I haven’t posted here about the Virginia Tech massacre, because I had nothing adequate to say. I got in an argument about guns over at LP, and that was one reason I didn’t write on it here either. Sadly No!… Read More ›
skepticism
– the rigorous methodology summed up by Carl Sagan as a Baloney Detection Kit
Framing that Overton Window for science
This is all over the science blogs at the moment: how to present science convincingly to the public in an atmosphere of anti-science media sensationalism. It’s got a lot of scientists very agitated indeed. The debate is mostly US-centric, but… Read More ›
Skeptical Sunday: How do you prove photography to a blind man?
A great post from 2005: That was the question I was asked: how would you prove to a blind man, that photography exists? I knew what he was getting at. We had been discussing psychics. He was a firm believer… Read More ›
Damn straight
There Is No Fucking Face On Mars. Link (and wording for link) both lifted shamelessly from the 44th Skeptic’s Circle at Salto sobrius, which as usual for the SC, had lots of good stuff to check out.
Number of the Beast = AntiChrist (but does it really?)
There is so much ink and electrons spent on the question: who is the AntiChrist revealed by the Number of the Beast? Type “antichrist” or “666” into a search engine and watch the sponsored links to any number of sites… Read More ›
Skepticism and Autism
The 31st Skeptics’ Circle is up at Terra Sigillata. Biotech, alternative medicine, climatology, religion and more. My favourite post is by Dick about his personal experiences with The Fleecing of the Autism Community. “These frauds sell crap, preying on the… Read More ›
Intelligent? Really?
Designing men and women by Adam Ferber at Fanatical Apathy. I think I’m one of many natural skeptics who came up with the idea of our universe as a long-forgotten school science experiment long before the Simpsons episode or reading… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 