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Accepting Uncertainty
We humans are insatiably curious. Our brains actively and passively hunger for information. It’s often this very trait that leaves it...
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Oct 12, 20247 min read
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Toxic Positivity (and False Negativity)
Cultivating a realistic view of the world is one of the most positive things you can do for yourself and those around you. I’m often...
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Aug 7, 202411 min read
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Calling Out the Wrong is Right
It’s seen as negative in many ways but criticising wrong ideas is as important as just trying to be ‘right’. As a non-expert and not a...
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May 29, 20244 min read
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Science: The Most ‘Natural’ Thing
Science is about nature. It’s natural, but closer to natural than our minds alone would be able to get. It often evokes in people’s heads...
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May 5, 20248 min read
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Unmasking the Illusion: A Deep Dive on How Psychics Fool Us
Mediums. Psychic readings. Tarot cards. Astrology and horoscopes. Ouija boards. ‘Energy’ readings. Fortune telling. They’re all...
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Feb 17, 202428 min read
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Prior Plausibility: How to First Assess Claims
A necessary tool in the scepticism kit is prior plausibility (or probability). I’ve mentioned it before, but not sure I’ve explained it...
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Feb 12, 20244 min read
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions - Book Review
This is a book I wish I’d read much sooner. To read the cover and the blurb, you may think it’s a list of definitive answers to the...
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Nov 25, 20233 min read
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10 (Legitimate) Reasons Aliens Probably Aren’t Here
A low hanging fruit of Skepticism, and debunked for half a century, the notion that advanced alien life is visiting Earth persists.
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Nov 12, 202324 min read
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Empower Yourself Through Thought
Real knowledge leads to a greater degree of power and freedom over your own life.
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Oct 21, 20235 min read
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What’s the Harm? Pseudoscience Cultivates Wider Ignorance
Why do I harp on and on about logic, critical thinking, and pseudoscience? You might find it as pedantic and nitpicking as one might...
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Aug 29, 20238 min read
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Tinnitus Patches
Today is an easy lesson on critical thinking. The aim is not merely to debunk out of spite, but to document my thought process as I was...
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Jul 28, 20237 min read
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Understanding Holistic Medicine
This is intended as a well-rounded explanation of what Holistic medicine is, and where the term Holistic originates on some level. I felt...
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Jul 8, 20238 min read
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Experts – How to Tell
Deferring to expertise is not being a ‘sheeple’. How can we tell apart who is a reliable expert from an unreliable one?
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Jul 1, 20237 min read
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Defining ‘Truth’
Science communication can do without 'placeholder truths'.
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May 28, 20237 min read
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CBD Oil – Inappropriate Science Journalism
I’ll start by saying there are PLENTY of qualifying statements and caveats in this piece, which make it technically true to people...
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Mar 18, 20238 min read
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No, You Won’t Get ‘Cancelled’ for ‘Just Asking Questions’
I’ve seen so many anti-vax talking heads, social media martyrs and the like, using the double edged logical fallacy that we should be...
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Mar 4, 20237 min read
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Logical Fallacy – Shifting the Burden of Proof
While casually reading a thread in a comments section of the James Webb Space Telescope page, I saw a clear example of a logical fallacy...
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Jan 14, 20234 min read
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My Hopes and Thoughts for the New Year
It’s peak time for the yearly entourage of NY posts, where we collectively condemn the last 12 months and look forward to the next 12 as...
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Dec 31, 20222 min read
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The Function of Placebos
I thought I’d give a quick and simplified primer on what placebos actually are, and what their function, purpose, and use is in science....
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Nov 26, 20227 min read
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Social Media Sessions: Alt Med is not the Answer
This is an exercise in critical thinking and reasoning. David Gorski is a brilliant doctor and scientist, and a phenomenal communicator...
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Nov 12, 20229 min read
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