Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
We’ll I guess I knew it was coming … the signs were there … but alas my laptop has now departed this reality and gone to silicon heaven, so no posts for a day or two until a get a new one up and running. Panic not … Normal service will be resumed.
Ed West has a nice article over in the Spectator entitled “Ex-Muslims are living the British dream – Britain should support them”. He writes … There was an excellent Radio 4 documentary on yesterday in which Sarfraz Manzoor interviewed a group of people you don’t hear much about – ex-Muslims. … the ex-Muslims are right. … Read more
It is rather popular for the more conservative US elements to promote the idea of erecting a religious artifact in a public space. Remember now, the context here is that there is supposed to be a wall of separation between church and state to avoid granting a special privilege to a specific religious faction. OK, … Read more
Sharon Hill, writes a great article in the HuffPo all about why you should be skeptical of eyewitness accounts entitled … “I’m Not Making This Up: Why I’m Skeptical of Eyewitnesses“. To give you an idea, here are a few key phrases and observations that leapt out for me … …Memory is constructed. Pause a … Read more
Michael Shermer, a monthly columnist for Scientific American and also the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine writes a rather interesting article in the December issue of Scientific American all about the decline of religion and the rise of the Nones. The point he build up to is this … A 2012 Pew Research Center survey, … Read more
James Arthur Ray, the new age kook, was given a platform by Oprah to promote his daft ideas and as a result people died Here is an expose of what happened and how he ended up killing three people in a heat endurance test outside Sedona., Ariz The investigators looked into his claims and discovered … Read more