Skeptophilia

Fighting Gullibility with Sarcasm, 6 days a week

Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Dots, threats, and illegal immigrants

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Something that has continued to baffle me about the arguments over illegal immigration is how little of it tends to be based in fact. Just...
Monday, February 13, 2017

Evidence blindness

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It is a sad fact of human nature that it is far easier to delude people than to un-delude them. Once someone has accepted some counterfact...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Scam detection

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I am asked sometimes why I care so much if people believe counterfactual nonsense.  "What's the harm?" is a frequent way the q...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Psychic police policy

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In a move that is raising hackles amongst rationalists and skeptics, the UK College of Policing has stated in its official policy guidelines...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Straw man media

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I think that mental laziness contributes more to the prevalence of media idiocy than any other factor. I mean, let's face it.  The si...
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