Is God Dying?
The decline of religion and the rise of the “nones”
Skeptic212 articles archived since 1845
A Tale of Tax Returns and Tax Scams
How weird beliefs can land you in jail
Why We Should Choose Science over Beliefs
Ideology needs to give way
The Danger for Scientists of Keeping an Open Mind
Why great scientists make great mistakes
The Five Myths of Terrorism—Including That It Works
Why terror doesn't work
How Beliefs in Extraterrestrials and Intelligent Design Are Similar
Arguments of divine intervention—alien or otherwise—start with ignorance
Searching for the True Sources of Crime
Where neuroscience meets criminology
The Science of Guns Proves Arming Untrained Citizens Is a Bad Idea
How data can help clarify the gun-control debate
Why a Near-Death Experience Isn’t Proof of Heaven
Did a neurosurgeon go to heaven?
How Skeptics Can Break the Cycle of False Beliefs
Pluralistic ignorance and the last best hope on Earth
The Liberals' War on Science
How politics distorts science on both ends of the spectrum
The Mind’s Compartments Create Conflicting Beliefs
How our modular brains lead us to deny and distort evidence
How Communities Shape Our Morals
Nazis did not just blindly follow orders
What Milgram’s Shock Experiments Really Mean
Replicating Milgram's shock experiments reveals not blind obedience but deep moral conflict
Why Your Brain Is Irrational about Obama and Romney
Subliminal influences guide our voting preferences
Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories
Why people who believe in one conspiracy are prone to believe others
How Free Will Collides with Unconscious Impulses
Volition as self-control exerts veto power over impulses
What Happens to Consciousness When We Die
The death of the brain means subjective experiences are neurochemistry
Evolution Explains Why Politics Is So Tribal
Morality binds us together into cohesive groups but blinds us to the ideas and motives of those in other groups
Much Ado about Nothing
Science closes in on why there is something instead of nothing
