Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The rather surprising news is that Brunei has put in place a new sharia code, a very very strict version, that includes fines and jail terms for offences such as failure to attend Friday prayers, and also with future penalties that will include flogging and death by stoning. Hey Brunei, welcome back to the 7th … Read more
A rather common meta-pattern in human thinking rolls like this, “I do not understand X, therefore Y”, for example I have no idea how lightening could happen naturally, therefore Thor I have no idea how the universe could have happened naturally, therefore God … and of immediate specific interest … I have no idea how … Read more
The Toronto Star has a fabulous article that I really like all about James Randi … here are a couple of snippets extracted from that article … “He saw me as a mentalist — that is, a magician with apparent ESP powers,” Randi says. “I think (he) knew I was a faker, but he wrote … Read more
Now this I enjoyed … so I thought I’d share it with you. It is Easter Sunday in Salt Lake City, and the American Atheists are holding a Conference, so of course you know that some religious folks will be outside. Well, it just so happens that one attendee was Eric Schwartz (also known as “Smooth-E”). He is a comedian, musician, … Read more
This one simply blew me away, the rhetoric is simply jaw dropping stuff … Sorry about that, I should perhaps have warned you to put your coffee down before you clicked play. Yes, it is a rather weird thing to say, and is perhaps her rather failed attempt at humour, and also not unique in any … Read more
I have two stories for you today that relate to Cosmos, the fabulous science based TV show hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson – one is fake and is simply satire, but the other is quite real. So here there are … Story 1 – Neil Degrasse Tyson’s Cosmos Causes 27 Local School Children Demonic Possession Story 2 … Read more