Just a few days ago, freethought blogger Jason Thibeault published this groundbreaking piece of original research revealing that there is…
Category Damned Lies and Statistics
Staks Rosch has written elsewhere about the “rise of the nones” here in the U.S., as have I on a few…
This past week was set aside by the masculists over at Return Of Kings as a time to focus on…
Inspired by a recent thread here at Skeptic Ink, I ended up skimming through parts of a detailed Pew Forum…
Random sampling is one of the most powerful epistemic tools ever developed by humankind. It provides us with the ability to…
This morning, some kind soul pointing me to PPP’s latest round of conspiracy-theory related questions, which you may find in…
The essence of rationalist skepticism is the ability to allow evidence to change one’s mind, even when you were not particularly hoping…
Last night on TRMS, Rachel Maddow tried to put yesterday’s events in historical perspective by timelining major U.S. shootings: I…
Tuesday night, we had the opportunity to witness a live taping of the Ask an Atheist podcast here in Edmond,…
Just a bit before Skepticon III, Jeff Wagg posted this bombshell at Indie Skeptics, claiming that Skepticon was badly misnamed.…