Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
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
Folks who are fully committed hell-fire and brimstone evangelical preachers will often pop up in various public locations to tell you all about Jesus. They are compelled to do so because part of the success of the belief is not simply that it plays a psychological trick upon you by getting you to buy into … Read more
Today marks the date on which Pakistan made it illegal to hold the wrong Islamic belief. Thirty years ago today, on 26th April 1984, Pakistan amended its penal code to target Ahmadiyya Muslims and made it a criminal offence, punishable by three years imprisonment, for an Ahmadi to call himself a Muslim. Today’s Times has … Read more