Skeptophilia

I think we've all had moments when we were taken in by a prank or a hoax.  Some of them can be pretty clever, and after all, we're o...

Online Critical Thinking course -- free for a short time! This week, we're launching a course called Introduction to Critical Thinking...

The skeptic community (if such a thing actually exists) is all abuzz because of the recent publication in the journal Cogent Social Studies ...

So our conspiracy theory of the day is: the US government is hiding living giant humanoids to create a race of hybrid super-soldiers. This...

There are some woo-woo ideas that will never die. I don't care how far-fetched they are, how many times skeptics debunk them, they wil...

I think we've all had moments when we were taken in by a prank or a hoax.  Some of them can be pretty clever, and after all, we're o...

A report is in from Bolivia that there is a statue of Jesus in a church that is "weeping real tears." Of course, the devout a...

I'm frequently asked how I can write daily on this blog without losing my marbles.  Deliberately immersing myself in the silly things so...

I know I have a lot of faults.  I can be prickly and snarky sometimes, I'm easily frustrated, and I have a broad streak of impatience.  ...