Tag Archives: Biases

Finding Pseudoscience

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 4, 2012

I’ve been watching a lot of Finding Bigfoot on Animal Planet lately. It’s not because I’m expecting them to ever find a bigfoot. It’s because no show on television illustrates the virtues of true skepticism or the powers of rationalization. If you haven’t watched Finding Bigfoot, I recommend sitting down and watching at least a [...]

Posted in Blog, Skepticism | Also tagged Animal Planet, Assumption, Bear Tracker, Bigfoot, Bro, Circumstances, Few Minutes, Ghost Adventures, Ghost In The Room, Ghosts, Giant, Intrepid Investigators, Investigations, Poor Folks, Proof, Pseudoscience, Rationalization, Skepticism, Virtues | 5 Comments

Confessions of a Comic Book Hater

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: June 7, 2012

Recently, I tweeted on the sorry state of mainstream superhero comics. Specifically, I commented on the failings of Marvel and DC’s efforts as I see them. There were a few intelligent rebuttals to those comments. Never let it be said that I am an unreasonable man (though, of course, like all humans, I have my [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books | Also tagged Blanket Statement, Coincidence, Comic Book Superheroes, Confessions, Editors, Excessive Language, Gore, Mainstream, Monday Morning Quarterback, Old Man, Outsider, Overstatement, Rebuttals, Self Examination, Sorry State, Superhero Comics, Unreasonable Man, Validity, Violence | 6 Comments

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By A. Lee Martinez | Published: April 25, 2012

Here’s a handy thing to know: If someone is writing about how females are portrayed in fiction, they are not automatically guilty of feminist diatribe. And talking about minority portrayal is not the sole province of extremists and radicals. These topics are worth talking about, and just because someone might feel uncomfortable with the conversation, [...]