Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The Medical Society Consortium has published a report that lays out the impact that Climate Change is already having on human health. Who? They have an about page. There they explain … The mission of the Consortium is to inform the public and policymakers about the harmful health effects of climate change on Americans, as well as … Read more
When Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, listened to Kellyanne Conway talking about alternative facts, his response was not to simply rant, but instead to come up with a decisive plan to tackle the problem. From this “alternative inspiration” was born his vision of blending the Wikipedia model with News and so now we have the … Read more
Generally, anything and everything said by Alex Jones can be happily ignored. He is well-known for making some truly extraordinary and utterly absurd claims that are bereft of any evidence. In other words … Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur If somebody presents a claim, but provides no evidence for it, then it can be dismissed. It is … Read more
Belief in God sounds like a simple question to address, and is one that you would expect is well understood. Simply conduct a poll, and if concerned about people being pressured by friends or relatives, then make it anonymous. That should yield a reasonable answer … right? There are of course polls like this that are run on a … Read more
Google Home is a voice activated internet connected speaker. The idea is that you can ask questions and also get it to do things such as turn lights on and off (assuming you have them configured them to be part of the IOT). Hey, sounds neat. Ah but wait, what happens when advertisers twig to the observation that … Read more
A recent poll demonstrates that while Donald Trump and the Republican party are in complete denial of reality, most of the public are rather sensible, and are not like this. There is also a deeper message here as well, one that is very encouraging, but hidden in the details. First, before we get into that, … Read more