Carlos Orsi
@carlosorsi.bsky.social
Journalist (science), writer (non-fiction, plus mystery, sf-f, horror), author of What Science Says About Astrology (Columbia University Press) posts in English and/or Portuguese.
Substack:
https://carlosorsi.substack.com
Substack:
https://carlosorsi.substack.com
And I am translated into Russian! "What Science Says About Astrology" in Moscow Book Week!
October 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
And I am translated into Russian! "What Science Says About Astrology" in Moscow Book Week!
Promoting my Substack channel! Most of the stuff is free, but consider becoming a paying subscriber...
July 3, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Promoting my Substack channel! Most of the stuff is free, but consider becoming a paying subscriber...
Para quem estiver em SP no feriado...
June 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Para quem estiver em SP no feriado...
If you are curious about my forthcoming book, "What Science Says About Astrology" (you know you are!), there's now an excerpt online at @livescience.com! www.livescience.com/human-behavi...
May 7, 2026 at 1:21 PM
If you are curious about my forthcoming book, "What Science Says About Astrology" (you know you are!), there's now an excerpt online at @livescience.com! www.livescience.com/human-behavi...
N’O Globo de hoje: oglobo.globo.com/opiniao/arti...
March 20, 2026 at 11:44 AM
N’O Globo de hoje: oglobo.globo.com/opiniao/arti...
Menos de 24 horas para o fim da campanha! www.catarse.me/estranho
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Menos de 24 horas para o fim da campanha! www.catarse.me/estranho
Coincidences do happen. To discount them to look "smart" is to fall into one rabbit hole after another. carlosorsi.substack.com/p/why-not-be...
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Coincidences do happen. To discount them to look "smart" is to fall into one rabbit hole after another. carlosorsi.substack.com/p/why-not-be...
With a new Frankenstein movie streaming worldwide, let's take a look at the genesis of the story that has been called "the first myth of modernity". carlosorsi.substack.com/p/talking-ab...
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
With a new Frankenstein movie streaming worldwide, let's take a look at the genesis of the story that has been called "the first myth of modernity". carlosorsi.substack.com/p/talking-ab...
O financiamento coletivo para o lançamento de meus contos de crimes impossíveis, publicados originalmente nos EUA, Inglaterra e Canadá, agora traduzidos para o português por Braulio Tavares, está aberto! https://
catarse.me/estranho
catarse.me/estranho
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
O financiamento coletivo para o lançamento de meus contos de crimes impossíveis, publicados originalmente nos EUA, Inglaterra e Canadá, agora traduzidos para o português por Braulio Tavares, está aberto! https://
catarse.me/estranho
catarse.me/estranho
Strategies and the worldview of political propaganda translate poorly to the world of science communication. We should think twice before embracing them. carlosorsi.substack.com/p/communicat...
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Strategies and the worldview of political propaganda translate poorly to the world of science communication. We should think twice before embracing them. carlosorsi.substack.com/p/communicat...
Lula, Bill Gates e a retórica do "até agora, tudo bem" diante da crise climática. revistaquestaodeciencia.com.br/artigo/2025/...
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Lula, Bill Gates e a retórica do "até agora, tudo bem" diante da crise climática. revistaquestaodeciencia.com.br/artigo/2025/...
Com a ONU anunciando o fracasso da meta de conter o aquecimento global abaixo de 1,5 °C e o governo brasileiro decidido a remover o máximo de carbono do subsolo, recirculo um artigo meu do ano passado. revistaquestaodeciencia.com.br/apocalipse-n...
October 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Com a ONU anunciando o fracasso da meta de conter o aquecimento global abaixo de 1,5 °C e o governo brasileiro decidido a remover o máximo de carbono do subsolo, recirculo um artigo meu do ano passado. revistaquestaodeciencia.com.br/apocalipse-n...
So now we live in a world where one of the wealthiest and most influential men around takes B-movie mythology seriously... carlosorsi.substack.com/p/antichrist...
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
So now we live in a world where one of the wealthiest and most influential men around takes B-movie mythology seriously... carlosorsi.substack.com/p/antichrist...
This 300-year-old debate got very hot quite suddenly. In today's newsletter. carlosorsi.substack.com/p/and-what-a...
May 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This 300-year-old debate got very hot quite suddenly. In today's newsletter. carlosorsi.substack.com/p/and-what-a...
In today's newsletter: between performative neutrality and shameless partisanship, how can journalism stay faithful to its mission? carlosorsi.substack.com/p/how-journa...
May 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In today's newsletter: between performative neutrality and shameless partisanship, how can journalism stay faithful to its mission? carlosorsi.substack.com/p/how-journa...
Conspiracies and miracle narratives "wear an appearance of explanation, but serve to seal off the evidence rather than engage it, to vindicate, reassure, please, or entertain rather than enlighten". carlosorsi.substack.com/p/the-kinshi...
April 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Conspiracies and miracle narratives "wear an appearance of explanation, but serve to seal off the evidence rather than engage it, to vindicate, reassure, please, or entertain rather than enlighten". carlosorsi.substack.com/p/the-kinshi...
Na hora de decidir qual prática "integrativa e complementar" vai entrar para o rol do SUS, o que conta é a força do lobby, não a ciência: o caso das práticas afro-brasileiras na cidade do Rio. revistaquestaodeciencia.com.br/artigo/2025/...
April 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Na hora de decidir qual prática "integrativa e complementar" vai entrar para o rol do SUS, o que conta é a força do lobby, não a ciência: o caso das práticas afro-brasileiras na cidade do Rio. revistaquestaodeciencia.com.br/artigo/2025/...
The best predictions and prophecies are useless to everyone but the prophet who makes them. In the newsletter of the week! carlosorsi.substack.com/p/on-the-use...
March 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The best predictions and prophecies are useless to everyone but the prophet who makes them. In the newsletter of the week! carlosorsi.substack.com/p/on-the-use...
Populists paint scientists as clever rhetoricians who use complicated language to obfuscate the obvious — the “obvious” being anything the majority is comfortable with. carlosorsi.substack.com/p/science-en...
March 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Populists paint scientists as clever rhetoricians who use complicated language to obfuscate the obvious — the “obvious” being anything the majority is comfortable with. carlosorsi.substack.com/p/science-en...
Another attempt to identify Jack the Ripper bites the dust. What Ripperology can teach us about the scientific method?https://carlosorsi.substack.com/p/ripper-retracted
February 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Another attempt to identify Jack the Ripper bites the dust. What Ripperology can teach us about the scientific method?https://carlosorsi.substack.com/p/ripper-retracted
In the age of disinformation, "follow your heart" is the worst possible kind of advice. carlosorsi.substack.com/p/emotions-w...
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In the age of disinformation, "follow your heart" is the worst possible kind of advice. carlosorsi.substack.com/p/emotions-w...
After all, is the slice of reality social media present us really that important? carlosorsi.substack.com/p/the-availa...
February 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
After all, is the slice of reality social media present us really that important? carlosorsi.substack.com/p/the-availa...
Movies, the news and some science come together in this week's newsletter! open.substack.com/pub/carlosor...
January 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Movies, the news and some science come together in this week's newsletter! open.substack.com/pub/carlosor...
What vampires and vampire movies can teach us about the importance and validity of traditional knowledge? carlosorsi.substack.com/p/nosferatu-...
January 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What vampires and vampire movies can teach us about the importance and validity of traditional knowledge? carlosorsi.substack.com/p/nosferatu-...
The newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/carlosor...
January 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/carlosor...