Gunnar Tjomlid

Gunnar Roland Tjomlid (born 3 August 1974) is a Norwegian skeptic, secular humanist[1] blogger, and author.

Gunnar Tjomlid
Born (1974-08-03) 3 August 1974
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationWriter, skeptical activist

Early life

Tjomlid was born to a Norwegian father and English mother in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, where he lived until he was two years old. He then mostly grew up in Tonstad in Sirdal municipality. In December 2009 he moved to Oslo.[2]

He was a Christian and a believer in some pseudosciences before becoming a skeptic and an atheist.[3]

Skeptical activism

He started his blog 'Unfiltered Perception' in 2006, which changed name to 'Saksynt' in 2013 after he started to cooperate with Nettavisen.[4] He was one of the co-founders of the Norwegian skeptical podcast Saltklypa, and was on their panel from 2010 to 2012.

In 2013 he published the book Placebodefekten[5][6][7] (The Placebo Defect) which is about alternative medicine and how easy it is to fool oneself.

Tjomlid has been a persistent critic of alternative medicine and opposition to vaccination. Persons within that community have threatened him with a lawsuit[8] and tried to portray him as a defender of pedophilia.[9][10][11] In January 2015, one of the most active participants in that campaign was convicted for defamation.[12]

In December 2010 he received the award "Tordenbloggen"[13][14] and in January 2014 he received the award "Årets sterke mening" in Vixen Blog Awards 2013,[15][16] for the blog Saksynt.

Bibliography
  • Placebodefekten – Hvorfor alternativ behandling virker som den virker, Humanist Forlag ISBN 9788282820516
  • Håndbok i krisemaksimering ISBN 9788243010741
gollark: By going around actively exploiting vulnerabilities, you are literally harming people. You might consider it justified, but it... probably isn't.
gollark: > you didn't> I didthis is a terrible argument.
gollark: I did find one bug in Computercraft but that's basically irrelevant to everyone.
gollark: No, because I haven't really found any, and don't go looking much.
gollark: I mean, assuming the project has procedures for it.

References
  1. https://about.me/civix
  2. "Om meg – Saksynt".
  3. Forbund, Human-Etisk. "Forteller om ferden fra nyåndelighet til kritisk tenkning: Mange skeptikere har bakgrunn som alternativtroende".
  4. "Nettavisen + unfiltered perception = sant! – Saksynt". 2 January 2013.
  5. "Placebodefekten – Humanist forlag AS". humanistforlag.no.
  6. "Placebodefekten (pocket) – Humanist forlag AS". humanistforlag.no.
  7. "Bok: Placebodefekten – Saksynt".
  8. "Bloggere ble truet med millionssøksmål etter å ha blogget om "helsesjokolade"". 27 June 2012.
  9. "Nettavisen beklager Tjomlid-hets".
  10. "Humanist – Med Human-Etisk Forbund som skyteskive". arkiv.humanist.no.
  11. Forbund, Human-Etisk. "Til slutt kan man ikke lenger 'tie ihjel'".
  12. Forbund, Human-Etisk. "Tore B. Krudtaa tapte på alle punkter".
  13. "Årets tordneste blogg er... denne! – Saksynt". 20 December 2010.
  14. "Sagt om bloggen – Saksynt".
  15. Bjørnstad, Silje. "- Viktig å løfte frem blogger som er litt annerledes".
  16. Klokk, Ida B. "Her er vinnerne av årets Vixen Blog Awards".
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