Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Cardinal O’Brian (the leader of the Catholic church in Scotland) has been running a vigorous campaign that touts gay marriage as inherently evil and immoral, yet Scotland is now ready to simply steamroller over all that and give it an official legal nod … why? As in interesting insight, Jane Carnall writes in the Guardian … Read more
There are stories now circulating in the media regarding a very dramatic ice melt it Greenland during the past week. As reported by the BBC … Scientists said the “unprecedented” melting took place over a larger area than has been detected in three decades of satellite observation. Melting even occurred at Greenland’s coldest and highest … Read more
It sounds weird … really weird … to claim that non-believers actually do believe and have simply suppressed that belief, but that is exactly what Mr Craig is asserting in his latest podcast – “does reason lead to atheism or theism“. I’ve come across this before many times and once even engaged in a rather … Read more
There has been a bit of buzz regarding these terms, so I feel it may be appropriate to write down my own thoughts on the matter. By doing so others might indeed chip in with points that I have failed to consider and so I will then learn something new. Atheist First, lets start with … Read more
Tempting as it might be to write some notes on #TAM2012, I find that many others have done a far better job than I could ever aspire to achieve, so instead of inflicting my rather limited babbling upon you, I’ll simply point out some that I really liked. Ah but also with one rather obvious … Read more
Yes, it is almost Olympic time, so obviously I have no idea what could have possibly inspired a team of researchers led by Dr Carl Heneghan of Oxford’s centre for evidence-based medicine to look into the claims made for sports related products. The BMJ has their study and it is entitled “Mythbusting sports and exercise products“. … Read more