Tag: #CriticalThinking
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Okay, It Was Only a Movie, But God Said What?
Skeptics and Believers Are Lying to Themselves the Same Way There’s a scene late in the movie Disclosure Day where a former novitiate named Jane corners her old mentor, a nun named Sister Maura, with a question dressed up as a statement. Genesis, she says, tells us humanity is God’s supreme creation. Sister Maura doesn’t…
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Did AI Just Launch a Missile?
No. But it raised a far more important question. I don’t usually write about artificial intelligence. It’s not something that is really in my wheelhouse. But a recent article in The Debrief discussing the U.S. military’s use of Grok changed that. Not because of the politics or the company behind it, but because it made…
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Skeptic vs Believer Is the Wrong Debate in Paranormal Cases
The case changes the moment people decide what they believe In 1975, the Lutz family moved into a house in Amityville, New York. Within weeks, they left, claiming a series of disturbing experiences inside the home. Their account included strange odors, physical sensations, and a growing sense that something in the house was not right.…
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How to Separate Fear, Belief, and Fact in Unexplained Cases
Why perception, not evidence, is often what shapes the outcome A woman named Alicia Maxey was found severely injured on a rural property in Blanco, Oklahoma. No one could immediately explain what caused it. The person who discovered her was an EMT. The injuries were serious enough that authorities brought in wildlife officials to determine…
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New Bigfoot Footage Doesn’t Solve the Patterson–Gimlin Film
A new documentary introduces “practice footage,” but it raises more questions than it answers. New evidence is supposed to bring clarity. That’s the expectation. Something new surfaces, something previously unseen, and the conversation moves closer to resolution. But in fields that have lived too long in uncertainty, new material does not always clarify. Sometimes it…