1. Barry L Beyerstein was a scientific skeptic and professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.
13 Facts About Barry Beyerstein
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Barry Beyerstein was founder and chair of the BC Skeptics Society, a Fellow and member of the Executive Council of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, now known as the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
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Barry Beyerstein was a co-founder of the Canadians for Rational Health Policy and a member of the advisory board of the Drug Policy Foundation of Washington DC He was a founding board member of the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy and contributed to the International Journal of Drug Policy.
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Barry Beyerstein has been publicly critical of unsupported claims of techniques to improve brain function.
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At the Skeptic's Toolbox in 1993, Barry Beyerstein laid out the unified theory by psychologists concerning brain function and the paranormal.
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Barry Beyerstein decried the adverse effects that corporate profit from "lifestyle drugs" have had on medicine and public well-being.
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At a meeting of the executive council of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in Denver, Colorado, in April 2011, Barry Beyerstein was selected for inclusion in CSI's Pantheon of Skeptics.
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Barry Beyerstein responded with the help of his brother Dale by editing the book "The Write Stuff" that interviews graphologists along with their critics.
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Barry Beyerstein was a vocal critic of graphology, which he identifies as pseudoscience similar to phrenology.
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In several interviews Loxton talked about attending a science fiction conference in British Columbia in 1991 and hearing Barry Beyerstein speak on behalf of the BC Skeptics Society.
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The scientific community, Barry Beyerstein felt, had an obligation to reach out and explain.
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Alcock stated that when he knew Barry Beyerstein was going to be staying at his house, he made a mental note of all the things that needed fixing around the house.
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Barry Beyerstein died suddenly at age 60 in his office on Burnaby Mountain, of an apparent heart attack.