Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
OK, lets start with the bad news first. Apparently Oklahoma has elected a nutter, and the first step taken by this new legislator is that he has announced his intention to introduce creationism into Oklahoma schools … (insert stunned silence here) … Sigh! … I guess it was going to happen at some point, given … Read more
I just came across an old article in the May edition of Scientific American by Steve Mirsky. Apparently Harris Interactive conducted an on-line survey in March regarding what folks in the US thought of President Obama, and (as you might expect) the results proved to be rather startling … for example, Steve reports … 40 … Read more
Lets start with the famous L Ron Hubbard quote … “Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wanted to make a million dollars, the best way to do it would be start his own religion.” ~ L Ron Hubbard. I bet you can guess where this post is going … … Read more
Who exactly is T Lobsang Rampa, and what is the real truth behind all the popular books that he churned out to supposedly enlighten many?
There is a rather daft article in today’s UK Telegraph about the BBC’s coverage of a pagan festival by Damian Thompson… Utterly fawning coverage from the BBC of the pagan festival of Halloween or “Samhain”, including an interview with a chief pagan in a sheepskin. “We’ll be continuing with our coverage throughout the day, watching … Read more
As I’m sure you are aware by now, the world famous scientist, Prof. Stephen Hawking, has a new book coming out in which he explains that we don’t need God to explain the Big Bang. Our current understanding of modern physics is now sufficient and leaves no room left for the “God did it” hypothesis. … Read more