The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition — thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not.

The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition — thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not.

Are science and religion compatible? It's like, are science and plumbing compatible? They're just two different things.

The reason is that in a group, individual errors on either side of the true figure cancel each other out.

Conspiracies are a perennial favorite for television producers because there is always a receptive audience.

Dualists hold that body and soul are separate entities and that the soul will continue beyond the existence of the physical body.

Human history is highly nonlinear and unpredictable.