Skeptophilia

Today's post asks a question not because I'm trying to lead you toward a particular answer, but because I honestly don't know th...

Whatever else you can say about the woo-woos, you have to admit that they have the courage of their convictions. Once they have settled on...

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 just ran into an article over at Psychology Today  that I thought deserved a close examination. It's by Steve Taylor, senior lectur...

Are you bothered by your psychic abilities?  Do you find yourself unable to tune out others' thoughts?   Is the color of your aura clash...

Are you concerned about being abducted by aliens, especially considering the inevitable result of being strapped down naked to an examining...

It used to be that when I was accused (usually because I teach evolution) of "indoctrinating students into a secular, materialist, rati...

I remember a family friend when I was a child who talked to her plants. Mostly she gave them ultimatums.  There was a particularly recalci...

Let me just say that I love it when the woo-woos team up. It gets a little old, sifting through the blurry Bigfoot photos, sketchy claims ...

There's an inherent problem with skepticism, and the heart of it is that you can't be an expert in everything. There are, in fact,...