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Below is a full list of all authors who have written for Digital Bits Skeptic, followed by a list of all articles. Click on an author’s name for a list of all articles they’ve written.
Published Authors
- Amr Hima
Andy Kaiser
Anonymous
David Annis
Diane Johnson
James Lochbaum
Jason Y
Jeff Kilroy
Joshua Walker
Kevin Bridges
M Parrott
Matthew Green
Navin Kumar
Nicholas Covington
Nick Farrantello
Peter Booth
R.C. Symes
Rodrigo Neely
Sandra L Hubscher
Science Reason & Rationality
Sebastian J
Tammy Buchli
Thomas Gentry
Tim Eisele
Todd Fritz
Published Articles
- Category: Astrology
- Category: Astronomy
- Category: Biology
- A review of "On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin
- A shocking lesson in human nature
- Anti-depressants and the placebo effect
- Apophenia: Definition and Analysis
- Bless me father, for I have sneezed
- Book review of "The Secret", by Rhonda Byrne: A skeptical review of a subjective reality
- Essential oils and aromatherapy: A rebuttal to bunk science and the healing power of odors
- Evolution makes testable predictions
- Evolution, the genetic code, and 'message theory': A response to Walter Remine
- Facilitated communication and Rom Houben
- Getting dirty with bacteria panic and unjustified sterilization
- Hidden dangers with ibuprofin, Motrin and flu treatment
- Homeopathy: Diluted and deluded
- How to be a fakir
- In defense of murderous humans: Animals at steak
- Macro-evolution observed in the laboratory
- Sexual selection and how the peacock got its tail
- Sleep paralysis - A personal account and analysis
- Spider bites are an overrated menace
- Spontaneous human combustion and "the wick effect"
- Sugar, acid and teeth
- Supernatural Nightmare Experiences and the Illusion of Prayer
- The Drake Equation
- The future of skepticism
- The ideomotor effect
- The skinny on the Body Mass Index (BMI)
- The swine flu crisis
- The ten percent of the brain myth: a fractional truth
- The “Bullshido” of martial arts and no-touch knockouts
- Was life on Earth an alien creation? A critical look at "directed panspermia"
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- Where meat meets metal: How acupuncture works. Or doesn't.
- Category: Cryptozoology
- Apophenia: Definition and Analysis
- Kicking Bigfoot - The Patterson Film and M.K. Davis stabilization enhancements
- The Flight of Dragons movie: Magic versus science
- The Loch Ness Monster versus the Lake Michigan Monster: A mythical battle
- Trading my fingers for aliens
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- Category: DB Skeptic
- "Death from the Skies!" promotion is ended
- 2008 Year in Review: Authors, articles, statistics and planning for 2009
- 2009 Year in review: Authors, articles, 2010, and Muppets
- Andy Kaiser interviewed by "Warning: Radio"
- Anti-euthanasia... for the podcast
- Digital Bits Skeptic evolves
- Digital Bits Skeptic site improvements - Facebook and site redesign
- Digital Bits Skeptic welcome
- Episode 100: Big round numbers, false modesty and a big, false interview with James Randi
- Give DBS an offer the ads can't refuse
- Goodbye, ads. Hello, lower recurring monthly income
- Mental percolations on "The League of Scientists"
- New DBS feature: find posts by your favorite authors
- Put your money where my mouth was
- The League of Scientists
- The League of Scientists officially knows a famous person
- Update: We're sick
- Category: Education
- Atlantic University: A degree of nonsense
- Five habits of the skeptical mind
- Intelligent Design in Michigan
- Religious deference taken to extremes
- Religulous review: Bill Maher's brutal and intelligent take on religion
- Research methods: How to find answers
- The big list of critical thinking and skeptical resources
- The future of skepticism
- The ten percent of the brain myth: a fractional truth
- Universities and academies fail to teach scientific thought and rationality
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- What's the real value of a college education?
