Sorry folks ... I am on the road at the moment with very little or zero online access. I appear to be able to have a small sip here right now in a tiny little town on the edge of death valley but will soon be off the grid once again ... slow access makes it impossible ... think sucking treacle via a straw and you will then get the idea of the experience. I have been hiking in the Grand Canyon, and can now claim rim to rim ... both ways. I'll write up a few notes on that later with a few … [Read more...]
Disgraceful photo of recreational hunter happily posing next to his latest kill
The following picture of a hunter posing next to his latest kill was posted to Facebook. In it you can see that some poor animal has been slaughtered to the great delight of the hunter ... Yes yes, I know, it is satire, what you can rapidly discern (I hope) is that this is photo of Steven Spielberg with a mechanical Triceratops on the set of "Jurassic Park,". Most finding this post got the humour and so it was shared many times ... but for some it was instantly deemed to be real and so … [Read more...]
Live Million Dollar Challenge at #TAM2014
I'm attempting to write a few notes on the JREF Million dollar paranormal challenge as it actually happens here at #TAM2014, and so right now I'm sitting here on the front row waiting for things to start. Every year at TAM (The Amazing Meeting) a live million dollar paranormal challenge is conducted and anybody who is interested can come along to observe. The audience is getting settled in and waiting for things to start ... First - A bit of background If you already know what the … [Read more...]
SGU at #TAM2014
If you are at TAM or know who SGU are, then you can just skip this bit and go directly to the pictures. Whenever I meet new people at TAM, I often ask, "What brings you here, how did you find out about it all?". The answer that is perhaps the most common is one that will often be a sentence that has the words "Skeptics Guide to the Universe" in it. If you are indeed asking "Who?" then you really should check them out by downloading their regular weekly science-based podcast via iTunes or … [Read more...]
A few sample pictures from #TAM2014
Having taken lots of pictures, I've taken a quick glance and plucked out a sample of six ... (feel fee to help yourself). First, we have the Amazing one ... ... and of course it is George Hrab, who has done a fabulous job filling in dead air with laptops refuse to play ... Marriette Di Christina, the editor of Scientific American taking us on a tour of skepticism from the pages of Scientific American ... Carol Travis slicing and dicing nonsense with some amazing insights … [Read more...]
Daft Claim: Congressman Can Prove God Exists With A Simple Equation
It always strikes me as more than a little bit odd when somebody pops up and claims that they have "proof" that god exists. Think of this this way, take the specific religious claim and replace the word "god" with something else such as "pink unicorns", "magic" or "elfs" and the claim would simply result in the claimant being dismissed as a nut ...especially when the "proof" consists of stuff like this at a prayer rally... Quoting an old friend from back in Texas, Gohmert said that he feels … [Read more...]