Skeptophilia

When I was young, I was very much attracted to stories where things worked out because they were fated to happen that way. It explains why s...

I've always wondered how our distant ancestors survived during the various ice ages. After all, we're mostly-hairless primates evolv...

In choosing topics for this blog, I try not to have it simply devolve into taking random pot shots at crazies.  Loony ideas are a dime a doz...

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman once said, "I would rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that canno...

It bears mention that having a Ph.D. (or other advanced credentials) is no guarantee against being a complete wingnut.  This topic comes up ...