Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
When faced with circumstances or events that are completely beyond our control, war, disaster, accident, or health challenges, involving either ourselves or others, then a quite common human instinct is to attempt to gain control of the completely uncontrollable by attempting to seek assistance from a supernatural entity – we call that “prayer”. The concept … Read more
The beating heart of modern science is skepticism, or to be more precise, Scientific Skepticism. This essentially means that when presented with a claim, is it not simply accepted, no matter who said it or how profound it might be, but instead you challenge the idea and ask if there is verifiable evidence that confirms it. This … Read more
I was presented with some “Proof that God is real” by a Muslim eager to convert me. So what did this “proof” consist of? If was a YouTube clip by a well-known Islamic apologist called Dr. Zakir Naik. If you are familiar with him, then this is the point at which you face-palm, because this guy … Read more
You will of course be familiar with what happened in Woolwich, so I have no desire to rake over it nor to dwell upon the specifics, instead I’d like to comment on the reaction to it all. It has been incorrectly labelled an act of terrorism, but it was no such thing, instead it was … Read more
Cognitive scientist and philosopher Daniel Dennett is one of America’s foremost thinkers, and also one of the four horsemen (In 2008, four prominent atheist authors got together to discuss religion and their positions. The DVD was entitled “The Four Horsemen“, the others are of course Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens. Ever since then, … Read more
Correlation does not imply causation Did you know that tomatoes are extremely deadly, and that this is a well-establish fact? What, you doubt that … OK, let me lay out the clear evidence. The facts are that everybody, every single one without exception, who ate one or more tomatoes between the years 1765 and 1812 … Read more