Fake Bigfoot was a hoax – no kidding

I also wonder how self-styled “Sasquatch detective” Steve Kulls needed two hours to realize it was a totally lame fake.

People see what they want to see, I guess.

2 Moon myth debunked by religious person

Yesterday I wrote about the importance of talking to people about science in ways they can understand.  This writer’s focus is on Islam, not science, but he or she perfectly debunks a myth that has been going around the internet for five years: the myth that “this” August 27th, Mars will appear as large as the moon [...]

Bigfoot DNA? You’ve got to be kidding

They seem to be serious, but that doesn’t mean that they have to be taken seriously.
Every year at Camp Sangamon For Boys (“The camp with the pioneer spirit”), there would be a kid who would make outlandish claims that couldn’t be proven or disproven.  “My dad is a millionaire…my uncle beat up Bruce Lee…I got [...]

Warning to bogus psychics: avoid Swarthmore!

If you’re young, you are not very rock and roll if you don’t realize older people hold some pretty bogus ideas.  Maybe we forget that as we age.  If you have forgotten that, you might be happier here.[1]   
The July/August 2008 issue of Skeptical Inquirer (these folks are even skeptical about updating their web page) [...]