False hope can keep people attached to careers and goals that no longer align with reality. This article explores the ...

Mompreneurs face a lot of unique challenges, from figuring out how to effectively work from home to dealing with the stigma that often comes with being a working mother. The greatest challenge of all, ...

There are many messages from science that bear repeating. One of them is that correlation does not mean causation. When headlines include a cause-effect conclusion based on correlational evidence, ...

In general, people like the world to make sense. We try to see connections even where they don’t exist. We want to understand the “why’s” and exert control over our environments. And we want to ...

In a June column, I argued that citizens have an ethical obligation to others to think critically and value the truth and facts, even if they are contrary to strong personal emotions and group-held ...

“Both sides got us into this mess” sounds neutral, but it’s actually taking a side–or, at least, adopting the framing that one side is counting on using to a political end. Reality doesn’t always have ...

As the holidays approach you will probably get into political and cultural debates with family and friends. We at Snopes have put together a guide on the nature of fallacies, particularly false ...

In college, I learned about the myriad logical fallacies that pervade our world. Good logic, it turned out, was pretty restrictive. It consisted primarily of modus ponens—“If A is true, then B is true ...