Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
As reported by the National Secular Society, there have been more revelations regarding the bizarre ethos that pervades the Islamic Free school in the UK city of Derby … As previously reported, concerns have been raised that female staff are being forced to wear head coverings, even if they aren’t Muslim. However, it has now … Read more
A rather common claim that is often raised by believers is that non-belief is a belief. It usually goes something like this … “Ah I admire you, it takes a lot of faith to not believe in god” … or similar. (Yes, time to roll your eyes, it is a very common card for believers … Read more
The word “Militant” is often prefixed with the word “Atheist” to describe Richard Dawkins, and yet when I hear this gross abuse of the term, I can only think of the person deploying it … “What an ignorant twat”. To those that happily abuse the term, let me remind you what it actually means. To … Read more
This is an old story from last January, but oh so nice … and yes I only just came across it … apparently it takes me almost nine months to catch up with stories in the Telegraph. I’m highlighting it because I thought that you might enjoy seeing a racist plonker get his comeuppance. Tommy Robinson (apparently … Read more
Did this really happen? Yes indeed, but it is not what you think, I’m having a bit of fun with a rather misleading title. Here is the spy in question … Yes indeed the “spy” is actually a stork. So the story here is that when it was spotted with a wildlife tracker it was … Read more
Now this is neat and well worth supporting, you can download FREE lesson plans from the JREF to enable you to teach critical thinking and scientific inquiry. There are basically four NEW options as follows: Pareidolia: Do You See What You Think You See? Illusions: Our Visual System Cognition: Are You Rational? Power Balance: Sports … Read more