The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case
Conspiracy theorists fall victim to a fundamental misunderstanding of how to evaluate and synthesise evidence. It’s not that they believe despite a lack of evidence, […]
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The Decline and Fall of Science-based Medicine
The philosophy of science-based medicine (SBM) is a response to perceived shortcomings in the practice of evidence-based medicine. EBM is the movement that strives to […]
Scepticism and The Social Ubiquity of Magical Thinking
An essential read for any sceptic is the early 19th Century classic, The Golden Bough by Cambridge Scholar Sir James Fraser. Fraser set out to […]