Skeptophilia

It will come as no shock to regular readers of Skeptophilia  that I really  hate it when people make shit up and then misrepresent it as the...

I'm a big fan of the band OneRepublic, but I don't think any of their songs has struck me like their 2018 hit "Connection....

A couple of nights ago, my wife and I watched the latest episode in the current series of Doctor Who , "Dot and Bubble."  [ Nota b...

If you're fortunate enough not to suffer from crippling depression and anxiety, let me give you a picture of what it's like. Last we...

I suspect that many of my readers will resonate with my desire to fritter away less time on social media. I don't mean the actual "...

I think one of the reason I have a love/hate relationship with Twitter is that my feed sounds way too much like my brain. I do a lot of what...

I should probably avoid social media altogether, given what a cesspit of ugliness it can be sometimes. Unfortunately, it's provided the ...

I got onto social media some years ago for two main reasons; to stay in touch with people I don't get to see frequently (which since the...

I've long been fascinated with communication network theory -- the model that maps out the rules behind the spread of information (and i...

While I don't want to excuse mental laziness, I think it's understandable sometimes if laypeople come to the conclusion that for eve...