Articles Skeptopathy A short history of pathological skepticism. Cold Fusion and Skeptopathy How pathological skepticism has hindered the science of LENR (Cold Fusion). The No God Delusion Examination of how atheism in all its forms is false. A Proof for […]
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Skeptopathy, the Study of Pathological Skepticism
To be a true science-based skeptic is to question beliefs on the basis of scientific understanding. Scientific skepticism is agnostic to new ideas until enough evidence is made available to either support them or to prove them false. True skepticism […]
Continue reading »The No God Delusion: Deconstructing The Atheist Myth
We followers of Spinoza see our God in the wonderful order and lawfulness of all that exists and in its soul (“Beseeltheit”) as it reveals itself in man and animal.[1] -Albert Einstein In my unfortunate encounters with pathological skeptics I’ve […]
Continue reading »Cold Fusion and Skeptopathy
There is no better example of skeptopathy doing great harm to humanity than the history of cold fusion. Everyone is probably familiar with Fleischmann and Pons’ claim that they had discovered a nuclear reaction that occurs at (or near) room […]
Continue reading »A Proof of Creationism and Intelligent Design
Pathological skeptics often ridicule advocates of creationism and intelligent design[1] as science-illiterate uncritical thinkers. In fact though, we can show these “skeptics” have a lot in common with the subjects of their ridicule. Note that at one time at least […]
Continue reading »The Argument From Conspiracy Fallacy
The argument from conspiracy fallacy occurs when an argument is proclaimed to be false or suspect solely because the argument involves a conspiracy of some kind. The argument from conspiracy fallacy is an informal fallacy because it does not have […]
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