Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Thomas Friedman offers some very interesting insights into Egypt within the New York Times … The country is more divided than ever between Islamist and less religious and liberal parties, and the Egyptian currency has lost 8 percent of its value against the dollar in the last two months. Even more disturbing, there has been … Read more
I thought that today it might be fun to take a look at some Islamic Apologetics so that you can get a feel for the arguments that are presented. You might indeed be familiar with some of the well-worn Christian variety, but what about Islam, does it re-cycle the Christian arguments, or do they take a different tact? … Read more
If you would like to know why all Comics worship at Carlin’s altar then watch this clip … If you are a tad concerned regarding his criticism of the 10 commandments, then you might like to consider how incomplete they are, not one hint that rape, slavery or child molestation is a bad idea.
This one is quite frankly the most hilarious thing I have seen in ages and had me laughing out loud. The story is that Reddit user Casino Roy put together one of the very best pranks I’ve ever seen as follows: Step 1: Search Facebook for people with the same name as him Step 2: Recreate the profile … Read more
A new study has discovered that there is no scientific evidence to suggest that beer causes weight gain … or has it? The UK papers talk about “Nutritionist Dr Kathryn O’Sullivan, who carried out the review of the scientific review” … and also refer to a report entitled “Beer & calories; a scientific review”. Sounds … Read more
lDean Burnett, a Neuroscientist, has applied for the new Vatican vacancy … ah wait, he is also a comedy writer and stand-up comedian, so if you think you now know where this is going then you are spot on the mark. He has published his application in the Guardian … (prepare to be amused) … To: The Vatican (HR … Read more