Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The Boston Review has an article entitled “More Crank Science” and is by Jerry A. Coyne, a professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Ecology and Evolution … its well worth reading … I highly recommend it … here is an extract … following by a link to the full article … … Read more
The author of the worlds most famous science blog, Pharyngula, gets email …and not just any old email, because he appears to attract droves of complete nutters who feel compelled to convert him. So how should you handle such rantings, bin it, ignore it, or have a serious discussion? Well, regardless of how you might … Read more
I just spotted this on Pharyngula here … and I believe PZ found it here … I love it … in fact I love it so much that I just had to share it with you as well … there is no need for me to say anything, for it speaks for itself far more … Read more
Something dramatic has just happened, but there is considerable confusion as to what exactly is going on … the picture on the left is that that of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani with her son Sajjad at home. Why the confusion, well only a few days ago she was in Jail awaiting for her death sentence of … Read more
Really fantastic news … a couple of months ago I blogged about the challenge being faced by the school systems in Louisiana … some creationist loons were attempting to have all references to evolution purged from school science text books. The defenders had at that time gained a good provisional decision, but faced another final … Read more
There are going to be some Atheist advertisements on the sides of buses in Fort Worth, Texas, and its all causing a lot of fuss because all the local ministers are threatening a bus boycott. From one viewpoint, I suspect quite a few folks will be happy about that, because the buses will be a … Read more