October 29, 2018
Astrology and Horoscopes Debunked
Over 2300 years ago, the Babylonians came up with the idea that the gods lived among the stars and other…
Tag: pseudoscience
October 6, 2018
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…
September 16, 2018
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,…
September 14, 2018
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 11, 2018
Reiki: Real or Ridiculous?
Reiki, a spiritual practice developed by a Japanese Buddhist in 1992, has developed into various traditions. Some call is palm…
September 9, 2018
2012 Failed Psychic Predictions
Another year has come and gone, and with it, a slew of failed and forgotten psychic predictions. Each year, the…
