Skeptophilia

I find fear fascinating. Fear is an eminently useful evolved characteristic; the ability to recognize and avoid threats has an obvious sur...

One of the reasons I love science is that it challenges our preconceived notions about the way the world works. We are data-gatherers and ...

I think the human brain is fascinating.  Not a surprising statement, I suppose, coming from someone who teaches (amongst other things) an in...

One area in which a lot of people could use some work is in how to draw logical connections. It's not that it's necessarily that s...

I'm going to begin today's post with a bit of shameless self-promotion.  The wonderful site The Skeptic is sponsoring a contest to ...

I am endlessly interested in human perception.  The way our sensory systems, and the sensory-integrative parts of the brain, work is one of ...

"Well, I saw it.  I saw it with my own eyes." You hear that a lot, in claims of the paranormal.  I was just sitting there, in m...