Stuart Vyse

MAHA Isn’t Denying Science: It’s Doing Something Much Worse | Skeptical Inquirer A broken clock is right twice a day. MAHA’s record on health policy is far less prolific. Still, the movement’s scattergun approach to wellness occasionally ...

More straight talk from @nbtiller.bsky.social "MAHA Isn’t Denying Science: It’s Doing Something Much Worse" skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/ma...

Profound Autism and Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Neglected Resource | Skeptical Inquirer It is the stuff of horror movies. Electroshock treatment, or what is now known as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), was first portrayed on screen in the 1948 ...

My latest column for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social is up: "Profound Autism and Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Neglected Resource" skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/pr...

Opinion | The People Holding Everyone Together Are Coming Apart

A moving, personal, and searingly honest piece by Michelle Cottle about the challenges of eldercare in Trump's America. "It is often compared to parenting, but ... With a frail parent, there is no sense of guiding someone toward a bright future." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...

Peor que un asesinato en la Quinta Avenida – Círculo Escéptico

My Skeptical Inquirer article "Worse Than Murder on Fifth Avenue" has been translated into Spanish. "Peor que un asesinato en la Quinta Avenida" circuloesceptico.org/articulos/pe...

The @center4inquiry.bsky.social condemns the anti-vaxx revision of the CDC website, calling it a "shameful dereliction." centerforinquiry.org/news/cfi-con...

She Has Taken 30 Years to Write a 7-Part Novel About 1 Day. It’s a Sensation.

My copy of The Calculation of Volume III arrived as promised on November 18. I can't wait to see what Tara Selter is up to now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...

C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism

This is not skepticism. It is medical malpractice. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...

Debunking “When Prophecy Fails” In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....

Oh, my. Another classic study we've been teaching for years may have been fabricated. The author asserts that the central claims of the book, When Prophecy Fails, "are false, and that the authors knew they were false." h/t @retractionwatch.com onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Ten years ago today.

RIP
March 1, 1793-November 12, 2025

Watching the great Lesley Manville in "Phantom Thread" tonight. This appears on her Wikipedia page: "Manville's sister Brenda, nine years her senior, died of a brain tumour. Her sister's husband and two daughters died of Huntington's disease." Life can be an engine for art and art a balm for life.

I guess we've given up on the Nobel Peace Prize bid.

black & white photograph of young Diane Keaton smiling and standing next to a white refrigerator in a barren-looking kitchen. her cat Buster is crouched on top of the fridge playing with/swatting her hair in the upper right hand corner. she's wearing a long skinny white scarf with a dot-grid pattern, a high-neck white blouse with an ascot/kerchief around the neck, and a black blazer/skirt or blazer dress over what looks like a vest

Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977

Now that the @nytimes.com has swallowed and killed the beautiful little Audm, would someone please launch a new Audm-like app? This has been a very disappointing catch-and-kill operation. IYKYK

No.

One That Got Away That’s me with long hair tucked behind my ears and a bandana around my neck, sporting a blue work shirt and ridiculously short cut-off…

Last week, I got a little sentimental about a person I knew many years ago. medium.com/@stuartvyse/...

Improving Psychological Science through Adversarial Collaboration | Skeptical Inquirer According to an annual Pew Research Center poll, confidence in scientists has declined since the pandemic. Those who reported having “not too much/none at a ...

"Improving Psychological Science through Adversarial Collaboration," my latest "Behavior & Belief" column for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/im...

If you didn’t know, Mehmet Oz has a financial stake in the company iHerb which sells: folinic acid supplements (folinic acid = leucovorin)

The lies about Tylenol, autism, and this “treatment” are ALL part of their grift.

"A republic, if you can keep it"

-- Benjamin Franklin

A common sight in France that rarely happens in the US: children 4-6 yrs old gleefully running at top speed without any effort by their parents to stop them.

But for Slate’s Flashback podcast (RIP), I might not have found this beautiful film. Thank you, Dana.

A Decade of Writing for Skeptical Inquirer | Skeptical Inquirer The anniversary slipped by without my noticing it, but recently, while hunting down one of my earlier articles, I was reminded that my first online piece fo ...

In my latest article for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social I take stock of my first decade writing the "Behavior & Belief" column. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/a-...

Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article) Data can easily be manipulated to show causation that doesn’t exist.

This is an excellent guide to the pseudoscience used to support false claims that vaccines cause autism. Also, a preview of what is likely to be the result of anti-vaxxer RFK Jr's study of the causes of autism. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Florida mom sues dairy farm after claiming raw milk led to her miscarrying Rachel Maddox launches lawsuit after alleging that she and her toddler became badly ill after coming into contact with bacteria traced back to New Smyrna Beach business by state health officials

A woman who was 20 weeks pregnant fed her toddler son raw milk. He contracted Campylobacter and then passed the infection to her; she progressed to sepsis, and had a miscarriage.

She is suing the business that sells the raw milk, saying she didn’t know the risk.

Don’t feed your kids raw milk.

Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition brings the insightful articles from Skeptical Inquirer magazine directly to your ears. Covering topics in science, skeptic...

My latest article for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social is now available in audio. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

If the tyrant gets wind that the FBI report says crime was down in all categories under Biden, will more statistical heads roll? "Can no one rid me of this troublesome data?"

Does Telepathy Exist for Nonverbal Communicators? Learn more about telepathy, why it’s a controversial topic in the world of science and how a new podcast sheds light on the topic.

I am quoted in this excellent analysis of the Telepathy Tapes podcast by @madisondap.bsky.social for @discovermag.bsky.social. A fine piece of science journalism—unlike the TT podcast. www.discovermagazine.com/mind/does-te...

Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official

Add this to the many new dangers of this administration. Any data person now knows that if they report numbers that might anger the tyrant, they risk losing their job. Starting today, you cannot trust any data you hear from the US government. Everything is just fine. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...

A Closer Look at the Gambler’s Fallacy and the Hot Hand | Skeptical Inquirer “Aaron Judge is due for a hit.” “The roulette wheel is due to come up red.” “There have been six heads in a row; the next flip has got to be tails.” The gam ...

In my latest column for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social, I take a look back at the hot hand and the gambler's fallacy and discover that the research has continued to tweak our understanding of both. Spoilers: The athletes win. Gamblers don't. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/a-...