Skeptophilia

It seems like every time researchers look further into our sensory-perceptive systems, we have another hole punched in our certainty that wh...

Maybe there's a reason why so many people despise mimes. Okay, I know that seems like a non sequitur even for me, but the topic comes up...

I've always had a fascination for optical illusions. The enjoyment of bizarre trompe-l'oeil  is connected to a persistent theme in m...

One of the reasons I trust science is that I have so little trust in my own brain's ability to assess correctly the nature of reality. ...

One of the reasons I trust science is that I have so little trust in my own brain's ability to assess correctly the nature of reality. ...

It's a source of some amusement to me how certain we are of what comes in through our sense organs. "I saw it with my own eyes...