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New from the Why Didn't I Think Of That First department, we have: a guy who performs psychic healing just by looking at people. Here I ...

Two of the many things I do not understand have to do with fake faith healers (not, in my opinion, that there's any other kind). The ...

Following hard on the heels of my post suggesting that caveat emptor  is all well and good, but there should be a way to stop swindlers from...

I walk a pretty fine line, here at Skeptophilia , between criticizing ideas and ridiculing the people who hold them.  And I'm sure that...

What would it take to convince you that you were wrong? It was the question that was asked to Ken Ham and Bill Nye in their famous debate,...

The state of Tennessee is in a bit of a quandary at the moment. Back in 2002, one Jacqueline Crank was sentenced to unsupervised probatio...

It's a question I've asked before: how do "alternative medicine" and "faith healing" therapies that don't w...

A friend and frequent contributor of topics to Skeptophilia asked me recently how I don't completely lose faith in humanity, after all ...

This week we had two news stories that are mostly noteworthy in juxtaposition. First, we had an interview that took place between Represen...

It's always struck me as baffling to see people how much people will pay for woo-woo stuff.  Not so much the alt-med stuff like homeopat...

I know I tend to write about frustrating topics -- my usual fare is illogic, irrationality, gullibility, hoaxes, and general foolishness.  A...

Today we have a story from Newburgh, New York about the power of prayer, and the untoward results thereof.  [ Source ] David Jimenez, a de...

Here at Skeptophilia headquarters, we're closely following three stories, all of which leave us saying "What the hell?" or so...

I'm often asked why I feel so passionately about critical thinking.  "Why," the question usually goes, "does it matter so...