Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Now here is a nice way to start Monday, a nice one-line question that is a fabulous come back. So the context is this – a discussion on Financial Regulation. Discussing it is Barney Frank, a well-known Democrat who was elected to the US House of Representatives from 1981 until 2013 and also the co-sponsor of … Read more
Ian Dunt writes in Politics UK about how homeopathy provides a moral test because it functions as a litmus test for belief in objective truth. His argument rolls out as follows … There’s no point going into the research – there’s nothing left to say. Homeopathy is no more effective than a placebo. So when people … Read more
Sometimes he really does nail it. What faced with the absurd rhetoric that “Christianity is Under Attack by Liberals”, Bill proceeds to not simply slice and dice this nonsense, he complete and utterly nukes it with the facts … There are of course many out there who believe the absurd rhetoric, and so what needs … Read more
Yet more complete and utter nonsense is popping up from right-wing religious nuts. The latest claim is that … well here is the rather famous Franklin Graham (yes the son of Billy Graham), promoting the claim that the words “husband” and “wife” are to be banned … As “proof”, he also links to an article … Read more
So the story is this, shadow Health Minister Darren Millar sent the following questions to economy minister Edwina Hart in the welsh assembly … Will the minister make a statement on how many reports of unidentified flying objects there have been at Cardiff Airport since its acquisition by the Welsh government? What discussions has the Welsh … Read more
The following Facebook posting from Ali A. Rizvi touched my heart, it concerns an observation he made while helping somebody else, so I just had to share it … This morning I was at the Canadian Immigration Services office, where I accompanied Alishba as she got her Canadian Permanent Resident status. While there, I witnessed a tall African … Read more