Skeptophilia

Not long ago, I was listening to one of my favorite pieces by Claude Debussy, The Drowned Cathedral , and I started to wonder what legend ha...

It will come as no surprise to regular readers of Skeptophilia  that I have a fascination for considering how the terrain of the Earth has c...

With the insane weather we've had this summer -- and which is showing no signs of calming down -- it's easy to forget about another ...

One of the most frustrating things about human behavior is that we can receive repeated hints and warnings that if we keep doing what we...

2020 has become some kind of nihilist joke.  How many versions of the "2020 Apocalypse Bingo Card" have you heard?  And it does se...

There is nothing as dangerous as our attitude that if something isn't bothering us right here and right now, it can effectively be ignor...

The current administration's approach to facts they don't like seems to have three parts: Lie about them. Get all the members of ...

What does it take for people to look at a belief they hold and say, "Okay, I guess I was wrong?" I ask this because there is s...

In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy.  Apollo fell in love (well, fell in lust, actually) w...