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Well, I just ran into the single stupidest conspiracy theory in existence. Don't even try to convince me there's a dumber one, becau...

Loony people are hardly a new invention.  Any claims that "people are crazier now than they used to be" generally springs from one...

The controversy and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines have brought the anti-vaxx movement back into the spotlight, and once a...

Let's establish something right from the outset. Vaccines do NOT cause autism . Clear enough?  If you are in any doubt, here's a...

Yesterday morning when I was reading the news, I saw a story that induced me to use say some very bad words, that for the benefit of my more...

Let's get something straight from the outset. Vaccines don't cause autism.  They never have.  The "research" of Andrew W...

A friend and loyal reader of Skeptophilia , who also happens to be a veterinarian, sent me a message saying, "They're coming for m...

One rather frustrating tendency, amongst those of us who have a skeptical bent, is that people tend to believe anything they read if it begi...

In 2012, a 19-month-old boy named Ezekiel Stephan spiked a fever and was obviously in distress.  His parents, a British Columbian couple na...

One of the most fundamental concepts in pharmacology and/or toxicology is the dose-response curve , which gives a graphic representation of ...

Yesterday's post about people who are fact-resistant is an easy segue into today's topic, which is: a viral post I've now seen a...

If you needed any further indication that the woo-woos of the world have no particular concern whether there's any evidence to support t...

If you react to people challenging your beliefs by calling them frauds, shills, or sellouts, it's a pretty good indication that you'...