Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Short post today, I’ve been up all night dealing with IT issues and so right now I’m totally wasted and yet also hyped up with too much coffee … sigh! You do not want to know, trust me you just don’t, I guarantee you that if you did ask, and I was stupid enough to … Read more
Yes, its a shameless book plug today – my own to be precise. I’ve published the first skeptical byte in what I hope will be a long series on the Amazon kindle store. Since this is the first, I’ve started with a rather fundamental question, “How do we know what is really true?” Answering such a question … Read more
Every now and then, whenever I’m tempted to consider the idea that nobody could possible be “that” stupid, somebody will of course pop up and prove me ever so wrong. Today’s offering concerns doctoral candidate Chibuihem Amalaha from Nigeria who has announced that he has successfully disproved homosexuality. This chap is not making the usual religious objections, … Read more
If this truly confuses you, well here is Richard Dawkins to clear it all up for you … So what does Richard think might convince a Creationist? He has a few thoughts? Ah but if he has such compelling arguments, then why does he refuse to debate Creationists? He explains … In the end when … Read more
What exactly is the Ig Nobel Award? Basically, the Ig Nobel is a fun parody of the Nobel prize that gets announced in the run-up to that far more serious award, and happens each year. The stated aim of the prizes is to “honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.” However, … Read more
This is both sad, utterly pathetic, and beyond repellent, Reuters and various other sources report … An eight-year-old Yemeni girl died of internal bleeding on her wedding night after marrying a man five times her age, a social activist and two local residents said, in a case that has caused an outcry in the media … Read more