Laboratoire de Zététique

The Laboratoire de Zététique (English: Zetetic Laboratory) is a structure founded by professor Henri Broch [fr] in 1998.

[1] The laboratory is a research and information centre concerned with purported "paranormal" or "abnormal" phenomena.

[2] Between 1987 and 2002, the laboratory offered the International Zetetic Challenge for an award of €200,000; no one has ever succeeded in demonstrating a paranormal phenomenon under these controlled conditions, however.

His thesis, titled Pour une didactique de l'esprit critique – Zététique & utilisation des interstices pseudoscientifiques dans les médias ("For Education in Critical Thinking.

As of 2015, the Laboratoire de Zététique no longer offers courses on skepticism, but they have been transferred to the Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble, where Monvoisin's lectures on "Zététique & autodéfense intellectuelle" ("Skepticism & Intellectual Self-Defence") attract up to 900 students.

Logo of the CAZ.