Stupidity Incarnate: Petition to ban Good Omens
The news is that a Christian Group launched a petition to ban “Good Omens”. Unfortunately for them then completely screwed it up.
Humor
Circus of the Absurd: Creationists vs Flat Earth
Young Earth Creationist Ken Ham has published a posting in which he explains that he rejects flat-earth because it is “not scientific”
Invisible Aliens and Climate Change
How should you react when faced with truly weird claims such as …Oxford Academic Argues Invisible Aliens Are Interbreeding With Humans?
IgNobel 2018 – Funny and Fascinating – #IgNobel
Since 1991 we have seen the announcement of the IgNobel awards every September. This parody of the far more serious Nobel Prize is where the science community pauses to laugh at itself by granting awards at a formal ceremony held at MIT. Prizes go to the weirdest bits of real published research. This is not … Read more
Michelle Wolf at White House Correspondent’s dinner – #WHCD
Comedian Michelle Wolf delivered a glorious standup routine at the annual Whitehouse Correspondent’s dinner. You most probably heard that she did this, and perhaps also picked up a few snippets from it. It is simply too good to let it slip by without underlining it, and so here it is in full. (Video and also … Read more
April Fools in the age of #FakeNews
Given the date yesterday then below are a few of the tweets and stories that amused me, but also a few thoughts as well. I must confess that in an age where #FakeNews has been weaponised April Fools day does perhaps have a darker side that we were not aware of in a more innocent … Read more