Skeptophilia

One of my ongoing peeves is that so many people put more faith in popular media claims than in what the scientists themselves are saying. ...

There's a general rule of debate, and it goes something like this: you don't score any points by picking out some absurdly weak line...

I had three interactions in the last 24 hours that left me wanting to bang my forehead against the wall. I was going to call them "co...

I think that mental laziness contributes more to the prevalence of media idiocy than any other factor. I mean, let's face it.  The si...

I think the most maddening of all of the logical fallacies is the Straw Man. In case you're not familiar with this particular infuriat...