Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Asking people what they believe and why can be an interesting conversation. What makes it rather challenging are several things. For some it is very closely integrated in as part of the core of who they are. This means that just asking can be perceived as a threat, hence some can be very defensive. Honesty … 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
We will get into the details of the latest NIH Pandemic policy and the 8 reasons why it is so utterly batshit crazy shortly. What is inevitable is that at some point there will be another Pandemic. We don’t know when and we don’t know how lethal. All we know is that at some point … 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
Let’s start with the short version: there is no “War on Christmas.” What we have instead is a recurring moral panic that is a carefully manufactured, endlessly recycled, and loudly performed by people who mistake cultural change for persecution. Every year, right on cue, someone is outraged by a red Starbucks cup, or by the … 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
