Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
There is a report on the BBC about child slavery in Senegal. As many as 50,000 boys in the west African state of Senegal are living in slave-like conditions and being forced to beg, according to human rights workers. Human Rights Watch says teachers at many of the country’s private Islamic schools, or Daraas, are … Read more
Great article in the papers again today … no prizes for guessing which one … yes indeed, its the Guardian. It does indeed cause me ponder at times what the heck all the other papers are churning out these days. Anyway, the article is by Polly Toynbee, Columnist of the Year in 2007, also an … Read more
There was an interview with Sinead O’Connor a couple of days ago in the Guardian, its an interesting read. Apparently back some time ago she made a rather public and very startling declaration … In 1992 she tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II on the American TV show Saturday Night live. She … Read more
I have come across this jaw dropping news … a Catholic conference for a bunch of supposedly highly educated folks to babble on about the “evidence” that the earth is the center of the Universe. (Click here to see the details) Galileo Was Wrong is a detailed and comprehensive treatment of the scientific evidence supporting … Read more
There is a great article in today’s UK Sunday Observer. On some occasions, when debating a believer, you often have bible verses tossed at you that announce “The fool has said in his heart there is no God”, or similar. This is more than a subtle hint that from the believers viewpoint you are a … Read more
Here is this weeks collection of science news stories that triggered my “Hey, that’s cool” detector. As always, if I’ve missed anything that is truly cool, then drop a comment and I’ll do an update that includes a hat tip you. In honor of the Pope’s visit to the UK, lets start with this one … Read more