Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
As a parody of “Intelligent design”, Keith Gilmour, a UK-based secondary school teacher set up a website called “The Centre for Unintelligent design” last year. In response Creationists have been popping up and scribbling a few daft claims to him to put him right … except what they are claiming is simply making them look even sillier … Read more
While reading a very good article about yesterday’s Reason rally in the Washington Post, one small item caught my eye (As an aside, go read that article, its a good one) … Catherine Williams, 13, of Leesburg came to the rally with her mother, Lisa, and brother Nathaniel. She said she attends a small conservative private school … Read more
GrrlScientist has a good pointer in her Guardian blog entitled “Baloney Detection Kit”, and yes, the title is a heck of a lot more polite than I am. I’ll call a spade a spade … we are awash with bullshit, so it is indeed vital to be armed with a good means to work out … Read more
In today’s Guardian is a letter that I truly applaud. Normally I would post an extract and than give you a link to find the rest … but this is such a good letter, such a truly outstanding statement of human decency, I’ve put it all here … I walked out… into the fresh air… … Read more
A religious kook who previously worked for NASA is now apparently suing them. His suit alleges that he was demoted — and then let go — for promoting his views on intelligent design. I’m all for folks having the freedom to believe whatever they wish, and to also promote their utterly insane beliefs in their own time. That … Read more
Not only is today Pi day, but right now the time is Pi. Are you thinking ???. OK … pi = 3.14159…. but you knew that (unlike the folks from Indiana in 1897). Today is 14th March, or to use the US format … 3.14 … and right now (as I publish this, it is … Read more