Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
When faced with the question, “Which is best, being right or the truth?“, the answer might appear to be obvious, most would suggest that “truth” is what they strive for, yet in the real world most also appear to have a rather strong bias towards being right as their top priority. So what am I … Read more
It has gone a bit viral, a 4000 Year Old Egyptian statue in a Manchester museum in the UK has been reported to be moving on its own, and so now everybody is chipping in with suggestions. OK, so when I say statue, I’m not talking life-size, it is only a 10-inch tall statue of … Read more
There are many things that quite a lot of people now know are complete nonsense … astrology, homoeopathy psychics, etc… Why? Well because when you test them in a truly double-blind scientific manner you eliminate the normal human bias, and soon discover in a consistent manner that the claim asserted is not true. You will of … Read more
Naveena Shine, (yes that really is her name), has attempted to go for 100 days without eating to prove that humans can “live on light”. Seriously! Yes indeed, she believes that it is possible for human beings to survive without food and so conducted what she described as an experiment to prove it. So how did it … Read more
When faced with circumstances or events that are completely beyond our control, war, disaster, accident, or health challenges, involving either ourselves or others, then a quite common human instinct is to attempt to gain control of the completely uncontrollable by attempting to seek assistance from a supernatural entity – we call that “prayer”. The concept … Read more
The beating heart of modern science is skepticism, or to be more precise, Scientific Skepticism. This essentially means that when presented with a claim, is it not simply accepted, no matter who said it or how profound it might be, but instead you challenge the idea and ask if there is verifiable evidence that confirms it. This … Read more