It’s hard not to feel a little sad for God (or gods, if you like). There was a time when…
Category Critical Thinking
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. -Attributed to Bernard Baruch Certain English words have gained a…
James Randi has announced this year’s winners. The Pigasus awards highlight some of the worst people in our country each…
Not to be confused with weird science studies, WEIRD is an acronym that stands for “Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and…
The following is a guest post from Matt Madison, whom readers might know as the articulate and thoughtful writer…
Evolutionary medicine is an emerging field, and one of my principle research interests. Evolutionary medicine helps explain many ailments and…
Many are familiar with the genetic fallacy, a type of fallacy of irrelevance in which original or past context is…
I’ve often heard the lamentation from educated secular people that if only we taught critical thinking earlier, say in high…
This is a reply to my friend James Croft’s post and his follow-up post here about the reaction to my criticism of Rebecca Watson’s…
12/12/14 UPDATE Updated & expanded version of this essay is now online here. My response to Watson’s indirect reply to…