Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
A rather common meta-pattern in human thinking rolls like this, “I do not understand X, therefore Y”, for example I have no idea how lightening could happen naturally, therefore Thor I have no idea how the universe could have happened naturally, therefore God … and of immediate specific interest … I have no idea how … Read more
The claim here is that a Norwegian skydiver wearing a helmet camera was almost hit by a Meteor, and that it was caught on his camera as it flew past him. If indeed true, then he clearly had quite a close call and if he had delayed his jump by just a few seconds then … Read more
Turkey is back on the map once again. Officials there have now announced that the country has lifted the ban on Twitter on Thursday – see news reports – and yes, their Government does confirm that they have lifted the ban a day after the country’s highest court ruled that the Twitter ban was illegal, ordering the government to unblock … Read more
There is a new part of the AR5 report that is now available from the UN’s international panel of experts, the IPCC, who have been charged with looking into climate change. In fact, here below is how the actual timeline for the AR5 working groups, so as you can see from the chart below, what … Read more
There are some whom you simply have to applaud for their decency, common sense and willingness to strive to make the world a truly better place. One such example of that is Jimmy Wales, the chap who founded and promotes Wikipedia (Oh and yes, that back there rather ironically is a link to his own … Read more
Brian Palmer has a great article over in slate all about the deployment of Reiki and reflexology as cancer cures. He writes … Most treatments at U.S. cancer centers are evidence-based and cutting-edge. In recent years, however, some of our great temples of healing have begun to dabble in the unscientific and the prescientific. Integrative care centers … Read more