Last week the Mirror Online reported on the story of Kelly Logan – a 34-year old breast cancer patient who has refused the surgery and chemotherapy her doctors advised, electing...
07/10/2018
James Kirkup is Director of the Social Market Foundation, a think-tank in London, and a writer for theSpectatormagazine. His experience of being a man writing about transgender...
07/10/2018
Science fans talking about philosophy is never. Not. Funny. According to RationalWiki, “The Dunning-Kruger effect occurs where people fail to adequately assess their level of...
07/02/2018
December 5, 2014 Public discussion of scientific topics such as global warming is confused by misuse of the term “skeptic.” Why Bogus Therapies Seem to Work At least ten kinds...
06/30/2018
It sounds like something David “Avocado” Wolfe might do, but in this case it’s a skeptic doing some performance art. A man in Vancouver, Canada had enough of people buying...
06/29/2018
This Tuesday, Oklahoma will hold its primaries for the upcoming election, and Chuck Strohm will be running for re-election in the state’s House of Representatives. After...
06/28/2018
Last month, a philosophy major from the University of Dallas carried his diploma straight from academia to a job in investment banking. He got this job not despite his degree,...
06/25/2018
There’s a new Pew survey out that asks a timely question, or rather several timely questions. How often can Americans distinguish between factual statements (that is, statements...
06/24/2018
A recent opinion piece in the New York Times by Krista Burton is perhaps one sign of recent social trends – increasing belief in things like astrology, especially among...
06/24/2018
A Threat to Policymaking and Democracy Use Adobe Acrobat Reader version 10 or higher for the best experience. تصدع الحقيقة: تهديد لصناعة السياسات والديمقراطية Arabic language...
06/21/2018
Marcus Aurelius on What His Father Taught Him About Humility, Honor, Kindness, and Integrity Marcus Aurelius is considered the last of Ancient Rome’s Five Good Emperors, but he...
06/20/2018
Apollo Robbins has made a career out of upending people’s perceptions. Widely revered by his peers as the best pickpocket in the world, Robbins confines his gifts to the right...
06/19/2018