October 13, 2019
2012 Failed Psychic Predictions
Another year has come and gone, and with it, a slew of failed and forgotten psychic predictions. Each year, the…
Tag: pseudoscience
October 11, 2019
Pseudoscience and Magical Thinking: What’s the Harm?
What’s The Harm is a website that lists cases where a lack of critical thinking has caused unnecessary harm, death,…
October 9, 2019
Astrology and Horoscopes Uncloaked
The Babylonians, believed they could impose their will on humanity through their god’s which they believed lived amongst the stars…
September 28, 2019
Understanding Scale: The Universe, Atoms, and Homeopathy
Numbers, especially the very large and very small, can be deceiving. It’s almost impossible for our brains to compute the…
September 26, 2019
Reiki: Real or Ridiculous?
Reiki, a spiritual practice developed by a Japanese Buddhist in 1992, has developed into various traditions. Some call is palm…
August 6, 2019
How to Spot Bad Medicine, Pseudoscience, Scams, and Quacks
According to the Skeptic Dictionary, ‘Quackery‘ used to be a pejorative term describing medical charlatanism, that is, health practices or…