Skeptorical

In our society we are constantly surrounded by convincing but poor arguments. Common rhetorical practice involves the misuse of language and logic in order to prove a point. This blog is dedicated to skeptically looking at this art of rhetoric by breaking down arguments and seeing if they hold water.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The Natural Fallacy and the language of Alt Med

I have a general rule of thumb. If something is called alternative medicine it doesn't work, because if it worked we would just call it ...

Monday, February 25, 2013

The Principal of Charity and Framing

My recent posts have discussed schisms in the skeptical/atheist movement on arising from discussions of sexism issues. Steven Novella has a ...

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Un-Labeling GMOs part II: Why I am Pro GMO

Last spring I wrote a criticism of proposition 37 in California , a law that if it had passed would have forced any food containing GMO...

Monday, February 18, 2013

Does PZ Myers support rape?

I am over PZ. PZ was one of the first atheist bloggers I started following but I just can't do it anymore. I've been checking PZ...

Friday, February 15, 2013

PZ's witch hunt

This is the third piece in my discussion on skeptical fails in the skeptical movement. If you haven't read my first two pieces discussin...

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Shermer, it's not a guy thing

This is part two of my discussion of the Shermer vs. Benson debate, where I talk about the mistakes made by Michael Shermer. If you haven...

Monday, February 11, 2013

Disagreement ≠ Sexism

When researching for my posts about the Shermer vs. Benson debate I have found a common problematic thread running through the arguments tha...

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