Skeptophilia

I was bummed to hear about the death of the inimitable Cloris Leachman  a week and a half ago at the venerable age of 94.  Probably most fam...

My dad used to say that ignorance was only skin deep, but stupid goes all the way to the bone. There's a lot to that.  Ignorance can be ...

One of the most frustrating thing about conspiracy theorists is how resistant they are to changing their minds, even when presented with inc...

Today we consider what happens when you blend Appeal to Authority with the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Appeal to Authority, you probably know, ...

My dad used to say that ignorance was only skin deep, but stupid goes all the way to the bone. There's a lot to that.  Ignorance can b...

There's been a recent surge in popularity of questionnaire-based tests that supposedly tell you which of four "personality colors...

Punching yet another hole in our sense that humans are at their core a logical, rational species, filmmaker Errol Morris has done an elegant...

I usually don't blog about what other people put in their blogs.  This kind of thing can rapidly devolve into a bunch of shouted opinio...