Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Ricky Gervais gets asked all the time, “Why don’t you believe in God?”, so he tries to give them a resonable thoughtful answer, but often ends up being frustrated. What he finds is that they are not actually looking for his response at all, they simply want to convert him. What is truly frustrating is … Read more
Stuck for a gift idea … or perhaps a bit too poor in these cash strapped times to buy an impressive gift … then why not make your own. here is an idea for you …pop out to the back yard, grab a few sticks and knock up your very own iPod adapter … finished … Read more
I never cease to be amazed at the power of marketing, To illustrate, let me tell you one true story, and I’ll not name any names, but if you live in the UK (as I do) then you will recognize the organization in question. This relates to a mobile telecommunications company, so I better give … Read more
The infamous Chapter 19 of the Murphy report is out … and so I blogged about it yesterday here, but why return to it once again? Well because there is a well-written article in todays Irish Times, that warrants a mention. Here is a selection of sound-bites followed by a link to the full article … Read more
Its a story of a cover up and corruption, to illustrate here are some key extracts from the story published in yesterdays UK Guardian … The Vatican tried to stop Irish church leaders from defrocking a paedophile priest whose abusive behaviour was known about from the early 1970s, a previously censored chapter from a report … Read more
50 Years ago, Charles Townes headed the team that invented the Laser at Bell Labs … he was 45 years old and having a blast cooking up all this really cool stuff … so where is he now 50 years later? … would you believe he is still doing the same at the age of … Read more