the reason for the cancer." She was told she didn't drink enough water, or because of artificial sweeteners or because she didn't "eat right". Gerbic admits that this kind of thinking is comforting, as if she just stops these behaviors the cancer will not come back. She attributes this thinking to a lecture she heard from the Snopes founders, where they explained that urban legends give people a feeling of control, and if they don't do this activity then they will be alright. "Because a random mutation that caused this cancer is more frightening."

She explains that reliable information is very important for herself and others like her who are trying to understand serious medical issues, and people are going to turn to Wikipedia for clarity. "It is our responsibility as a thinking caring movement to make sure that Wikipedia and elsewhere on the Internet is getting people the best information we have."[50]

Hats

During treatment she explored an interest in hats, and Halloween costumes, "For years now I have been saying I will dress up 'next year',... I’m bald from the chemo killing my breast cancer and felt that finally 'next year' was 'this year',”[41] and "I'm having as much fun as I possibly can as I don't plan on being bald again."[21] Friend Kitty Mervine reflected that "Susan is indulging her inner hat lover... 'Anything goes' seems to be the theme."[51]

Chemotherapy

Gerbic completed twenty weeks of chemotherapy for stage II cancer in December 2013 and completed 33 radiation treatments in March 2014.[52][53] She recorded her last radiation treatment for others to view and understand the process.[54] "Having a positive attitude will get you through the treatment... You need to go to work, you need to get up, you need to go for walks, ...clean your house, pet your cat ...go to the movies." Her advice for persons in treatment is to stay as active as possible. "It was quite an adventure, and not something I would gladly do again for the heck of it, it wasn't as bad as I was led to believe." Gerbic says that she has felt guilty through this public process trying to find the right balance with her attitude. She did not want to send the message to others going through treatment, "who were having bad days, that there was something wrong with them, that they weren't thinking positively enough." She was uncomfortable with people telling her that she was a hero, when all she was doing was to keep a positive attitude. "The heroes are the scientists... the people behind the scenes... its science that did it for me."[21] During the Lifetouch company meeting held in Minnesota, Director of Sales, Phil Tubbs discussed Gerbic's passion for continuing to work throughout her treatment. Everybody thought that she would have to have a lot of time off but Gerbic decided to work through this challenge, because of the passion that she has. He states that Gerbic started working for Lifetouch as a part-time employee over 32 years ago and has been studio manager since 1982.[55]

Criticism and controversy

Gerbic's work on Wikipedia, her promotion of Wikipedia policy on fringe theories, and her efforts to train others in adherence to Wikipedia rules and standards have drawn criticism from alternative medicine and paranormal claim proponents.[56]

Gerbic has been criticized by Rupert Sheldrake for organizing editors that he states are "well trained, highly motivated, have an ideological agenda, and operate in teams, contrary to Wikipedia rules."[56] Claims of sabotage, distortion, and deletion[57] have been answered by analysis of Wikipedia history on the articles in question.[58]

Gerbic has been accused of promoting edits that define certain subjects, such as Homeopathy, as quackery. After debate and consensus, Wikipedia editors and also the leader of Wikipedia made a decision that the use of "quackery" in this context was valid.[59] It has been claimed that "key astrology pages..." have included "...criticism is often unjustified or deliberately insulting."[60] Gerbic has also been accused of not being appropriately critical of faith based ideology.[61] Coyne states, "Criticism of religion was definitely an issue subsidiary to criticism of other forms of faith." and also "In the end, all claims investigated and decried by skeptics, whether they involve Bigfoot, UFOs, paranormal phenomena, or religion, are under-girded by faith, and it’s faith—belief without good reasons—on which skeptical organizations should focus."[61]

The efforts of GSoW, led by Gerbic, have been compared to green party activism on Wikipedia that deletes hundreds of articles and bans thousands of contributors. Claims of "systematically abusing the trust of the Wikipedia readership" and the control of information are often made by conspiracy theorists and pseudo-scientists.[62] It is claimed that pages such as rationalism and spontaneous human combustion have been changed to remove alternate viewpoints. Sheldrake offers that "Skepticism is a normal, healthy attitude of doubt," and "Unfortunately it can also be used as a weapon to attack opponents. In scientific and medical contexts, organized skepticism is a crusade to propagate scientific materialism."[63] Sheldrake continues that his talk regarding "a conflict at the heart of science between the spirit of free enquiry and the materialist worldview" was removed from TEDx "after furious protests from militant skeptics." Sheldrake states "The mastermind behind this organization is Susan Gerbik [sic]."

Responses

In an interview with Tim Farley and over controversy with Deepak Chopra and Rupert Sheldrake, Gerbic states that she understands the frustration that public figures must have over articles that change without their control. Gerbic stated that she encourages editors to work on their interest area often with small improvements in grammar and spelling. According to Gerbic, accusations of canvasing to recruit and train editors in a particular area have typically resulted from misinterpreting Wikipedia rules. "Wikipedia needs people to edit..." and "pseudoscience" must be well substantiated before it can be added to an article. Skeptics also have edits removed when not well cited. Wikipedia is too important to be vandalized... it is too important for us to ignore."[64][65][66][67][68][69]

Gerbic states that "Every edit on Wikipedia is totally transparent." "You can see everything... characters changed, time of edit, etc." and "we discuss these changes (on the talk page)" during edits. She is quoted as requiring edits to be "100% factual" and "be careful of what you do, make sure everything is above board, tight, and fair."[70]

See also


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