Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
There has been a bit of a fuss recently because the UK’s NUS (National Union of Students) refused to condemn ISIS. So here it how it played out … NUS held a meeting in the NEC and at the meeting various motions are put forward One was a motion to condemn ISIS Their executive committee … Read more
As you might or perhaps might not be aware, the UK’s most famous supposed psychic, Sally Morgan, has been having rather a lot of dire publicity recently, so that is perhaps something to celebrate. It all started last April when skeptic Mark Tilbrook was outside one of her shows handing out leaflets that gave those attending a … Read more
Emma Watson, yes from harry Potter (she will no doubt carry that association for the rest of hurt life), has made a speech at the UN a couple of days ago that has provoked quite a reaction. She called for all men to be slaughtered and demanded that the UN immediately proceed with this plan … Read more
Who inspired you and in what way did they inspire you? The young look to the older generation for potential role models, and will strive to please by following the same patterns. Ideas and beliefs get passed on and so those who embrace a specific belief in hatred tend to pass that on to the next … Read more
The “No true Scotsman” ploy is an informal fallacy that is commonly deployed in order to maintain a specific position. For example … Person A – Islam is a religion of peace Person B – But what about ISIS? Person A – Ah but they are not “true” Muslims. Who first pointed out that “no true scotsman” was … Read more
Meet Daniel Ashley Pierce, a really nice kid who has just been disowned, violently assaulted, and then thrown out of his house by his family. He came out to his family in October last year, then on Wednesday last week, his father, stepmother, mother and grandparents assembled in his father’s house to disown him and cut off … Read more