Method
Occam’s Razor
What does a claim cost in additional assumptions? A practical tool against fake news and conspiracy theories.
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Tools, case studies and antidotes to reasoning errors, fake news, conspiracy theories, pseudoscience and seemingly plausible myths.
Fundamental tools
I consider these texts especially important because they provide methods that can be applied to a wide range of claims and debates.
Science
Cargo Cult Science
Why scientific forms and rituals do not by themselves guarantee scientific integrity.
Perception
Müller-Lyer Illusion
A vivid example of how perception and interpretation can diverge.
Conspiracy theories and modern myths
Kennedy–Lincoln Mystery
Selected coincidences, false claims and pattern recognition.
Fake Moon Landing?
How counter-evidence can be deflected by adding ever more auxiliary assumptions.
Subliminal Influence
What lies behind the idea that people can be controlled reliably and unnoticed by subliminal messages?
Pseudoscience, medicine and evidence
Homeopathy
Similarity, natural medicine, personal experience, placebo effects and scientific testing.