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An article appeared in the July/August issue of the Skeptical Inquirer  which, on first glance, you might expect me to agree with entirely. ...

Dear Readers: I'm going to take a short break, for the rest of the week -- but I'll be back next Monday, November 26, so keep send...

Are you bothered by your psychic abilities?  Do you find yourself unable to tune out others' thoughts?   Is the color of your aura clash...

A couple of days ago, a reader of Skeptophilia  sent me a link to a website that has a compilation of research purporting to show reverse c...

One of the most important, and least considered, questions about belief is, "What would it take to convince you that you were wrong?...

Just recently, there's been a claim making the rounds of social media sites by virtue of the "Forward," "Repost," an...

A frequent reader of Skeptophilia complained to me a couple of days ago that he might need to stop reading my blog, because every time he d...

I have a cognitive bias.  When I come across a new phenomenon, and am trying to wrap my brain around it, I need to understand the mechanism ...

Everyone has biases.  I beat that point unto death in my Critical Thinking classes; there is no such thing as a completely objective viewpoi...

It's amazing how mushy our perception of the word "reality" is. Just a couple of days ago, I was working out at the gym with...

Daryl Bem, an experimental psychologist of some standing, has an obsession; proving that ESP exists.  He's been at this for decades.  He...