science

Intelligent Design — Intelligent Design is the idea that life as we know it was designed and that evolution is a myth. It is essentially creationism dressed up to sound sciency and so the claim is presented without all the religious terminology. This topic has popped up because the Discovery Institute, the primary […]

Is Intelligent Design scientific?

This entry was posted in Critical Thinking origins religion science Skepticism and tagged COTY Discovery Institute Intelligent Design science on February 16, 2018 by Dave

peer review — Back in 1974, the famed physicist Richard Feynman gave a commencement speech at the California Institute of Technology in which the term “Cargo Cult Science” was popularised as a way of describing science that was not really science at all. What we appear to have now is the emergence of Cargo Cult Peer […]

Fake Science – Dog is editor of Peer review journal

This entry was posted in science Skepticism society and tagged cargo cult peer review science on November 28, 2017 by Dave

Science vs Belief — There is an article in the UK’s Guardian all about a myth. It is entitled … Would you Adam and Eve it? Why creation story is at heart of a new spiritual divide OK, let’s give you a quick summary of it. We live in a world where there are […]

Science vs Belief: Is this conflict a myth?

This entry was posted in atheism bloggers People religion science and tagged belief Catherine Pepinster Coel Hellier Creationism evolution science Science vs Belief on September 23, 2017 by Dave

As I do this each week it becomes rather apparent that quite often the same individuals pop up on a regular basis, for example Ken Ham or Jim Bakker. Last week none of them did, it was all new weirdness. “Hey, have the regulars decided to be reasonable?” you might […]

Top 3 Weekly Weird Religious News Items

This entry was posted in People religion weird and tagged end-times food buckets ivy taylor Jim Bakker Ken Ham science on April 30, 2017 by Dave

As part of his closing act, President Obama has been outlining the dire risks associated with abandoning his policies … In a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, he warned of the risks to millions of Americans of repealing the Affordable Care Act without an adequate replacement. In the Harvard Law […]

Obama writes article in science journal making economic case for renewables – #climate

This entry was posted in Climate Change news and tagged economics Obama renewables science US on January 11, 2017 by Dave

The September numbers are out, it is now official. Starting in October 2015, every single month except one has been a record shattering month. October 2015 was the warmest October since monthly record keeping began in 1880, November 2015 was the warmest ever November, and so on for almost every […]

Climate Change: Almost one entire year of record breaking months

This entry was posted in Climate Change science and tagged 2016 Climate Change GISS GISTEMP science september on October 19, 2016 by Dave