Skeptophilia

Fighting Gullibility with Sarcasm, 6 days a week

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Cracker crumbs

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Three years ago, I wrote here at Skeptophilia  about the scary Cascadia Subduction Zone , which is capable of enormous earthquakes and tsuna...
Friday, May 1, 2026

Tense situation

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In my Critical Thinking classes, I did a unit on statistics and data, and how you tell if a measurement is worth paying attention to.  One o...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Heap of trouble

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In my AP Biology class, we did a lab that involved extracting chlorophyll from spinach leaves.  The first step was to grind the leaves into ...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

The Estes method

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In somewhat the same vein as yesterday's post, which was about the capacity of subsonic standing waves to induce the sensations we often...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Bad vibrations

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A point I've made here more than once is that my doubting many claims of the paranormal isn't because I think it's necessarily i...
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Monday, April 27, 2026

The case of the missing scientists

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Our capacity for seeing patterns is absolutely critical. It's easy to see how survival in a risky world could hinge on noticing clues in...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

The Black Monk of Pontefract

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One of the difficulties with discouraging bogus claims of the paranormal is the profit motive. A lot of it, of course, is that the money tha...
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Gordon Bonnet
I'm a fiction author and blogger who lives in the frozen wilds of Upstate New York. I am also an online writing coach/consultant -- ask if you want more details!
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