Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Generally, anything and everything said by Alex Jones can be happily ignored. He is well-known for making some truly extraordinary and utterly absurd claims that are bereft of any evidence. In other words … Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur If somebody presents a claim, but provides no evidence for it, then it can be dismissed. It is … Read more
You might perhaps consider a chiropractor to be a wholly qualified medical doctor who will address specific issues such as back pain, but that is not the case. A new investigation from Canada once again throws a light upon all this. CBC conduced a review of the various claims being promoted by chiropractors via their advertising, and … Read more
A press release issued by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has generated a considerable quantity of media fodder. Stories have been popping up all over the place about the idea proposed, and some highly reputable sources have been joining in. For example New Scientist magazine jumped into the fray with this … Could fast radio bursts really be … Read more
The UK’s Independent, and others, have latched on to the publication of a new study that claims it has evidence that Atheism is doomed. Basically the claim is that the religious will be able to out breed the non-religious. OK, I’ll bite, let’s take a peek. Atheists at risk of dying out due to belief in contraception, study … Read more
We are awash with people who reject facts and embrace myths … Creationism Rejection of the scientific consensus that humans are the cause of climate change The assertion that 9/11 was an inside job The claim that vaccines cause autism etc… We are wholly familiar with much of this. This is because the realisation that … Read more
I missed this one yesterday when I was writing my a weekly summary of some of the truly bizarre religious claims floating about this week. It is just too good to pass over, so here it is. Mr Ham (who else could roll with this) tweeted this out … Exquisite design by @ArkEncounter artists for … Read more