Author Andrew Butters

"I'm really surprised youve never been tased before."
--My Physiotherapist

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If you needed another reason to avoid using AI, here you go www.skeptophilia.com/2025/10/the-...

YouTube video by Author Andrew Butters Seeing "people first" organizations in action is a wonderful thing

Seeing "People First" companies in action is a breath of fresh air.
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Well, you can add opening a package of furnace filters to the list of ways I can hurt myself.

In a hundred years people will be looking back and saying, "What we need today is more mob justice. Remember the good ole days when social media was judge, jury, and executioner? Yeah, those were good times."

Island of the dolls critical thinking blog skeptic analytics skepticism science rational education alternative medicine conspiracy theories debunk misinformation skepto

About the "uncanny valley" -- and a very creepy place in Mexico www.skeptophilia.com/2025/10/isla...

"Are you here to teach us math or drama?" --Seventh Grade Girl in Math Class Today Who Took Issue With My Way Of Teaching Probabilities.

Anomaly analysis critical thinking blog skeptic analytics skepticism science rational education alternative medicine conspiracy theories debunk misinformation skepto

On gravitational fields and uninformed opinions www.skeptophilia.com/2025/10/anom...

The legend of the lost sister critical thinking blog skeptic analytics skepticism science rational education alternative medicine conspiracy theories debunk misinformation skepto

On the origins of folk tales www.skeptophilia.com/2025/09/the-...

MMMM Episode 30: Panic at the Disco (Misfortune) Music, Musings, Moments, and Misfortune

The latest MMMM Podcast episode is out. This week: Misfortune!
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Nonsense like this week's failed Rapture doesn't simply come from nowhere www.skeptophilia.com/2025/09/the-...

The constancy of constants critical thinking blog skeptic analytics skepticism science rational education alternative medicine conspiracy theories debunk misinformation skepto

What if the speed of light was 20 mph? www.skeptophilia.com/2025/09/the-...

Jenny's ancestry critical thinking blog skeptic analytics skepticism science rational education alternative medicine conspiracy theories debunk misinformation skepto

About a curious legend from old England www.skeptophilia.com/2025/09/jenn...

The polymath critical thinking blog skeptic analytics skepticism science rational education alternative medicine conspiracy theories debunk misinformation skepto

About a seventeenth-century dabbler who revolutionized science www.skeptophilia.com/2025/09/the-...

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It's the end of the world, if you noticed www.skeptophilia.com/2025/09/apoc...

MMMM Episode 29: Laughter (Musings) Music, Musings, Moments, and Misfortune

New pod dropped today! Musings. While medicinally not THE best, there are definitely benefits to laughter. I tell a story about how @thebloggess.bsky.social made my wife laugh harder than I've ever seen.
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Celestial whack-a-mole critical thinking blog skeptic analytics skepticism science rational education alternative medicine conspiracy theories debunk misinformation skepto

On the discovery of an impact crater in the North Sea www.skeptophilia.com/2025/09/cele...

Yoho Ahoy (Full Episodes) - YouTube

It's Talk Like a Pirate Day!
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Not once have I ever been disappointed in myself for putting more hummus than I thought I needed in my lunch.

MMMM Episode 27: Summer Camp (Music) Music, Musings, Moments, and Misfortune

The musical memories that my days at summer camp gave me (along with an a cappella rendition of The Wind by Cat Stevens). authorandrewbutters.substack.com/p/mmmm-episo...

We need to take better care of each other.

Mind the gap critical thinking blog skeptic analytics skepticism science rational education alternative medicine conspiracy theories debunk misinformation skepto

Why a billion years of rock are missing in North America www.skeptophilia.com/2025/09/mind...

The lure of the unknown critical thinking blog skeptic analytics skepticism science rational education alternative medicine conspiracy theories debunk misinformation skepto

On science's capacity to astonish us over and over www.skeptophilia.com/2025/09/the-...

I was getting my lunch ready for school tomorrow, and I put some roasted red pepper hummus from a big container into a small container. On the transfer, some slopped onto my finger and I licked it off. So, anyway, for some reason I'm out of hummus now.

I wish I was multilingual. A person who looked like a supervisor was animatedly arguing with another employee at A&W, but they weren't doing it in English, and I really wanted to know whose side of the disagreement I was on.

Winner winner chicken dinner!

Signing books in a little more than half an hour at the local big chain bookstore. I've done this before, and will now preemptively answer the three most common questions:

1) No
2) Yes
3) On the other side of the store by the greeting cards

Can you guess the questions?

Hilarious Tales of Misfortune: Near Death... by Andrew Butters A hilarious memoir of true tales of misfortune and injury featuring self-deprecating laughs on every page.

Me: Ouch!
Daughter: Daddy, are you ok?
Me: Yes, sweetie.
Daughter: Did you open the door into your face?
Me: *sighs* Yes, sweetie.
Daughter: That's ok, I do it all the time.
Me: *sighs* I'm sorry I gave you half of my DNA

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Andrew, when he read something awesome Gordon wrote.

Life, complexity, and evolution critical thinking blog skeptic analytics skepticism science rational education alternative medicine conspiracy theories debunk misinformation skepto

Complexity can arise from simplicity; all you need are the right rules www.skeptophilia.com/2025/08/life...