Skeptophilia

As someone who considers himself a de facto  atheist -- I'm not certain  there's no God, but the facts as I know them seem to strong...

Today I'd like to look at two articles that are mainly interesting in juxtaposition -- and a third that is as horrifying as it is enligh...

It sometimes comes as a shock to my friends and acquaintances when they find out that even though I'm a staunch unbeliever in anything e...

The Star Trek: The Next Generation  episode "The Chase" is justly revered by Trekkies, and also by people who simply like a good s...

I got an anonymous email yesterday, from an address I didn't recognize, with a link to a YouTube video called "10 Questions Atheist...

Being a blogger means I get some interesting emails. A lot of them, as you undoubtedly know if you read Skeptophilia  frequently, are reco...

The Earth lost one of its most brilliant minds last week -- British physicist Stephen Hawking, who expanded our understanding of everything ...

Today, for what must be the tenth time, I saw the following image posted on social media: The people who posted it apparently decided f...

There's a logic problem that's often nicknamed "The Linda Problem," and I hasten to state that by calling it that I don...

I'm lucky, being an outspoken atheist, that I live where I do.  The people in my area of upstate New York are generally pretty accepting...