Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the UK’s most senior Catholic, sets out his opposition to the Government’s plans to legalise gay marriage. It is not really a surprise … we all knew he was clueless before he proclaimed this stance, he has simply confirmed it. What is bizarre here is that we find that a professional virgin who wears … Read more
James Delingpole, the Telegraph’s resident Climate Change Denial kook, has used his column today to launch a personal attack upon Sir Paul Nurse (pictured here). One wonders what Sir Paul did to be highlighted like this. Could it be the fact the Sir Paul won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine … nope. … Read more
I wrote a brief post the other day entitled “The Climate Change Skeptics are still as crazy as ever“. Yikes … bad move … really bad move on my part …. and so a few folks quite rightly pointed out that this is a highly inappropriate term to use. OK, lets clarify why. There are … Read more
A “You don’t need evidence” claim appears to have been doing the rounds on Islamic sites, and so courtesy of the wonders of cut-and-paste, you will find it popping up these days. I spotted it today … again! … and so felt it appropriate to blog a quick response to illustrate just how utterly insane … Read more
James Delingpole, the Telegraph anti-science nut who claims he is right about everything, has an article in which he claims … Professor Richard Lindzen is one of the world’s greatest atmospheric physicists: perhaps the greatest. What he doesn’t know about the science behind climate change probably isn’t worth knowing. But even if you weren’t aware … Read more
If you do not live in the UK, then skip this article, it is not for you – If you do, then keep going. There is a myth currently doing the rounds via the UK media and also via the guidance issued by UK banks. Even the Office of Fair Trading has got it wrong. … Read more