Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Jake Simons writes in today’s Telegraph about a truly obnoxious Dutch tradition – it surprised me, I’d not previously known about this. The current tradition is in fact not all that old and dates back to Jan Schenkman’s popular 1850 book “Saint Nicholas and His Servant“. So basically what happens is that on 5th December … Read more
This one truly falls into the WTF category. The rather nice looking couple (Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson pictured here) wished to get married, so they put all the arrangement in place to do so at the First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs in Mississippi. Well unfortunately things did not pan out. As reported in the Guardian … The … Read more
Its Charles Darwin’s birthday today … (he was born 12 Feb 1809). There is much I could write, and would like to write about him, but right now I feel it to be appropriate to examine the truly daft claim that many believers put forward. In addition to the usual “Evolution is a lie” crap, … Read more