Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Published within the British Journal of Developmental Psychology is a study that reveals that kids are prime targets for fake news. One word … “Yikes!”. Titled “Measuring adolescents’ beliefs in conspiracy theories: Development and validation of the Adolescent Conspiracy Beliefs Questionnaire” the open access paper reveals that a team of researchers created and then validated … Read more
A recently published study verifies that embracing one or more of the bizarre COVID Conspiracy beliefs leads to many negative life outcomes.
The news from Miami is that a Christian Private school has put in place a policy that mandates that any student that has been vaccinated must quarantine and stay at home for 30 days. The belief behind this stance is the claim that the vaccinated will shed and release something that will impact the health … Read more
Back in the days when I attended a pentecostal group as a teen, there was a guy who was deemed to have a bit of a problem, he was attracted to other guys. The church leaders kept it all lowkey and “assisted” by engaging the services of a gay conversion specialist. The net effect is … Read more
Once, when I was a teenager, I attended a Pentecostal group. I recall one meeting where at one point events took a rather unexpected turn. Pastor Nick had been running a rather normal meeting, when suddenly an elderly visitor had a bit of a turn. He went very pale, passed out, and slumped in his … Read more
“Spare the rod & spoil the child” is a popular phrase to justify spanking. If we instead turn to scientific studies, then what will we find?