- Why pick on religion? Why religion matters to the non-religious
- Category: ESP
- Category: Evolution
- A review of "On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin
- Answers to objections about atheism and evolution
- Apophenia: Definition and Analysis
- Book review of "The Flight of Dragons" by Peter Dickinson: How dragons could have evolved and existed
- Christopher Hitchens debates Peter Hitchens: Hitchens vs. Hitchens video and writeup
- Evolution makes testable predictions
- Evolution, the genetic code, and 'message theory': A response to Walter Remine
- Evolutionary science and creationism: A skeptical response to Duane Gish's "Creation Scientists Answer Their Critics"
- Five atheist logic tests and how to pass them - a skeptical response to "How to make an atheist backslide"
- Macro-evolution observed in the laboratory
- More original versions of classic fairy tales
- Original versions of classic fairy tales
- Sexual selection and how the peacock got its tail
- The Drake Equation
- The God confusion
- The swine flu crisis
- The ten percent of the brain myth: a fractional truth
- Was life on Earth an alien creation? A critical look at "directed panspermia"
- What it means to be "Scientifically Proven"
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- Category: Fortune-telling
- A field trip to Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment
- How to be a psychic
- Ice cubes, cornflakes, inflation and what caused the sub-prime lending crisis: Why theories are so hard to get right
- Problems with prophecy from the Bible and Koran
- Psychic stagecraft: how to change from magician to miracle worker
- Punk skepticism: A perfect mix of skeptic and rebel
- The future of skepticism
- This is the dawning of the age of asparagus - fortune telling goes green
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- Category: Ghosts
- Category: Healthcare
- A field trip to Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment
- Anecdotal evidence against anecdotal evidence
- Anti-depressants and the placebo effect
- Bless me father, for I have sneezed
- Book review of "The Secret", by Rhonda Byrne: A skeptical review of a subjective reality
- Essential oils and aromatherapy: A rebuttal to bunk science and the healing power of odors
- Getting dirty with bacteria panic and unjustified sterilization
- Hidden dangers with ibuprofin, Motrin and flu treatment
- Homeopathy: Diluted and deluded
- Illegal drugs and the drug war
- In defense of murderous humans: Animals at steak
- In defense of Oprah Winfrey
- Problems with nutritional supplements
- Spider bites are an overrated menace
- Sugar, acid and teeth
- The future of skepticism
- The limits of evidence-based medicine
- The problem with retrospective studies: Why what's good for you changes
- The skinny on the Body Mass Index (BMI)
- The swine flu crisis
- The ten percent of the brain myth: a fractional truth
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- Where meat meets metal: How acupuncture works. Or doesn't.
- Category: League of Scientists
- Category: Martial arts
- Category: Mysteries
- A Fire Officer's Guide to Disaster Control: An expert works outside his expertise, and is attacked by UFOs
- Photo evidence of ectoplasm and ghost orbs explained
- Psychic stagecraft: how to change from magician to miracle worker
- Sleep paralysis - A personal account and analysis
- Spontaneous human combustion and "the wick effect"
- The Dyatlov pass accident and the fatal "unknown compelling force"
- The God confusion
- The League of Scientists officially knows a famous person
- The Loch Ness Monster versus the Lake Michigan Monster: A mythical battle
- Tunguska mystery (almost) solved
- Category: New Age
- "The Secret" movie delusion
- A field trip to Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment
- Atlantic University: A degree of nonsense
- Book review of "The Secret", by Rhonda Byrne: A skeptical review of a subjective reality
- Essential oils and aromatherapy: A rebuttal to bunk science and the healing power of odors
- Homeopathy: Diluted and deluded
- How to be a fakir
- How to have an out-of-body experience
- In defense of Oprah Winfrey
- Orgone chips review: New Age tech versus the scientific method
- Punk skepticism: A perfect mix of skeptic and rebel
- The ideomotor effect
- The meaning of life (and podcasting)
- The ten percent of the brain myth: a fractional truth
- The “Bullshido” of martial arts and no-touch knockouts
- This is the dawning of the age of asparagus - fortune telling goes green
- What good is half an eye?
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- Women in skepticism
- Category: Philosophy
- A critical examination of the Kalam Cosmological Argument
- A skeptical analysis of "There are no atheists in foxholes"
- Advanced apologizing: Proof of the existence of God
- Allegiance and flag burning
- Book review of "The Secret", by Rhonda Byrne: A skeptical review of a subjective reality
- Christopher Hitchens debates Peter Hitchens: Hitchens vs. Hitchens video and writeup
- Faith versus the scientific method
- Five atheist logic tests and how to pass them - a skeptical response to "How to make an atheist backslide"
- Funny underused crude knowledge: A vulgar examination of profanity
- If you can't prove God doesn't exist, why not believe?
- In defense of murderous humans: Animals at steak
- More original versions of classic fairy tales
- Original versions of classic fairy tales
- Party politics and the false dilemma logical fallacy
- Pascal's Wager: gambling with an immoral god
- Punk skepticism: A perfect mix of skeptic and rebel
- Religion is a path to Hell on Earth
- Religious revelations are religious delusions
- Religulous review: Bill Maher's brutal and intelligent take on religion
- Skepticism is a virtue: The religious don't know what they're missing
- The future of skepticism
- The God confusion
- The meaning of life (and podcasting)
- The Veil of Ignorance: Don't confuse tools with the buildings they create
- What is faith?
