Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
What exactly is the Ig Nobel Award? Basically, the Ig Nobel is a fun parody of the Nobel prize that gets announced in the run-up to that far more serious award, and happens each year. The stated aim of the prizes is to “honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.” However, … Read more
As part of my 6,000 mile road trip to Alaska I managed to drop in on the North Pole …. no, not “the” geographical north pole, but rather a town 12 miles south of Fairbanks named “North Pole”. It is rather hard to avoid it, anybody heading to Fairbanks from the Alaska Highway or Valdez must drive through it. So … Read more
The latest Jesus & Mo is quite funny … Now what makes this even funnier is that a few minutes after publication a story appeared in the Jesus & Mo’s Twitter feed – Banglalore’s Barwomen Ordered to Wear Decent Clothes. Least you wonder who Jesus & Mo are … well as historian Tom Holland observed, they … Read more
Jesus and Mo have a few things to say regarding the lunacy in Saudi Arabia … I love satire, it is often the most powerful and effective way to communicate criticism. If you have never encountered Jesus & Mo before the I guess you have a few questions … there is an About that explains … … Read more
Should you find yourself in need of a bit of amusement in a dull moment while waiting for a train, plane or bus, then I can highly recommend the twitter feed of the Godless Spellchecker. Why? well because this bastion of non Divine Spelling Intervention is simply hilarious, and as testament to that fact, he has over … Read more
Today lets have a bit of fun … learning the bible from Penn and Teller … (yes OK, it is from 2006, but hey, it still stands) … So there you have it then … oh, you want more? Well yes, that was just part 1, so here is part 2 … I suppose you … Read more