Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
It might indeed be tempting to list my favourite posts, but that only gives you a feel for my own highly subjective opinion. That would be akin to a movie director listing his favourite films. It tells you something about him, but not much else. What are my 10 most popular posts from the last … Read more
When you mix right-wing politics and religious belief, what you get is a blend that results in some truly weird claims. Each and every week many from this camp pop up to promote complete and utter lunacy. It is also perhaps appropriate to point out that this is not criticism for simply holding a belief … Read more
The war against the hoax claim of a link between vaccines and autism continues.
Words such as Atheist, Muslim, Democrat, Republican, or Evangelical are short-cut terms used to describe where we stand on various political or religious issues. Useful as they are, they are also often deceptive because they paper over a vast degree of complexity that rests under the surface. here are a few examples … All Muslims … Read more
In many department stores you will find young ladies within the cosmetics section wearing white lab coats. It is designed to craft the illusion of authority and so instil your confidence in what they are selling. They don’t claim to be either a scientist or a doctor and so the illusion is all in the … Read more
There is a new study. Titled “Global sea-level contribution from Arctic land ice: 1971–2017” and published 21st Dec, it lays out the data for the amount of ice loss and sea level rise since 1971. The publication of this study motivated one of the authors to tweet as follows … Quick Summary The study itself … Read more