Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The horrendous news is that Afghanistan wants to start stoning people in public for the crime of …. (can you guess) … murder? Nope, adultery. As reported by the Telegraph … Afghanistan is planning to reintroduce public stoning as punishment for adultery 12 years after the Taliban was ousted from power, according to a new … Read more
I came across the following by Derren Brown, and it is in fact part two of his “Fear and Faith” event that was broadcast in the UK last year. This is the part where he explores the biggest placebo there is … god. It is interesting stuff, he starts out with a satanic rite and … Read more
There is an interesting news report about how the various forms of belief set up shop in San Diego’s Balboa Park at the weekends. Nestled amount the various competing ideas being promoted in this supermarket of beliefs you will now also find non-belief … and why not. Since all the daft beliefs are out there, … Read more
So who gets the award of “Skeptic of the year”? In fact, a more interesting question might be to ask who gives out such an award and how do they determine who is and is not skeptical, how do you actually measure that, because when it comes to such awards, well, I’m skeptical … in … Read more
Maryam Namazie has a petition for you to sign. Do you remember all the fuss about an extreme islamic group organizing a meeting at a UK university and insisting on gender segregation – men sit in the front, woman have to sit at the back and be silent – well, since that broke the University’s … Read more
One day two young Mormon missionaries knock on performer Julia Sweeney’s door, and started her on a quest to completely rethink her own beliefs. In the end she made the transition from “believer” to “atheist”, so what happened and what was the thought process that carried her on this journey? Oh wait, before we go there, … Read more