Archive for the 'Skepticism' Category

 
 

A foreword to the Gideon Bible?

Monday, March 8th, 2010

As you may or may not be aware, Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort published an edition of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species with a fifty-page creationist introduction, including such gems as
“Adolf Hitler took Darwin’s evolutionary philosophy to its logical conclusions.”
“…Darwin was a racist.”
“Darwin believed that women were not as competent as men, and less [...]

 
 

Idiots’ roll call

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

EDM 908
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE REPORT ON HOMEOPATHY
That this House expresses concern at the conclusions of the Science and Technology Committee’s Report, Evidence Check on Homeopathy; notes that the Committee took only oral evidence from a limited number of witnesses, including known critics of homeopathy Tracy Brown, the Managing Director of Sense About Science, and [...]

 

Seconds out, round two

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Or possibly three. Or four. Anyway, some excellent write-ups of the encounter between Simon Singh (huzzah!) and the BCA (boo!) today at the Royal Courts of Justice are available from Jack of Kent, Crispian Jago and Padraig Reidy at Index on Censorship, and I very definitely commend them to the house.
I want to quote something [...]

 

The impossibility of arguing with homeopathy – @mjrobbins at #sitp

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Yesterday evening saw the Skeptics in the Pub (the skeptics being of London and the pub the Penderel’s Oak) to hear Martin J Robbins (twitter @mjrobbins), of layscience.net and the Guardian, talk on ‘the impossibility of debating homeopathy’.

Martin has kindly agreed to send me the slides from his presentation and I will post them here [...]

 

Richard Dawkins at the Pod Delusion

Friday, February 12th, 2010
 

What difference does political blogging really make? #wsitp

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

The Westminster Skeptics in the Pub gathered last night in a different pub, the Old Monk, for a different type of event- a discussion on ‘what difference does political blogging really make?’
The evening focussed around a couple of questions; what is the relationship between traditional journalism and blogging, and is it sustainable; and what influence [...]

 

Here be dragons: an introduction to critical thinking

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Brian Dunning does one of my favourite podcasts, Skeptoid, dedicated to furthering knowledge by blasting away the widespread pseudosciences that infect popular culture. Brian has produced a short, forty-minute film that “offers a toolbox for recognizing and understanding the dangers of pseudoscience, and appreciation for the reality-based benefits offered by real science.” I thoroughly recommend [...]

 

World Exclusive at the Pod Delusion

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Yes, it’s the first interview with DJ Grothe since taking over at the James Randi Educational Foundation and includes exciting news about The Amaz!ng Meeting London.

For the full interview with DJ Grothe of the JREF, visit the Pod Delusion.