Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Frank Schaeffer, son of the famous evangelical, appears here being interviewed by Rachel Maddow about the poll that discovered that 1 in 3 of NJ Conservatives truly believe that Obama is the Anti-Christ. We apparently have a sub-culture of belief that rejects facts and embraces beyond-crazy. To be quite frank, this is a complete social … Read more
About six months ago new evidence came to light that drinking coffee may help prevent diabetes (you can read about that here). Past studies had suggested that regular coffee drinking may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, it was not new then, so to verify they fed either water or coffee to a group … Read more
Science should be all about transparency, but apparently that’s not always the case. Why does it matter? Well basically because folks need to have the opportunity to review the details of studies that have been done and to criticize and rip them to pieces if the study is in any way dubious or simply wrong. … Read more
Apparently the Minnesota Planetarium Society has announced that a thirteenth sign, Ophiuchus, should be added to the zodiac charts. Now, least you wonder, this is not science, instead its a belief which teaches that the relative positions of celestial bodies and related details can provide information about personality, human affairs and other “earthly” matters. You … Read more
According to the UK government “Nearly one in five people living in the UK today will survive to see their 100th birthday” (or to be more specific, The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said its figures suggested 10 million people – 17% of the population – would become centenarians)… hummm, now those are not … Read more
Lets start by giving you a bit of background. What is Facilitated Communication? FC is a claimed mechanism where a facilitator supports the hand or arm of a communicatively impaired individual while using a keyboard or other devices with the aim of helping the individual to develop pointing skills and to communicate. Does it really … Read more