Skeptophilia
Fighting Gullibility with Sarcasm, 6 days a week
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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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