From reader (and listener!) Phil Pilkington (there asterisks are original): Hi Matt, Loved your speech. Hyperskeptical Economist that I am, M Taleb did us some great favours in outlining the…

I'm at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness meeting in No-History City, Louisiana. Here's Part II of (an earlier draft of) the speech I gave Saturday. Consider donating $1 for every…

I'm at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness meeting in No-History City, Louisiana. Here's Part I of (an earlier draft of) the speech I gave Saturday. Consider donating $1 for every…

Stream: Vatican Hosts Conference With Pantheistic Theme So the Vatican, under the auspices of its Pontifical Academy of Science, directed by Archbishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, is hosting another global warming…

Stream: In Celebration of Cult of Diversity, Google Sacrifices Employee Walk into Google's headquarter's and say, "Diversity is our strength." Know what would happen? A thousand identical unquestioning strident voices…

Stream: When a 'Doctor' is No Longer a Doctor Meanwhile, somewhere in the Netherlands... "Mommy?" "Susie, is that you? Aren't you at school? Is something wrong?" "No, Mommy. I cut…

Stream: Hoax Shows Limits of Scientific Journals So the Neuroskeptic, a blogger for Discover magazine, submitted a nonsense paper to several journals, some of which accepted and even published it.…