Skeptophilia

Markus Davidsen, a Ph.D. candidate in Religious Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands, thought he'd write his dissertation abo...

I am frequently confounded by the capacity for humans to be rational and irrational at the same time. Take, for example, the Icelanders.  ...

Markus Davidsen, a Ph.D. candidate in Religious Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands, thought he'd write his dissertation abo...

My dear friend, the author and artist Cly Boehs, was inspired by one of my posts from two weeks ago to write an essay of her own res...

One thing I would love to know is how groups of people end up being superstitious.  Not individuals ; you can see how specific individuals c...

It's not often you get to be a witness to the birth of an urban legend. Or not so urban, actually, as this one supposedly happened in ...

I should know better, by now.  I shouldn't describe someone's woo-woo belief, and then exaggerate it for humorous effect, and say so...

Here at Worldwide Wacko Watch, we've got our eyes on three stories from far afield. Let's begin with a tragedy in Wales, and hope ...