Skeptophilia

If you have any doubt that we are well on our way to emulating a human mind within a machine, two stories in today's news should go a lo...

One of the creepiest of psychological phenomena is the Capgras delusion.  Sometimes associated with schizophrenia, the Capgras delusion is t...

As if we needed something else to worry about, given that the Rapture is going to occur two weeks from now; there is a massive earthquake sc...

While we're discussing conspiracy theories, may as well take a look at what journalist Sharon Weinberger calls "the Moby Dick of co...

There are three reasons to lack belief in something.  I present them in decreasing order of strength. The first situation is when the beli...

Whenever people call computers "time-saving devices," I always chuckle in a sardonic fashion. My computer at work could probably...

The subject of how religions begin is an interesting one.  The conventional explanation is that they start because of people looking for sup...