Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
OK, let’s start with the quick TL;DR; version – No, RFK Jnr is wrong about vaccine skepticism, he is a crackpot. I really should not need to publish any of this … but hey, for what are obvious reasons, here we are. RFK Jnr has long deep dark history of promoting utterly absurd non-scientific BS. … Read more
What happens when a Pro-life advocate hits the brick wall of a deeply harsh reality? A mother is pregnant, but now faces the devastating news that not only will the baby not survive, but unless she has an abortion, then it is highly probable that she also will die. It was perhaps inevitable that at … Read more
Earlier this month Tesla ran an amazing demonstration of its Optimus robots. They danced, they played games, they poured drinks. Amazing stuff. This is a Tesla tannoy that they are turning to AI/Robotics as their next big thing, and so every October they have run an AI Day which this year was called “We Robot”. … Read more
Every September since 1991 the IgNobel awards are given out, and so we now have the 2024 awards. The what? The IgNobel a satire of the Nobel prize which is shortly coming up. However, the published research that gets an IgNobel is real research. Basically they go find the weirdest whackiest research paper and then … Read more
The title is no longer just an opinion, it is now an empirical fact that has been confirmed by researchers. Several researchers formed this hypothesis … “the political empowerment of Christian nationalist ideology in the form of politicians expressing Christian nationalist sentiments corresponds to physical attacks on religious minorities carried out by self-professing Christians.” They … Read more
I better open by making you aware of where this is going – I’m very pro-vaccine. I’m pulling together an insight using two sources. The first comes via a CDC report released on Aug 8 and titled “Health and Economic Benefits of Routine Childhood Immunizations in the Era of the Vaccines for Children Program — … Read more