Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Where I’m really going here is to ask this question: How can you personally work out which polls to trust? First, let’s get into the Gallup poll that answers the question in the title. Since 1976, Gallup has published a chart that highlights the public’s views of the honesty and ethical standards for 21 occupations. … Read more
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
It’s not a typo, so no, I don’t actually mean Nun, but rather people who identify as “None”, and yet at the same time also religious. “The Nones” are people who say they have no religious affiliation. When asked about religion by pollsters, the answer they give is “None” or “Nothing in particular”. So what does this … Read more
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
There has been a new study that gives us a fascinating new insight into exercise. The researchers were asking themselves this key question – How effective are small, realistic changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviour on population-level mortality? But first, before we get into this, there is a rather important context for all of … Read more
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics