Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The ITV show “Good Morning” put Mark Tilbrook on the couch beside supposed Psychic Colin Fry and interviewed them both. Alas I missed the live interview, but it can be watched on-line. Why was he interviewed? Mark is the skeptic who was handing out critical thinking leaflets outside Sally Morgan’s show and was threatened (on hidden camera) by … Read more
This is the one that they often get very very wrong. I don’t mean to imply that those within the selection process are either stupid or daft, but rather is an observation that it is perhaps a political decision, and so when the decision goes against the tide of my own personal politics, it becomes … Read more
The quick short answer is “no”, being religious does not make you stupid .. OK, were are done. Well yes, I did want to write a bit more. Barbara Drescher, a cognitive psychologist and blogger, has posted a really good article to the new skeptical blogging platform whose writers focus on scientific skepticism (yea) all about this very topic. There she explains that highly … 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
Trying to grasp why specific ideas that are complete and utter bullshit are embraced as truth is always an interesting question to ponder over, in fact I was doing exactly that a few days ago, so when I came across an article by Mehdi Hasan (a Muslim) it caught my eye. Mr Hasan, is one of those chaps … Read more