Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
As you are no doubt aware, the way Trump behaved means that the G20 can in many respects be renamed the G19 + 1 when it comes to climate and many other issues. G20 Interactions The UK’s Guardian describes it as follows … As anticipated, the big bone of contention was Trump’s decision to withdraw … Read more
How do those that trulybelieve handle items of religious weirdness? I recall once attending a bible meeting as a teen (hey, I would try anything at that age). While having lunch, I listened to one chap relate a story to those sitting near him. It was about some bit of weirdness in which he claimed … Read more
It is a natural tendency for us to cling to hope and assume that things will not be as bad as projections tell us. Obviously I’m taking about Climate Change, but this applies in many contexts – health, economic, etc…We humans are at heart emotional and so as we strive to make sensible decisions, but … Read more
The results of the latest British Social Attitudes survey have now been published, and as might perhaps be anticipated, the number of non-religious people has continued its upward trend. Where can I find the precise details? Press Release for the latest survey is here A PDF containing the full survey results can be found here. … Read more
The enabler of Fake News is that humans respond to information at an emotional level. We might indeed criticise “them” for living inside an information bubble, but the truth is that we are all as individuals crafting echo chambers to one degree or another by selecting information that agrees with our preconceived views and resisting … Read more
Julia Belluz writes in Vox about the state of maternal healthcare in the US. The article entitled “California decided it was tired of women bleeding to death in childbirth” contains the following graph that sums things up … Let me emphasise what this is telling you. Between the years 1990 and 2016, the numbers of women dying … Read more