Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The presentation of the annual Ig Nobel awards happened last night. The what? It’s basically a fun parody of the Nobel Prizes that are given each year to ten unusual or utterly pointless trivial achievements in scientific research, the stuff that makes you wonder “Why did they do that?”, and it’s usually fun because some truly whacky stuff can indeed … Read more
This is a story that I have heard before, not as something that really happened, but rather as an Urban Legend (a story that I was told was a true story, but for which there was no actual evidence that it had ever actually happened in reality). Well now it has. About a week ago … Read more
This is simply hilarious and is indeed a lesson in people not really understating the consequences of their actions. The Friendly Atheist blogs about it all and starts by setting the scene as follows … In January of 2013, World Changers of Florida, Inc. held Bible distributions at a number of public high schools in Orange County, … Read more
So yes, finding a headline claiming “Militant Atheist converts” is perhaps click-bait, and yet I’m always curious to understand what makes people tick. The specific article in question comes from TheBlaze, and that fact alone should motivate you to question the accuracy of anything it says at all. Why? Well, let me put it this way, … Read more
Who inspired you and in what way did they inspire you? The young look to the older generation for potential role models, and will strive to please by following the same patterns. Ideas and beliefs get passed on and so those who embrace a specific belief in hatred tend to pass that on to the next … Read more
The “No true Scotsman” ploy is an informal fallacy that is commonly deployed in order to maintain a specific position. For example … Person A – Islam is a religion of peace Person B – But what about ISIS? Person A – Ah but they are not “true” Muslims. Who first pointed out that “no true scotsman” was … Read more