Knowledge, science, reason, education, philosophy, behavior, politics, religion, and B.S.
I hope I grabbed your attention with that title, but do not expect to find the answer to that question here. What I am going to discuss today is a study that many people seem to think answers that question, but it doesn’t.
As I noted in my last post, the study I’ll be discussing was grossly misreported, starting … Keep Reading…
Many Skeptics, Daniel Loxton and Massimo Pigliucci (So you think you’re a skeptic, don’t you?) come to mind, have discussed the need to restrict one’s public discussions in the name of Skepticism to topics within one’s area of expertise. In the absence of such expertise, we should only convey to the public a scientific consensus, if one exists. … Keep Reading…
Read this post first, please.
Here’s the story…
I caught this tweet this morning:
@BadAstronomer: Beam me up some breakfast. Warp factor three egg omelette. http://twitpic.com/27mfxu
I will pretty much click on anything that starts with “beam me up”, so I did and, as you know, I saw this:
Well, I really saw this:
I even … Keep Reading…
Last month I attended the Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association (WPA), at which two of my students were scheduled to present research. I will spare you the five-page (single-spaced) description of my peril-fraught journey to Cancun and the disappointment of losing the posters along the way and just tell you that I am very proud of how my … Keep Reading…
