Skepticism is proportioning your beliefs to the evidence. It gets a bad rap, but it’s one of the best ways to discover the truth and avoid being fooled.
A Life Preserver for Staying Afloat in a Sea of Misinformation As a science educator, my primary goals are to teach students the essential skills of science literacy and critical thinking. Helping them understand the process […]
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A Real-Life Ghost Story On November 15, 1912, Mrs. H and her family moved into an old, rambling Victorian house. It had barely been occupied over the previous decade and was falling into disrepair. Lacking electricity,
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The difference between falsifiable and unfalsifiable beliefs Tony Green was convinced that the threat of the virus was being overblown… it was no worse than the flu. It was a scamdemic. As a gay conservative, he
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Solving the Mystery of the Crop Circles In the late 1970s, crop circles started to appear across the English countryside. At first most of them went unnoticed. But as they continued to proliferate, and grow increasingly
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Witchcraft and the Danger in Believing without Evidence Warning: Disturbing content When a young boy complained of stomach and chest pains, his family rushed him to the doctor. Tragically, he died a few hours later. Janet
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