Skeptophilia

One of the biggest impediments to clear thinking is the fact that it's so hard for us to keep in mind that we could be wrong. As journal...

"All politicians are liars." "I don't trust anyone." "You have to watch your back constantly." "Nothi...

One of the most frustrating thing about conspiracy theorists is how resistant they are to changing their minds, even when presented with inc...

I've learned through the years that my feelings are an unreliable guide to evaluating reality. Part of this, I suppose, comes from hav...

Last week there was a paper released in the Journal of Personality and Individual Differences  called, " Epistemic Rationality: Skeptic...

It's the end of first semester at my school, which means my Critical Thinking classes are finishing up and ready to move on, and I'm...

President-elect Donald Trump's latest ploy, any time he is criticized in the press, is to claim that what they're saying is "fa...

I have had frequent cause to bemoan the fact that we in the educational establishment are teaching 21st century students using a 19th centur...

Thanks to a forward-thinking principal about ten years ago, my high school developed an electives program based on the philosophy that there...

First, let me just say that I love my students. Far from conforming to the slacker, disaffected teenage stereotype, I find that nearly all...

C'mon, people, it's time to grow up a little. When we're toddlers, we accept things without question.  If our parents say some...

I fear for the future of education. I am about tennish-or-so years from retirement, depending on whether New York State decides in the int...

I'm going to take a brief diversion from our regularly-scheduled analysis of irrational nonsense to do a public service announcement (or...

A few days ago I posted an article about a claim that Rh negative individuals are descended from aliens, or possibly Jesus, and this allows ...