Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Here is this weeks collection of science news stories that triggered my “Hey, that’s cool” detector. As always, if I’ve missed anything that is truly cool, then drop a comment and I’ll do an update that includes a hat tip you. In honor of the Pope’s visit to the UK, lets start with this one … Read more
Here, are a few quick snippits that I gathered from the Skeptic blogverse today. This is quite random, there are tons of fabulous skeptic blogs out there, so please don’t think of this as a definitive list of the best-of-the-best, because its not. The selection criteria is that its simply stuff that set off my … Read more
In the context a real debate between several atheists on the idea of having Bibles in hotel rooms, the following are some of the suggestions and comments that came up: “Whenever I find one, I always sign it ‘All the very best – God’” “I always add a note at the beginning that says ‘Spoiler … Read more
Pastor Terry Jones from the Church of Nowhere Important, and his vast multitude of, oh about as many as 50 on a good day, has (as we all know by now) decided to organize a book burning. As for the response, well of course a vast number of Muslims will immediately see the error of … Read more
The latest edition of the UK’s “New Humanist” has asked a few famous folks what they would say to the pope if they were granted an audience with him. Here are a few of my favorites … Richard Dawkins: “Mr Ratzinger, as head of the world’s second most evil religion you are not welcome. True, … Read more
There is a thought provoking article by Christopher Hitchens that was published in Slate on 6th Sept (Yes, OK, I’m a slow reader, even if it is 2 days later, I get there eventually). Do you truly believe in “Freedom of Religion? Without giving it too much thought, the immediate off the cuff remark might … Read more
