Category Archive: Skepticism

May 10 2013

Teaching Religious Skepticism

Why would we need “absolute truth” to settle on a position?

May 08 2013

Skepticism, Religion, and Strawmen

If you’re going to answer “religious exemption” argument, answer the argument made.

Apr 21 2013

I Get Email: fMRI and Autism

Graphic showing several brains under several conditions, each with several spots "lit up" to show significant findings.

I did receive one response to my talk at SkepTech that wasn’t entirely positive.

Apr 17 2013

The Use and Abuse of Psychometrics

A brief, simplified look at how the process of developing measurement tools in psychology limits what those tools can tell us.

Apr 05 2013

Things I Learned: YouTube Edition

There’s nothing wrong with being wrong as long as you own up to it and learn.

Feb 25 2013

But Men Work More Hours

Let’s pull apart this idea of working hours.

Feb 11 2013

Worth Getting Right

Kate Clancy helps you understand why a lot of us don’t find the vast majority of evolutionary psychology terribly convincing.

Feb 03 2013

The Evolution of Creationism

It’s fascinating to watch how what were once fairly reasonable ideas, given the state of knowledge at the time, became sacred and entrenched.

Jan 16 2013

Portrait of Deceit

A long time ago, James Randi did something rather important for me. He lied.

Dec 21 2012

Readings in Evolutionary Psychology

A short selection of readings that may interest you.

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