Skeptophilia

One of the most interesting figures from English history is King Henry II, who ruled from 1154 until his death in 1189. Henry was the first ...

Back in 1980, I came up with an idea for a novel. Ronald Reagan had just been elected president, and many of us were alarmed at what seemed ...

Most of you are probably familiar with the famous "King Tut's Curse." The story goes that when British archaeologist Howard ...

What frustrates me most about woo-woos isn't that I disagree with them on their conclusions.  Heaven knows there are lots of people who ...

A few days ago, I started reading Michio Kaku's wonderful book Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century .  The book is f...

There's this thing called the No True Scotsman fallacy .  In its more innocent forms, it manifests as a redefinition of terms if you...

Regular readers of Skeptophilia may recall that in June of last year, I wrote about an alleged psychic (at that time identified only by her...

Everyone has biases.  I beat that point unto death in my Critical Thinking classes; there is no such thing as a completely objective viewpoi...