Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
As a kid I was very into UFOs and did all the usual stuff associated with that crowd such as subscribing to various UFO magazines, reading the words of the prevailing high priest Erich von Daniken, and of course scanning the sky and being ready with my very own UFO detector. Life has of course moved … Read more
Sharon Hill over at Doubtful News reports on Deepak Chopra’s latest bit of shenanigans, he has a new challenge that he has targeted specifically at James Randi as follows … I challenge the non “amazing” Randi & his professional debunkers & skeptics to explain normal experience & offer them a $1 million prize. Seriously? Yep, here … Read more
Famous people often express opinions. That is fine, but an opinion can never establish something as a fact, you really do need evidence.
Today I have some interesting data to share with you. Proof: That we we need to Reduce space exploration Would you like to see the US spending on science, space and technology increase? If so then rather sadly if it does indeed happen, the price we will pay for this is that more people will kill … Read more
I blogged about the “Death is not Final” debate a few days ago, but until now all you had were my notes. Now, here is the actual debate itself … What strikes me as an interesting discovery is that both of those for the motion, Dr. Eben Alexander (Neurosurgeon & Author, Proof of Heaven), and … Read more
Now here is a really interesting (for me) debate from Intelligence squared. Debate Topic: Death is not Final If consciousness is just the workings of neurons and synapses, how do we explain the phenomenon of near-death experience? By some accounts, about 3% of the U.S. population has had one: an out-of-body experience often characterized by … Read more