Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
There appears to be a bit of a competition going on between the UK based Reading University students union (RUSU) and the London School of Economics students union. Last year we saw the RUSU get themselves worked up into a tizzy because student secular society had a Pineapple on their stall at the Fresher fayre labelled … Read more
It may sound rather weird, but in essence the claim is that since we all exist, that is proof that God also exists. To illustrate this, here are a couple of actual examples … From here … And also an even crazier variation from here … First Flaw: This is at best a Deist argument … Read more
First the basics – there are no psychic powers Before we start, let’s clarify one very important point … Nobody has “Psychic” powers, they do not exist and have never been successfully demonstrated under controlled conditions. Or to put that another way … they are all frauds … no exceptions. Ah but it is not … Read more
OK, so what are we to make of the following … What we see is an apparent Muslim Brotherhood protest attack being faked, or at least it claims that it is a video that shows Muslim Brotherhood protesters posing for a staged photo-op in which deaths and injuries are hoaxed. However, what we do not know, … Read more
Now this is neat and well worth supporting, you can download FREE lesson plans from the JREF to enable you to teach critical thinking and scientific inquiry. There are basically four NEW options as follows: Pareidolia: Do You See What You Think You See? Illusions: Our Visual System Cognition: Are You Rational? Power Balance: Sports … Read more
Yes, its a shameless book plug today – my own to be precise. I’ve published the first skeptical byte in what I hope will be a long series on the Amazon kindle store. Since this is the first, I’ve started with a rather fundamental question, “How do we know what is really true?” Answering such a question … Read more