Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
When faced with a search for the weirdest cranks around, I confess that it is truly a hard decision to make, there is simply so much choice, and so what I’ve finally settled on as a selection criteria is to go for those who have influenced lots of others and are often cited as “evidence” for … 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
OK, so this is not so serious today and concerns the musings of a Christian playing “What if” in response to a satire clip by Bill Maher. I’ll post Bill’s religious conversion clip at the end (it’s a bit of hilarious satire), but first lets take a look at what this lady has been dreaming … 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 simply hilarious and is indeed a lesson in people not really understating the consequences of their actions. The Friendly Atheist blogs about it all and starts by setting the scene as follows … In January of 2013, World Changers of Florida, Inc. held Bible distributions at a number of public high schools in Orange County, … Read more
Shock horror … a “US Presidential Candidate” endorses a fringe conspiracy stance. Oh wait, things are not quite as advertised (but you already knew that, right?). So the story here is that an anonymous poster has posted a YouTube clip that asserts this rather strange claim, and it consists of an interview of US Presidential Candidate Merlin Miller … Read more