Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
A group of Christian nuts in the UK called the Core Issues Trust believe that “homoerotic behaviour is sinful” and also claim you can cure homosexual urges; pray the gay away, etc. It is a daft claim, you can’t, both the American Psychiatric Association and also the UK’s Royal College of Psychiatrists confirm that. These … Read more
The trial has been on the cards for quite some time now. A family of supposed psychics in South Florida have been defrauding grieving folks out of millions (I blogged about them back in last August here) … and so they have been finally put in the dock. (Yep, that’s four of them in the … Read more
Yep, it’s that time of year again, this year’s Pigasus Awards have been announced. It is about here that some might be wondering “the what award? OK, first let me explain. Each year the JREF pokes a bit of fun at the parapsychological, paranormal or psychic community by granting it to those who have done something spectacularly daft. In fact, when … Read more
GrrlScientist has a good pointer in her Guardian blog entitled “Baloney Detection Kit”, and yes, the title is a heck of a lot more polite than I am. I’ll call a spade a spade … we are awash with bullshit, so it is indeed vital to be armed with a good means to work out … Read more
We are all wrong about something at some point in time, there are no exceptions, it is part of being human. Information is presented, we come to a conclusion and take a stance. But what if you are wrong, what then? Do you save face and stick to your position come what may, or do … Read more
dprjones has another great YouTube clip. As an aside, I highly recommend his YouTube channel, he has lots of great stuff … and no, he has not paid me to plug it, I do not personally know him. OK, so the specific set of clips I’m highlighting today revolves around a book by Andy Thomson. … Read more