Eclipses, Moon Myths & Lunacy
This winter solstice, the night of December 20th and early morning of the 21st, will bear witness to a full lunar eclipse. It seems to me that every time such an event takes place it brings forth all...
View ArticleJesus Toast: Pareidolia You Can Believe In!
As a fun way of sharing some skepticism of “miraculous vision” claims, I wanted to share with you a really funny YouTube a friend sent me. It pokes fun at the phenomenon of pareidolia, wherein people...
View ArticleThe Debunking Handbook
I recently listened to an episode of the Point of Inquiry podcast titled “The Debunking Handbook” which dealt with the question of how to most effectively go about “debunking” various myths,...
View ArticleCognitive Dissonance in Partisan Politics: The Case of Gas Prices
In a follow up to my recent posts (here and here) on the issue of rising U.S. gas prices and how the President and Congress really have little power to affect them, despite the belief by some that they...
View ArticleFun with Pareidolia: Mr. Bill in my Soup!
I’ve been meaning to post this for awhile, but I keep forgetting to do so. During my summer vacation to the Adirondacks in New York, my wife and I took a break from hiking to get some dinner. As we...
View ArticleSolving the Mystery Behind “Mystery Houses”
Years ago I performed an impromptu investigation of the Montana Vortex, a roadside attraction whose proprieters claim that there is actually some kind of weird adjustment to the laws of physics in...
View ArticleThe Mind of Creationists and Our Communication Gap
I have spent many electrons typing on my keyboard and posting online about those who would use the government to impose their religious beliefs upon the rest of us by undercutting science education in...
View ArticleChicago Skepticamp 2013: Creationism, Evolution, and Our Communication Gap
This past weekend I had the honor of speaking at the Chicago Skepticamp 2013, and I chose to do my talk on a topic on which I’ve written before here – the communication gap that we skeptics and...
View ArticleGod on a Goldfish Cracker?
Every now and then, just when you think things cannot get too silly, they do. Case in point: the fact that the news media is actually giving some attention to a woman’s claim that her goldfish cracket...
View Article“Creationism, Evolution, and Our Communication Gap” Video from Skepticamp 2013
I posted about a year ago the audio of my talk on how to more effectively communicate with creationists from the 2013 Chicago Skepticamp, and now I’m happy to share with you all the actual video of...
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