Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
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
A group of climate experts commissioned by the state of California have published a draft 71 page report that details the factors that affect how much the ocean will rise along California’s coast in coming decades. This contains the best available and latest information on sea-level science. You can find the full report here at this link. … Read more
For rather a long time, since 1880 to be precise, accurate monthly temperature records have been kept. 2016 saw record breaking months, but that was an El Niño year. Since that has now passed everything now returns back to normal .. right? So how has 2017 been doing? To answer that we can turn to ClimateCentral. … Read more
The ice in Greenland is melting and that spells out trouble for humans. This is because there is enough ice in Greenland alone to raise sea level by roughly six meters. So how much is melting? If you surf on over to NOAA then you find that they clearly spell out how the melting trend is … Read more
Was there ever an actual human named Jesus or is his very existence a myth? The most probable rational conclusion is that there was indeed a human who claimed to be a Messiah and was then executed. However, when it comes to the various supernatural and miracle claims, there are very good reasons for considering all … 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