Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The Guardian pulled out an old story from 1974 and popped it up for us all to laugh at today … Incredulity reigned among British archaeologists yesterday after Senator Frank Moss, chairman of the US Senate Space Committee, told a gathering of American mapmakers that a speck on a photograph of Mount Ararat taken from … Read more
This is hilarious … I just had to post it and share. OK, it has been around for a few years, I first saw this back in 2001, but having tripped over it again, I could not resist posting. Does anybody know where it originally comes from?
I always suggest that whenever you are faced with crazy claims, the best response is not to rant and rave, but instead deploy wit, satire and humour. Take evolution for example, there are folks who not only sincerely tout the thought that it is not true and that “god did it” is a better answer, but they also … Read more
I do confess that I find it highly amusing that the god fearing no-infidels allowed holier-than-thou righteous nation of Pakistan still ranks No.1 in the world for Google searches for porn. Yep, you read that correctly, this Muslim nation that is notorious for conservatism, religious orthodoxy, and fanatical censorship seems to actually be the world’s forerunner … Read more
Its IgNobel time … and as summed up by Nature … Then there are the Ig Nobel awards. These come with little cash, but much cachet, and reward those research projects that ‘first make people laugh, and then make them think’” — Nature And the 2011 winners are … PHYSIOLOGY PRIZE: Anna Wilkinson (of the … Read more
The Onion, everybody’s favorite source for satire, has given us all a good laugh with headlines such as … ‘9/11 Conspiracy Theories Ridiculous’ – Al Qaeda You can find the satire they did on that uploaded to YouTube back in 2008 here on 1st April (well come on, what other date could they possibly pick), … Read more