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Author Archives: Fallacy Man
Vaccine injuries and confirmation biases
Humans are remarkably bad at accurately discerning patterns. All of us (skeptics included) are prone to confirmation biases and logical flaws in reasoning. We don’t like to be wrong, and, as a result, we tend to cling to things that … Continue reading
Genetics provide powerful evidence of evolution
Many people are under the false impression that evolution is just a guess or a belief, when in reality, it is one of the most well-supported concepts in all of science. The evidence for it is overwhelming and comes from … Continue reading
Posted in Science of Evolution
Tagged creationism, evidence of evolution, evolution, mutations
104 Comments
Basic Statistics Part 6: Confounding Factors and Experimental Design
The topic of confounding factors is extremely important for understanding experimental design and evaluating published papers. Nevertheless, confounding factors are poorly understood among the general public, and even professional scientists often fail to appropriately account for them, which results in … Continue reading
Posted in Nature of Science
Tagged evaluating evidence, peer-reviewed studies, statistics, Vaccines
1 Comment
I used to be a science denier: My journey from pseudoscience to skepticism
In this post, I decided to do something a bit different and write about my personal background rather than debunking woo, explaining a logical/scientific concept, or any of the other things that I usually do on this blog. The embarrassing … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cherry picking, evaluating evidence, evolution, rules of logic
12 Comments
The image that took me two months to obtain: A window into what it is like to do research
Most people don’t really understand what scientists actually do or what is required to do scientific research. As a result, they don’t appreciate the amount of training and work that goes into being a scientists and conducting research. I personally … Continue reading
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