Over the holiday break, I read ‘The Demon-Haunted Book: Science as a Candle in the Dark’ by Carl Sagan. The book is not nearly as well-known as "Cosmos" but should be. It introduces the ...

Sagan described the Baloney Detection Kit, which provides many “tools,” but I distill it to the tools for rational and skeptical thinking; it must also teach us what not to do.

Consider these 3 reasons why I believe it’s a good idea to develop and maintain your own “baloney detection kit,” particularly when it comes to medicine and healthcare. 1.

A dozen people could scream at me for hours telling me the sky is pink polka dot, and at the end of that time I would walk away still understanding ...