Skeptophilia

The phenomenally silly song "St. Brendan's Fair Isle," by the Arkansas folk singer and songwriter Jimmy Driftwood , tells the ...

It's a point I've made here more than once; if you're trying to convince someone of something, your argument is not  made strong...

There's a logical fallacy called appeal to authority , and it's trickier than it sounds at first. Appeal to authority occurs when yo...

The highlight of my trip to Iceland this past August was seeing the newly-erupting volcano of Fagradalsfjall , southwest of the capital city...

Over the last ten days I took a hiking and camping trip in Iceland.  It's a fascinating country, and earns well its nickname of "Th...

I am frequently confounded by the capacity for humans to be rational and irrational at the same time. Take, for example, the Icelanders.  ...

My dear friend, the author and artist Cly Boehs, was inspired by one of my posts from two weeks ago to write an essay of her own res...

One thing I would love to know is how groups of people end up being superstitious.  Not individuals ; you can see how specific individuals c...

It's not often you get to be a witness to the birth of an urban legend. Or not so urban, actually, as this one supposedly happened in ...