Skeptophilia

A former student of mine (and current friend) is a veterinarian in Scotland.  Being committed to a scientific approach to health, she freque...

That a lot of people would prefer it if the world was simple is hardly an earthshattering claim.  You see it all over, especially in politi...

I broke one of my own cardinal rules a couple of days ago, which is: never argue with strangers on the internet.  This activity is the very ...

There's a logical fallacy I've seen a lot lately.  It's called  argumentum ad Monsantum  (also known as argumentum ad Hitlerum )...