Skeptophilia

A point I've made here more than once is that my doubting many claims of the paranormal isn't because I think it's necessarily i...

Our capacity for seeing patterns is absolutely critical. It's easy to see how survival in a risky world could hinge on noticing clues in...

One of the difficulties with discouraging bogus claims of the paranormal is the profit motive. A lot of it, of course, is that the money tha...

Sexual reproduction may be a gamble -- requiring two willing participants being in the same place at the same time -- but its advantages out...

Thanks to my friend, the ever-sharp-eyed author Gil Miller , I now have a giant bruise in the middle of my forehead from doing facepalms. Gi...

One of the main things that separates scientists from the rest of us is that they notice things we very likely just take for granted. Gregor...

Have I told you my favorite joke? Heisenberg and Schrödinger are out for a drive, and a cop pulls them over. The cop says to Heisenberg, who...