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- Category: Politics
- A skeptical analysis of "There are no atheists in foxholes"
- Allegiance and flag burning
- Anti-Republican sentiment - and not Barack Obama - gave the Democrats the Presidency
- Can safety regulations kill you? How safe are seatbelts and seatbelt laws?
- Christopher Hitchens debates Peter Hitchens: Hitchens vs. Hitchens video and writeup
- DRM is failure in action
- Enemies closer: Why we should relocate terror suspects to the United States
- Evolutionary science and creationism: A skeptical response to Duane Gish's "Creation Scientists Answer Their Critics"
- Ice cubes, cornflakes, inflation and what caused the sub-prime lending crisis: Why theories are so hard to get right
- IEDs and the futility of increased armor
- Illegal drugs and the drug war
- Intelligent Design in Michigan
- Modeling population and technology: Why haven't you starved to death?
- Party politics and the false dilemma logical fallacy
- Political science and skepticism: Politics needs critical thought
- Private Military Companies, civilian contractors and the Global War on Terror
- Punk skepticism: A perfect mix of skeptic and rebel
- Religious censorship and free speech
- Religulous review: Bill Maher's brutal and intelligent take on religion
- Skeptics, atheists and meme theory
- The danger of religion in politics
- The future of skepticism
- The undecided voter: An appeal to rational voting
- The Veil of Ignorance: Don't confuse tools with the buildings they create
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- Category: Pop Culture
- Sodascience - An open letter to the thirsty
- "The Secret" movie delusion
- A field trip to Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment
- A skeptical analysis of "There are no atheists in foxholes"
- Anti-depressants and the placebo effect
- Anti-Republican sentiment - and not Barack Obama - gave the Democrats the Presidency
- Astrology is The Forer Effect in action
- Book review of "The Secret", by Rhonda Byrne: A skeptical review of a subjective reality
- Can safety regulations kill you? How safe are seatbelts and seatbelt laws?
- Christmas traditions revealed
- DRM is failure in action
- Episode 100: Big round numbers, false modesty and a big, false interview with James Randi
- Evolutionary science and creationism: A skeptical response to Duane Gish's "Creation Scientists Answer Their Critics"
- Facilitated communication and Rom Houben
- Funny underused crude knowledge: A vulgar examination of profanity
- Getting dirty with bacteria panic and unjustified sterilization
- Global warming and climate change: Why they're so hard to get right
- How to be a psychic
- In defense of murderous humans: Animals at steak
- In defense of Oprah Winfrey
- In the name of Bob, Google and the Flying Spaghetti Monster: gods and religions that matter
- Lotteries: A sucker's game or a rational choice?
- Mental percolations on "The League of Scientists"
- Modeling population and technology: Why haven't you starved to death?
- More original versions of classic fairy tales
- Oprah, plug in your toaster. Most appliances don't use energy when turned off.
- Orgone chips review: New Age tech versus the scientific method
- Original versions of classic fairy tales
- Political science and skepticism: Politics needs critical thought
- Psychic stagecraft: how to change from magician to miracle worker
- Punk skepticism: A perfect mix of skeptic and rebel
- Religulous review: Bill Maher's brutal and intelligent take on religion
- Spider bites are an overrated menace
- Sugar, acid and teeth
- The big list of critical thinking and skeptical resources
- The Flight of Dragons movie: Magic versus science
- The future of skepticism
- The ideomotor effect
- The League of Scientists
- The limits of evidence-based medicine
- The Loch Ness Monster versus the Lake Michigan Monster: A mythical battle
- The meaning of life (and podcasting)
- The myth of computer security
- The problem with retrospective studies: Why what's good for you changes
- The swine flu crisis
- The ten percent of the brain myth: a fractional truth
- The undecided voter: An appeal to rational voting
- The “Bullshido” of martial arts and no-touch knockouts
- This is the dawning of the age of asparagus - fortune telling goes green
- Trading my fingers for aliens
- Water on the moon
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- Category: Pseudoscience
- Sodascience - An open letter to the thirsty
- "The Secret" movie delusion
- A field trip to Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment
- A shocking lesson in human nature
- Anecdotal evidence against anecdotal evidence
- Astrology is The Forer Effect in action
- Book review of "The Secret", by Rhonda Byrne: A skeptical review of a subjective reality
- Essential oils and aromatherapy: A rebuttal to bunk science and the healing power of odors
- Evolutionary science and creationism: A skeptical response to Duane Gish's "Creation Scientists Answer Their Critics"
- Faith versus the scientific method
- Homeopathy: Diluted and deluded
- Human static electricity generators: Can a person's body generate static electricity?
