by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 23, 2021 | Health, Multi Level Marketing, Pseudoscience, Skepticism
Are Velovita Snaps Worth Spending Your Money On? I was recently alerted to a new vital TikTok weight loss trend *sigh* called ‘snaps.’ Made by an MLM company called Velovita, snaps are little packets of serums that promise to do things like ‘clear...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 19, 2021 | Archeology, Religion, Skepticism
Is the Bible a true story? Recent finds and technological advances yield surprising discoveries | Special Report Beauty and biblical evidence both lie in the eye of the beholder, it seems. No evidence of the events described in the Book of Genesis has ever been found....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 17, 2021 | Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking, Pseudoscience, Skepticism
The Doctor Carl Sagan Warned Us About Predictions made by psychics and astrologers tend to quickly fade from memory because of how wrong they often turn out to be, but one prediction made by Carl Sagan, an astrophysicist and famous science communicator, is so...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 1, 2021 | Critical Thinking, Health, Skepticism
I only drink diet soda and it been that way with me for decades now. Another Garbage Study Says Diet Soda is Bad For You This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! If you watch my Twitch...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 26, 2020 | Astrology, Skepticism
There was a time in my life where I gave some credibility to Astrology but I think by the time I was in my 30s any faith I may have had in it was gone. Last night with an open mind I engaged conversation with a brilliant and charming sincere believer in astrology and...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 1, 2020 | Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking, Skepticism
Thomas Westbrook speaking at the LogiCal-LA conference in Los Angeles in 2019 discusses ways to improve science communication in the war on...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 10, 2019 | Energy, Science, Science Denial, Skepticism
Why HBO’s “Chernobyl” Gets Nuclear So Wrong Since the start of HBO’s mini-series about the 1986 nuclear disaster, “Chernobyl,” journalists have praised the series for getting the facts of the event right, even if its creators took...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 10, 2019 | Critical Thinking, Pseudoscience, Skepticism
A well-produced video claiming what food is fake or real continues to spread online, even though some of the claims are fake At first sight, it looks like any other drool-inducing food video that you can find on Facebook. Only this time, the viral video promises to...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 7, 2019 | Critical Thinking, Science, Science Denial, Skepticism
This is a great, really great article! We’ve Lost Sight Of The Most Important Rule In Debating Science It was almost 100 years ago that the most famous debate in science history took place. The topic up for consideration was the nature of the spiral objects in...
