Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The Irish Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, explains to the Irish Parliament that … “I am now being branded by personnel around the country as being a murderer. I’m going to have on my soul the death of 20 million babies. I’m getting medals, scapulars, plastic foetuses, letters written in blood, telephone calls all over the system and it’s not … Read more
This is utterly tragic … almost beyond words. Syrians fleeing the conflict to places like Jordan are finding themselves destitute and out of sheer desperation are forced to extreme measures. The Toronto Star has the details … Nezar too was a homemaker in Homs who arrived in Jordan last year. Her husband was a taxi … Read more
This is quite frankly hilarious, the news is out today that David Cameron went out to the pub with his wife and kids, then upon returning home realised he had accidentally left his 8-year-old daughter behind. Do I condemn him for it, no not at all, when you dig into the details, you appreciate that it … Read more
When debating with some believers the other day, I encountered a rather common claim. The context was a conversation regarding end-times in which some nonsense was being spouted about the Antichrist. I was rather astonished to find that the “proof” on the table consisted of the symbols on the US dollar. I asked the direct … Read more
Following last month’s Glasgow Skeptics talk, “Evolution and Global Warming Denial: How the Public is Misled”, by NCSE (National Centre for Science Education) Executive Director Dr Eugenie Scott, ID proponent Dr Alastair Noble has used his website, The Centre For Intelligent Design (never to be confused with The Centre For Unintelligent Design!), to take issue … Read more
I’ve spent the day today in York (the old one founded by the Romans in CE 71). My son is off to university there, so I drove him there yesterday. Today we did a big shop in the morning so that he can now hibernate for the winter in his dorm as he studies. We … Read more