Skeptophilia

Following hard on the heels of yesterday's post, about whether we'd be able to tell if there'd been a technological civilization...

Since I spend an inordinate amount of time on gloom, doom, and despair, it should be a refreshing change for loyal readers of Skeptophilia  ...

Why is it that some people will believe anyone's pronouncements on anything, as long as said person is  not  a scientist? I and other...

If there is one cognitive bias that makes me want to punch a wall, it's the backfire effect. The backfire effect is a well-studied ps...

I find it puzzling how few people actually understand weather. Partly, this puzzlement is because I've always found it completely fas...

Dear readers, Before I get to today's post, I want to point out something that you probably have already noticed -- a new feature in t...

I've often wished that politics was more frequently informed by good science, but the pessimistic side of me (never very deeply buried) ...