Armchair behavioral scientist. Columnist @SkeptInquirer. "marvelous writer and clear thinker" —Michael Shermer. THE USES OF DELUSION (2022). Room Rater 10/10.
Stonington, CT USA
Joined October 2008
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My latest column, "Is Meditating Bad for You?" is now available in Spanish on Pensar. pensar.org/2026/10/es-malo-m…
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Son: Hey Dad, was music really better when you were younger?
Me: Son, we had an entire generation growing up with music so good that 50 years later, we're still turning up the volume when it comes on.
Here, let me show you what I mean.
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Let’s revisit this conversation with Dr. Stuart Vyse as he explains where superstitions come from, why humans cling to them in times of uncertainty, and whether those rituals might actually give us a real psychological boost. Hear the full discussion: at.apa.org/18af10
My latest column for @SkeptInquirer, "Is Meditating Bad for You?" is now available in an audio edition. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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This is America as it should be in the face of injustice.
Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state.
The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via @tmsimmons) greensboro.com/news/local/go…
“Given the world that he created, it would be an impiety against God to believe in him.” —The Sea, John Banville.
Will be missed. Thanks for your service.
Great new pub from @AmySFLutz in Bioethical Inquiry "Interrogating The Telepathy Tapes: Ethical Obligations at the Intersection of Disability, Lived Experience, and Entertainment" link.springer.com/epdf/10.10…
Chemtrails! Bring back the other golden oldies. Bermuda Triangle anyone? Fluoride? (Oops. He already hit that one.) Meanwhile the Pennsylvania measles death count is 4.
RFK Jr: "We are also looking at chemtrails"
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
RFK Jr. referred to "chemtrails," a conspiracy theory alleging secret chemical spraying by aircraft. No evidence supports this; trails are condensation (contrails) and a 2016 peer-reviewed survey of 77 atmospheric experts found 76 had seen none for such programs.
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Readers in recent studies preferred AI-written poems and stories. They also rated any work lower when told AI wrote it (even when a human had).
So, apparently, we judge the prose by the consciousness we imagine behind it.
From @stuartvyse for @SkeptInquirer:
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ALT Black graphic with green, white, and yellow text reading: “Picture this: You just read an amazing novel. It made you laugh. It made you cry. You think it may have changed your life. Then you learn AI wrote it.” A downward arrow points to the question: “Did the book just get worse?” Skepticalinquirer.org appears at the bottom.
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ORSON WELLES calling Elia Kazan a traitor for having "sold all of his people to McCarthy."
It was inevitable that I would get around to writing something about artificial intelligence. My latest for @SkeptInquirer is "Do you like AI-written novels? Are you sure?" The answer may surprise you. skepticalinquirer.org/exclus…
My cover story on the @TelepathyTapes for the September/October issue of @SkeptInquirer magazine is now available in audio. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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There will never be a more iconic entrance. Tim Curry, you will never be forgotten. 💔
That @RadioFreeTom pens another gem. ❤️ for Tim Curry.
I wrote about the magic of Tim Curry:
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