Skeptophilia

History is really nothing more than one contingency after another. This leaves fertile ground for the "what-ifs."  What if the Rom...

I've always loved a mystery, and for that reason, the European "Dark Ages" have fascinated me for as long as I can recall. But...

One common misconception about the evolutionary model and natural selection is that it always leads to greater fitness. It's fostered by...

My novella We All Fall Down  is set during some of the most awful years humanity has ever lived through -- the middle of the fourteenth cent...

Suppose you were walking in the woods, and suddenly, you stumbled on a root and fell flat on your face.  And while you were lying on your be...

I've always loved a mystery, and for that reason, the European "Dark Ages" have fascinated me for as long as I can recall. B...

I have to admit to a morbid fascination with things that can kill you in nasty ways. Tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, mass extinctions ...

Suppose you were walking in the woods, and suddenly, you stumbled on a root, and fell flat on your face.  And while you were lying on your b...

Yesterday's post, about the alien origins of humanity, generated a nice round of "you think that's a crazy belief, wait till y...