Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Only a few more weeks and TAM (The Amazing Meeting) will be in full flight in Las Vegas. It always strikes me as a bit odd to hold a skeptics meeting in a Las Vegas casino. Its a good choice of course, the casino offers cheap rooms in order to draw in the crowds, and sure enough … Read more
There are many things that quite a lot of people now know are complete nonsense … astrology, homoeopathy psychics, etc… Why? Well because when you test them in a truly double-blind scientific manner you eliminate the normal human bias, and soon discover in a consistent manner that the claim asserted is not true. You will of … Read more
As I watch the rising tide of rage being directed against the authorities because of their use of electronic intercepts, I cannot help but wonder if there is some form of social alzheimer’s at work. Glenn Greenwald, writes in the Guardian … “Who is actually bringing ‘injury to America’: those who are secretly building a massive surveillance system or … Read more
Well-known skeptic Sharon Hill (famous enough to have her own Wikipedia page), of Doubtful News (go check it out later), has written a nice article in the Huffington Post about how individuals upon hearing that she is a skeptic will soon start telling her tales of amazing paranormal things and then promptly polish it off … Read more
Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International since 1972, has been a very strong advocate for the idea that gay Christians can simply pray their gayness away. Things has now changed, and if you will forgive the metphor, he has had a road to Demascus experience and seen the light. He has now closed the Exodus International and issued a … Read more
When there is something that is popular, others often attempt to hook into it and surf the crest of that so that some other agenda many then be promoted. Well … guess what, with the new Superman movie coming out the Guardian reports … Hollywood studio Warner Bros is targeting Christian audiences in the US with a … Read more