by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 20, 2018 | Critical Thinking, Science, Skepticism
The author writes: I’m not going to discuss the scientific merits or lack thereof of the diet but instead look at it as an example of marketing, psychological bias, and why people believe dumb things. Why BulletProof Diet/Coffee is based on BS. I apologize to those...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 19, 2017 | Critical Thinking, Skepticism
Why You Can Never Argue with Conspiracy Theorists Alex Jones is not the only guy making a career out of conspiracy theories. They are everywhere on the internet and here’s why you have no choice but to ignore...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 3, 2017 | Critical Thinking, Skepticism
See how to debunk viral photos in seconds using image search Back in August I wrote about how Google Image Search and other reverse image search engines are a valuable tool to debunk viral hoaxes. Last week yet another example popped up that shows just how easy these...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 25, 2017 | Pseudoscience, Skepticism
NeuroLogica Blog ” Natural News Delisted from Google It appears that Google has removed all Natural News content from their indexing. This means that Natural News pages will not appear in organic Google searches. This is big news for skeptics, but it is also...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 2, 2017 | Skepticism
Skeptic ” About Us ” A Skeptical Manifesto The Skeptics Society is a nonprofit organization that investigates extraordinary claims and promotes science and critical thinking. What Does it Mean to Be a Skeptic? “You’re Not Being Open...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 2, 2017 | Critical Thinking, Science Denial, Skepticism
Six Ways to Debunk Any Conspiracy Theory Fighting conspiracy theories with reason and evidence on the Internet is often tiresome and irritating. It usually involves extreme details of some scientific, historical or technology topic and it takes a long time to learn...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 14, 2017 | Science, Skepticism
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 7, 2017 | Pseudoscience, Science, Science Denial, Skepticism
Evan Bernstein is a co-host of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe and The Skeptics Guide 5×5...
