Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
How do you decide what is real? Sitting between your ears is one of the most powerful pattern-seeking engines evolution ever produced. It is astonishingly useful. It is also sometimes hilariously wrong. One example of this is encapsulated by just one word – Pareidolia. This is where you see something that you know is not … Read more
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
I really did not expect there to be a need to write this in 2026, but here we are: please do not be seduced by the claim that drinking raw milk is a health upgrade. I understand why the argument sounds attractive. Raw milk is marketed as natural, old-fashioned, nutrient-rich and less processed. In an … Read more
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
Why 666? Basically because this is my 666th posting on Medium, hence I’ve been inspired to mull over this rather infamous 666 number and apply a bit of critical thinking to it. There is what we actually know about this number, and then there are the multiple layers of religious mythology that surrounds it. Which … Read more
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics