When the incomprehensible happens, we are much happier if we can reduce the event to a single cause.
Category Archive: Skepticism
Dec 12 2012
Chivalry Versus Civilization
Well played Esfahani Smith. Well played. Still badly wrong, though.
Dec 10 2012
Evolutionary Psychology, Necessary Complexity, and the Null Hypothesis
What do we assume in the absence of evidence for an hypothesis?
Dec 05 2012
Once You Look Past the Headlines
The scandalous interview with Rebecca Watson that everyone wants you to hear!
Dec 04 2012
Everyone Expects the Naturalistic Fallacy
“The naturalistic fallacy…seems to be a particularly stubborn error committed by critics of evolutionary psychology…” Oh, really?
Dec 03 2012
Science Denialism? The Role of Criticism
Singling Rebecca Watson’s talk out as anti-science is as ridiculous as the other ways she’s been targeted in the last couple of years.
Nov 17 2012
Whatever Google Image Search You Did
On finding “THE MOST MAINSTREAM CHARACTER WITH THE MOST REVEALING COSTUME EVER”.
Nov 11 2012
The Ethical Use of Irrationality
I’m incredibly glad that Skepticon put together the space for workshops like these.
Nov 06 2012
The Origin of the Magic Wand
It was funny to watch how easily even a table full of skeptics fell into storytelling in an absence of information.
Oct 31 2012
Doing Social Science Skepticism Right
Encouraging skepticism about social science is very hard to do well. CSICon managed it.
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