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They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means. 17 Apr 2013 | 08:55 am
There was a science and skepticism conference in Manchester last weekend, where a lot of smart people got together to give their critical thinking skills and scientific skepticism some healthy flexing...
The problem is when stamp collecting isn’t just about collecting stamps 5 Mar 2013 | 08:12 pm
This is another A C Grayling-related post; turns out he has written a new book. Defenders of religion will likely not be persuaded by the arguments contained within Grayling’s latest work, but hopeful...
For the elebenty bazillionth time, Nazism and Stalinism were NOT caused by secular, rational, scientific values 28 Feb 2013 | 10:36 am
It’s like whacking gophers in that classic arcade game; no matter how many times you debunk the argument that too much reason and science gave us Nazism and Stalinism, it keeps popping back up. Which ...
Dr Oz thinks that promoting quack medicine “empowers” people 19 Feb 2013 | 08:33 am
The New Yorker has an article by Michael Specter on Dr Mehmet Oz, a heart surgeon who is also the host of ‘The Dr. Oz Show’, a hugely popular US television program watched by millions of Americans. Dr...
Evidence-based medicine should include ALL the evidence 5 Feb 2013 | 08:59 pm
Medicine has a dirty little secret: not all clinical trial results for drugs are reported, with positive results being “around twice as likely to get published as negative findings”, according to Dr B...
Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2013 30 Jan 2013 | 05:44 pm
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana made me sit up and take notice of their Spring 2013 menswear collection when they employed amateur models of various ages, shapes and sizes to parade their interpret...
Another good critique of ‘scientism’ 25 Jan 2013 | 10:29 am
In a happy coincidence, I came across this incisive article in The New Atlantis just after posting about science, philosophy and morality. The writer, biologist Austin L. Hughes, is another critic of ...
Science, philosophy and morality 24 Jan 2013 | 11:11 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 One of the things that I enjoy about discussions and debates on ideas is when my views are changed by good arguments....
Kenan Malik on gay marriage and Catholic ‘persecution’ 21 Jan 2013 | 05:24 pm
British writer and broadcaster Kenan Malik has written a blog post about the recent decision by the European Court of Human Rights to dismiss three cases of supposed discrimination against Christians,...
Christians denied the right to trample on the rights of others 17 Jan 2013 | 12:18 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Following the last post on the Gillard government’s craven decision to let religious groups continue discriminating a...
