[This](http://skeptico.blogs.com/) guy amuses me. His [About Page](http://skeptico.blogs.com/about.html) starts out “My name is Richard Rockley, and I live in San Francisco” and that should just about explain it. It’s like Don Quixote in reverse. He’s surrounded by loopey people and has taken it upon himself to become Dr. Carrasco to us all, constantly pointing out how very unlike a giant each windmill is.
Rockley provides a very amusing daily debunking of some kind of nonsense or another, and he’s well worth the read, especially if you need some more ammunition as to why exactly [Scientology is a scam](http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2005/03/understanding_s.html). **Everything**, according to Skeptico, must be rationally considered, and subject to some kind of falsifiability, before it can be praised to the sky as truth.
My only problem with him is that he more closely resembles Robert Heinlein than an actual scientist in his screeding. That is, it’s clear he was destined to be a preacher (and preach he does), so his approach isn’t particularly methodical. As a result, his comments on [Intelligent Design](http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/evolution_intelligent_design/index.html), and Christianity, subjects I actually do find pretty compelling, leave something to be desired. His recent post on[“Can your psi do that?”](http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2005/03/can_your_psi_do.html) reminded me of a [poem](http://www.puretext.us/2002/09/23/scientists-and-poets/) I wrote a while back.
Nevertheless, a good read. I’m moving him to the Science/Medicine category (newly modified from just “medicine” to fit him in. I’m sure Valerie will be so happy).
neumatikos 