Skeptophilia

I hold two strong opinions that sometimes come into conflict with one another. The first is that everyone comes to understand the universe i...

One of the problems I face in selecting stories to highlight in Skeptophilia  is that it is often difficult to tell the difference between ...

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...

One of the best arguments against superstitions is how variable they are across cultures.  For example, if a rabbit's foot is lucky for ...

Having dealt with such issues in recent posts as the ethics of resurrecting extinct animal species, and the difficulty of addressing the pro...