The Fame Factor – Kanye West Goes Full Jesus
Kanye West appears to have gone “full Jesus”. For some this is a move that can be used to emotionally manipulate vast numbers of his fans.
Skepticism
How does Astrology really work?
A former Astrologer writes a tell-all expose in the Guardian. The insights into what is really going on and how it works is truly fasinating
Does flagging Fake News work?
One part of the Facebook “solution” is to flag Fake News as Fake. This is how they describe it … Better identifying false news through our community and third-party fact-checking organizations so that we can limit its spread, which, in turn, makes it uneconomical. This leads to an interesting question. If you permit people to … Read more
How is Facebook anti-vaccination policy doing?
Facebook issued an official policy regarding anti-vaccination misinformation within advertisements back last March. It reads as follows … Combatting Vaccine Misinformation We are working to tackle vaccine misinformation on Facebook by reducing its distribution and providing people with authoritative information on the topic. We are starting by taking a series of steps: We will reduce the … Read more
Halloween – the official Zombie Day
What do we actually know about Halloween? Most of us happily accept the traditions and do not give too much thought to the origins of it all. Given that today is the day, let’s mull over it all a bit with a couple of questions. Where does the name “Halloween” come from? Traditionally, Halloween is Hallows’ … Read more
The PSA emperor is Naked
It is perhaps now being increasingly appreciated by many people that Homeopathy is utter nonsense and does not work, and yet it has been granted accreditation by the UK’s Government run PSA (Professional Standards Authority). As a quick bit of background, just to be clear, homeopathy really is a sham and does not work … … Read more