Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Nothing too serious today, but instead a bit of fun. The folks over at Accounting Web posted up the following request to their clients about 2 weeks ago … What’s the weirdest, most bizarre, or just plain odd expense a client has tried to claim, or receipt they’ve handed in? We may have had a thread … Read more
No serious posts or ranting today, but instead just a bit of entertainment for you from the Irish Comedian Dave Allen. His observations were a way of looking at religion from different perspectives and that then enabled many to laugh at the absurdities revealed. So here now is a collection of some of his religious jokes that … Read more
Citizen Khan (pictured above) is a family-based British sitcom produced by the BBC and created by Adil Ray. It is set in Sparkhill, Birmingham, described by its lead character a Pakistani Muslim Mr Khan (Adil Ray) as “the capital of British Pakistan.” Citizen Khan follows the trials and tribulations of Mr Khan, a loud-mouthed, patriarchal, self-appointed community leader, and his long suffering wife (played by Shobu Kapoor) … Read more
In some earth shattering breaking news various media outlets have been reporting that Stephen Hawking Says that there Is No God and has confirmed that he is an atheist. It has been reported by outlets such as … The Huffington Post here The Christian Post here CNET etc.. So what is going on here, did … Read more
The presentation of the annual Ig Nobel awards happened last night. The what? It’s basically a fun parody of the Nobel Prizes that are given each year to ten unusual or utterly pointless trivial achievements in scientific research, the stuff that makes you wonder “Why did they do that?”, and it’s usually fun because some truly whacky stuff can indeed … Read more
This is a story that I have heard before, not as something that really happened, but rather as an Urban Legend (a story that I was told was a true story, but for which there was no actual evidence that it had ever actually happened in reality). Well now it has. About a week ago … Read more