Author Archives: Craig Good

About Craig Good

Officially recognized by Brian Dunning as a "big deal" at Pixar (if not by anybody actually employed at Pixar). Founder of Pixar's "Skeptix" special-interest group.

Room 237

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Craig Good

A movie review on a skeptical blog? Indulge me. I think this film will be of interest to anybody fascinated with how the human mind makes connections and so often reaches the conclusions it wants. We just screened this Sundance … Continue reading →

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Dying to Work at Foxconn

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Craig Good

Thousands of people recently lined up hoping for a job at Foxconn in China, the company that assembles high-tech gadgets such as the iPhone and iPad for Apple and other companies. The article mentions some of the hand-wringing about working … Continue reading →

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How Does a Skeptic Lose Weight?

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Craig Good

Late last year I decided I was carrying around more flab than I wanted. I was already ten plus pounds below the peak weight I hit a dozen years ago (it turns out that when your wife gets pregnant you … Continue reading →

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Going Ape over Earthquakes

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Craig Good

A recent story about the devastating D.C. quake dredged up the old claim that animal behavior can predict earthquakes. Animals at the Washington National Zoo started behaving oddly minutes before Tuesday’s magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit. Quakes seem to dislodge quack … Continue reading →

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It’s a whirlpool of wrong

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Craig Good

Warning: In this blog post I am going to agree with something the Discovery Institute has to say. A while back I tweeted about the latest over-analysis of a Pixar film. I have long maintained that movies are a mirror, … Continue reading →

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I Believe They Have A Point

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Craig Good

How often has this happened to you?

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Another Thing About Which I Have Been Wrong

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Craig Good

I have long been spreading the story that computer “bugs” got their name from the famous moth that was found between some contacts in an early computer. Today I saw this review of Brain Bugs (which looks like a great … Continue reading →

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Debugging Science

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Craig Good

Skeptics make an effort to follow the science. We know that science is a messy, self-correcting process. But what happens when science has a bug in it?

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Do You See What You See?

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Craig Good

There is a famous video that demonstrates selective attention or inattentional blindness. If something about a basketball game doesn’t ring a bell, go watch the video now and then continue reading.

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I, Global Warming Skeptic

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Craig Good

I am a global warming skeptic. Politically, I land somewhere in the libertarian/conservative camp. If liberal still meant what it did sixty years ago I’d probably be one of those. Whatever my label, I am not a progressive/socialist kind of … Continue reading →

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