Skeptophilia

In the beginning of my as-yet unpublished novel In the Midst of Lions , the character of Mary Hansard realizes one day that she can no longe...

What amazes me about so many crazy claims is that you get the impression that the people making them didn't even try to find a natural e...

One of the strangest and most ubiquitous sensations is déjà vu , that bizarre sense that you're experiencing something that's happe...

After a deep philosophical discussion, a friend once said to me, "You're only a skeptic because you don't have the balls to be ...

I got a "what do you think of this?" sort of email from a loyal reader of Skeptophilia  yesterday, along with a link to an article...

Hard-nosed science types like myself are often criticized by the paranormal enthusiasts for setting too high a bar for what we'll accept...

For better or worse, being a skeptic doesn't mean that you don't find stories of the paranormal interesting -- nor that you can'...

An interesting post appeared yesterday over at Occult View .  Entitled, " If Psychic Ability Exists, Why Can't Anyone Predict Winni...