Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Maajid Nawaz is a British Pakistani, a Muslim, and also the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn who has managed to get himself into rather a lot of bother recently when after an appearance on The Big Questions TV series, he tweeted a Jesus and Mo cartoon. It was specifically the one that … Read more
It was just a fun FB quiz, and it asked, “Who was the greatest Human?”, then offered a list that included Buddha, Mohammed, Krishna, Jesus, Chuck Norris (yes really), and also the possibility of adding alternative names yourself. Looking at it so far, Buddha appears to be winning. But wait a second, this all set … Read more
If you are active in the skeptical community, then you are perhaps aware of the guy who sold fake bomb detecters. These things turned out to be junk and contained nothing at all inside … yet this fraudster sold them to various governments, (Iraq spent more than $40m on 6,000 devices between 2008 and 2010), … Read more
It appears to be a rather common and very persistent religious belief. Today’s example comes from a young chap called Razeem Naushad, who has popped up and with a bit of a swagger, is attempting to make an “Allah” claim as follows … Haha…when I hv added to this group I saw a question asking me … Read more
A rather common claim made by different belief systems is that they not only hold the high moral ground but that they also have the ultimate incarnation of ethics. Associated with this is usually the seconds claim that beyond the boundary of their specific belief resides a wasteland of no ethics or morality but instead … Read more
Michael Hiltzik, the prize winning journalist and columnist, has a fabulous article in the LA Times entitled … “The toll of the anti-vaccination movement, in one devastating graphic“, you should check it out. He starts off with … Aaron Carroll today offers a graphic depiction of the toll of the anti-vaccination movement. (H/t: Kevin Drum.) It comes from a Council … Read more