Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
This you have got to watch … its Ben Goldacre at his very best. He is the author of the Guardian’s weekly ”Bad Science” column and Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks, here he dismantles the questionable science behind an assortment of drug trials, court cases, and events of our time. Ben Goldacre … Read more
What is it with mobile phones that appears to cause people to simply stop thinking … OK, try this … first take a look at the following … Wow … shocking … mobile phones can pop popcorn … scary yes … except its a fake. This is actually a viral ad that was created to … Read more
The Guardian has a fabulous article today …I’ve cut and pasted the start of it here, so that you get the flavor … if it hooks you, I’ve put a link at the end to the entire article so that you can read it all. Beware .. we have a couple of pro-religious kooks here, … Read more
Now this should be a lot of fun … just in case you don’t know, Dembski is a leading proponent of the intelligent design theory of creation … in other words he is a crazy religious kook. Not sure about that? .. OK, lets put it this way … There are no scientific papers in … Read more
Note: The following has been re-posted from the original By ZACK KOPPLIN – WWW.RICHARDDAWKINS.NET Added: Wednesday, 17 November 2010 at 12:11 PM. You can Click here to go to that Original Article. A rare and welcome good news story – but please give your support if you can to ensure that Zach’s splendid work is … Read more
There has been a set of Newsweek slides rattling around the Blogverse, Twitter and Facebook during the past few days that are entitled “Dumb Things that Americans believe” (You can click here to see the original set on the Newsweek site). From this set we learn some quite startling facts such as: One fifth of … Read more