Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The Wall Street Journal Op Ed section has established a reputation for the promotion of anti-intellectual climate denialism. This was recently illustrated on 16th May by them publishing an Op Ed by the well-known denier-for-hire Fred Singer entitled “The Sea Is Rising, but Not Because of Climate Change”. In other words, he does acknowledge that sea level rise … Read more
I’m building up to an explanation for the “Yanni or Laurel” audio illusion. First, let’s talk about audio illusions in general. Pictured above is Ben Langley on Britains Got Talent last weekend. His act consisted of playing various very well-known songs, but he primed you to hear something distinctly different by holding up a series … Read more
I thought I was done with posts about the Flat earth conference that took place in the UK, but I find that I’m returned back to it for one more pass. Michael Marshall, who attended has an article in Gizmodo in which he expands upon much of what he saw while there. He also makes a … Read more
Today I’d like to offer a tip on how you can rapidly track stuff that you are interested in. RSS There is an existing standard known as RSS. This is an acronym for Rich Site Summary and is a special hidden, but machine readable, webpage that many websites offer. Whenever a new posting appears, this gets … Read more
When I highlight the weird religious news that illustrates the truly daft things that have been “inspired” then there are two inevitable responses … Most who believe will happily advise “They are not true Christians” It’s bloody depressing to see just how absurdly crazy and obnoxious many can be The first is perhaps firmly rooted … Read more
A study was published last Wednesday in Nature by NASA. This is an analysis of freshwater that reveals that Earth’s wet land areas are getting wetter and dry areas are getting drier. Why? It is due to a variety of factors. This includes … human water management climate change natural cycles. Here is a time-lapse … Read more