Skeptophilia

There's a general rule that once a baseless claim is made, getting people to dis believe in it is nearly impossible. This is a pattern t...

One of the things that has always struck me about woo-woo types is how little it takes to get them going.  I suppose when you've already...

There's a claim I've now seen three times on social media that claims the ancient Egyptians knew the speed of light . This is a pr...

I find it amusing to note how often woo-woo headlines are phrased as questions, e.g. "Did Aliens Build Stonehenge?"  "Does A ...

Can we get something straight, here? The statement, "Some radical ideas have proven true" is not  equivalent to "if an idea...

Something I fight continuously, as a teacher, is the idea that the most important thing is THE ANSWER. It's the fault of the way educa...