- In defense of Oprah Winfrey
- Orgone chips review: New Age tech versus the scientific method
- Photo evidence of ectoplasm and ghost orbs explained
- Political science and skepticism: Politics needs critical thought
- Psychic stagecraft: how to change from magician to miracle worker
- Spontaneous human combustion and "the wick effect"
- The Dyatlov pass accident and the fatal "unknown compelling force"
- The ideomotor effect
- The swine flu crisis
- The ten percent of the brain myth: a fractional truth
- The “Bullshido” of martial arts and no-touch knockouts
- What it means to be "Scientifically Proven"
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- Where meat meets metal: How acupuncture works. Or doesn't.
- Category: Psychology
- A shocking lesson in human nature
- A skeptical analysis of "There are no atheists in foxholes"
- Anti-depressants and the placebo effect
- Anti-Republican sentiment - and not Barack Obama - gave the Democrats the Presidency
- Astrology is The Forer Effect in action
- Christopher Hitchens debates Peter Hitchens: Hitchens vs. Hitchens video and writeup
- Faith versus the scientific method
- Five habits of the skeptical mind
- Funny underused crude knowledge: A vulgar examination of profanity
- How to have an out-of-body experience
- In defense of murderous humans: Animals at steak
- Jesus' resurrection and mass hallucinations
- More original versions of classic fairy tales
- Original versions of classic fairy tales
- Psychic stagecraft: how to change from magician to miracle worker
- Punk skepticism: A perfect mix of skeptic and rebel
- Religious revelations are religious delusions
- Religulous review: Bill Maher's brutal and intelligent take on religion
- Skepticism is a virtue: The religious don't know what they're missing
- Supernatural Nightmare Experiences and the Illusion of Prayer
- Synchronicities and “the odds”
- The future of skepticism
- The God confusion
- The “Bullshido” of martial arts and no-touch knockouts
- Trading my fingers for aliens
- Universities and academies fail to teach scientific thought and rationality
- What If You're Wrong?
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- Why we believe what we believe
- Category: Religion
- Sodascience - An open letter to the thirsty
- "The Secret" movie delusion
- A critical examination of the Kalam Cosmological Argument
- A primer on negative (weak) atheism
- A skeptical analysis of "There are no atheists in foxholes"
- Advanced apologizing: Proof of the existence of God
- Alito defends student Thanksgiving poster
- Answers to objections about atheism and evolution
- Atheism in Hinduism
- Bless me father, for I have sneezed
- Book review of "The Secret", by Rhonda Byrne: A skeptical review of a subjective reality
- Christmas traditions revealed
- Christopher Hitchens debates Peter Hitchens: Hitchens vs. Hitchens video and writeup
- Evolutionary science and creationism: A skeptical response to Duane Gish's "Creation Scientists Answer Their Critics"
- Faith versus the scientific method
- Five atheist logic tests and how to pass them - a skeptical response to "How to make an atheist backslide"
- If you can't prove God doesn't exist, why not believe?
- In the name of Bob, Google and the Flying Spaghetti Monster: gods and religions that matter
- Intelligent Design in Michigan
- Jesus' miracles, religious myth and biblical contradictions
- Jesus' resurrection and mass hallucinations
- Macro-evolution observed in the laboratory
- Mistakes God made: Where is the Mongoose of Truth?
- Modern-day miracles
- Pagan parallels to Jesus: the forgotten sons of God
- Pascal's Wager: gambling with an immoral god
- Problems with prophecy from the Bible and Koran
- Punk skepticism: A perfect mix of skeptic and rebel
- Religion is a path to Hell on Earth
- Religious censorship and free speech
- Religious deference taken to extremes
- Religious misconceptions are in the details
- Religious revelations are religious delusions
- Religulous review: Bill Maher's brutal and intelligent take on religion
- Skepticism is a virtue: The religious don't know what they're missing
- Skeptics, atheists and meme theory
- Supernatural Nightmare Experiences and the Illusion of Prayer
- The danger of religion in politics
- The future of skepticism
- The God confusion
- The meaning of life (and podcasting)
- What If You're Wrong?
- What is faith?
- What's the harm in believing? Reasons for skeptical thought and critical thinking
- Why pick on religion? Why religion matters to the non-religious
- Why we believe what we believe
- Category: Science
- Sodascience - An open letter to the thirsty
- Answers to objections about atheism and evolution
- Apophenia: Definition and Analysis
- Book review of "The Flight of Dragons" by Peter Dickinson: How dragons could have evolved and existed
- Book review of "The Secret", by Rhonda Byrne: A skeptical review of a subjective reality
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