Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Yesterday I blogged about how TEDx has had a few problems with some of the third parties promoting bullshit instead of science (crystal therapy, Egyptian psychoaromatherapy, healing through the Earth, homeopathy and even “basic mind control”) and how the TEDx directors responded by issuing some really great guidance on how to filter out such bullshit. In reply, … Read more
The TED brand, run by the folks who hold annual conferences to spread good ideas, have some truly inspiring clips (available for free). If you are not familiar with them, go check a few out, you will not be disappointed, and as a tip for finding the cream, I’d recommend that you crowd-source and pick … Read more
Anthony Foxx, current Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina and President Obama’s nominee to be the next U.S. Secretary of Transportation, recently issued his second proclamation of a National Day of Reason. Here it is … Now that truly is a guy to vote for … sigh! … why don’t we get candidates like him … Read more
It is almost inevitable that when something big happens, an assortment of conspiracy theories will rapidly arise as a means to cope and to also explain. So what “theories” has the Boston Bombing given birth to? We can obviously dismiss wild assertions that come with exactly zero evidence, but what about those that do have … Read more
The BBC reports that James McCormick has been found guilty of selling fake bomb detectors to Iraq … yep, you read that correctly … FAKE. This complete shit (I cannot think of a better word) conned people into buying over 6,000 of these bomb detectors that detected nothing at all. Iraq spent more than $40m … Read more
Glen Beck is at it again … oh and least you not reside in the US and are wondering “who?”, well lets just say that he used to have a TV show on Fox News between 2009-2011 (does that tell you all you need to know about his credibility?) Anyway, I guess he is perhaps best … Read more