In 1997, the brilliant, wise and sage astrophysicist Carl Sagan wrote: “In popularizing science and trying to make its methods and findings accessible to non-scientists, it then follows that not ...

Carl Sagan was famous for teaching people to maintain a healthy skepticism in life, to develop their own “baloney detection kit.” I agree. One nuance I’d like to add, though, is that skepticism does ...

Does the enterprise have a fake news problem? Yes, if our BS filters get foggy. Fortunately we have smart folks to help us with that - including the Baloney Detector provided by famed scientist Carl ...

When lecturing on science and pseudoscience at colleges and universities, I am inevitably asked, after challenging common beliefs held by many students, "Why should we believe you?" My answer: "You ...

A dozen people could scream at me for hours telling me the sky is pink polka dot, and at the end of that time I would walk away still understanding the sky is blue. How? Because I have a fully ...