Daft Claim: semen-eating anal worms cause gay people
A truly daft claim by a crank asserts that anal worms that eat semen causes gay men and lesbians, and that she has a suppository cure.
Critical Thinking
New Creationist Book: “Darwin Devolves”
Biochemist Michael Behe of Lehigh University has a new book that will shortly emerge titled “Darwin Devolves”. While it will be a huge hit amongst Creationists, the wider scientific community will simply eye-roll and move on beyond this train wreck. It is not out until the end of the month, yet there has already been … Read more
EU Mythology
I briefly caught a BBC interview the other night. It involved an interview with a couple of MPs whose names are not well known, and even if I mentioned them you will forget after about 10 seconds. One was Tory and the other was a LibDem. What quite frankly astonished me was the Tory, an … Read more
How to Change Minds – A Street Epistemology Inspired Video
I would argue that effective meaningful communication is itself both an art and a craft, so it is perhaps wholly appropriate for an artist to create something that does just that. What is the Story Here? Back in 2017, Artist Rebecca Fox and also Street Epistemologist Anthony Magnabosco had display tables at the QEDCon conference in Manchester … Read more
Is Myers–Briggs scientific?
The Myers-Briggs personality test is very popular. What is the science behind this, is it actually credible or simply pseudoscientific?
Your Fake News problem is not just “them” it’s you.
On 9th August Time magazine published a really great article titled “How Your Brain Tricks You Into Believing Fake News“. I can highly recommend reading. It dives below the surface into the heart of the problem and is not simply another article having a bit of a moan about it all. I have one huge … Read more