Skeptophilia

One of the first things I ever wrote about in this blog was the phenomenon of pareidolia -- because the human brain is wired to recognize f...

As part of my research for Skeptophilia , I spend way too much time perusing questionable websites. Not that kind of questionable.  Get you...

As part of my research for Skeptophilia , I spend way too much time perusing questionable websites. Not that  kind of questionable.  Get...

It's astonishing how little a skeptical, rational approach has insulated me from having a purely visceral reaction sometimes. I've...

Some friends of mine went on a long backpacking excursion in the Grand Tetons a few years ago.  This couple was (at that point) in their for...

One of the first things I ever wrote about in this blog was the phenomenon of  pareidolia  -- because the human brain is wired to recognize ...

If you needed further evidence of how powerful surveillance technology has become, consider that Google Street View has captured a photograp...

I'm getting a little fed up with the continual stream of aberrant stuff that the Mars Rover keeps finding on the Martian surface. So f...

It's been a while since we've had any interesting reports of UFO or alien sightings, so I was tickled to find a post yesterday on Pa...

A few days ago, I posted about the contention that the NASA rover Curiosity had discovered life on Mars, in the form of a couple of UFOs an...

One of the first things I ever wrote about in this blog was the phenomenon of pareidolia -- because the human brain is wired to recognize f...