Skeptophilia

A criticism sometimes aimed at us science types is that our obsession with naming, classifying, and explaining everything in the universe ro...

If you own anything made of gold, take a look at it now. I'm looking at my wedding ring, made of three narrow interlocked gold bands.  I...

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I can understand how fear and lack of knowledge can drive you to accept counterfactual nonsense.  I ...