Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Now this is cool, or at least it is for me, and so perhaps you might (or might not) also think so. The American Museum of Natural History created a movie called “The Known Universe” for you to enjoy, and what is interesting about it is that everything you see within it comes from the world’s most complete … Read more
From Uintah Elementary School in the Salt Lake City School District comes the appalling news that a few dozen students where refused lunch because their school lunch accounts did not have enough money in them … Fifth-grader Sophia Isom, Lukes’ daughter, was met by a district nutrition manager who was monitoring accounts. “So she took my … Read more
It was just a fun FB quiz, and it asked, “Who was the greatest Human?”, then offered a list that included Buddha, Mohammed, Krishna, Jesus, Chuck Norris (yes really), and also the possibility of adding alternative names yourself. Looking at it so far, Buddha appears to be winning. But wait a second, this all set … Read more
I jotted down a few notes yesterday about the one million dollar challenge, but that of course is not the only paranormal bounty out there, other skeptical groups will also offer you cash in exchange for proof of the paranormal. A very recent example comes from an article within the Prague Post in which they … 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
Yes, its a shameless book plug today – my own to be precise. I’ve published the first skeptical byte in what I hope will be a long series on the Amazon kindle store. Since this is the first, I’ve started with a rather fundamental question, “How do we know what is really true?” Answering such a question … Read more