Skeptophilia

I've noticed a tendency amongst some people that is a little bit like what would happen if the sunk-cost fallacy had an unholy bastard c...

In recent months, I've done several posts that reference the backfire effect  -- the tendency of people to double down on their previous...

A lot of Trump supporters are frustrated that Their Boy didn't do so well in the debate Monday night.  I mean, it would take a serious  ...

As a nation, we need to stand up and say that we are sick of political candidates who espouse ignorant, anti-science views. No, let me ame...

So the Ham-on-Nye debate is history, and we science-minded types are breathing a sigh of relief that it went as well as it did.  As I point...