Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Dear all, Over the past few days there has been two five to six hour round trips to south of the state; some getting over a cold; one teacher workshop on critical thinking (where I presented on skepticism for the fourth time); a rather worrying development in the health of a co-worker; one house-guest (who [...]
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Two things first – firstly, an interview with Stephen Fry, a Star Trek review and news on the anti-vaccination portrayal on Australia’s Channel 7 news – all on the just released Skeptic Zone Podcast. Secondly, head to Dr Karen Stollznow’s article called Skepticism: Going Out Of Business? Enjoy the read. A little while back I [...]
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An example of Venomfangx‘s opinions: God, never changing, always existing, created everything. There is no ‘before’ God, for God is the very Creator of the fabric of existence. Their YouTube account is closed. This one is for Jack, because I think it’ll amuse him. Back to work, Jack!
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Very busy and still got a bit of a cold still! Tomorrow I’m doing a teacher-training workshop, which I’ll see about taking some shots of and posting the materials over at the CTEG site. In the meantime, here’s a small soundbite from the most recent Skeptic Zone podcast interview on the same misuse of the [...]
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Jacob Dickerman’s a writer in New York. Quite a talented one too. He’s a member of the New York City Skeptics, like me. He’s also a rather considerate one, who decided to do something about the media platform that he’s been given. Jake decided to write about how homeopathy was not a cure for H1N1 [...]
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Tim Minchin has a great song about how all of his work will never be as popular as videos of kittens. Of course not, especially when one is named after ME! Watch Dr Rachael Dunlop’s cat (the black and white one) torment me!! I think I did a rather good recovery after my initial introduction, [...]
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I’m not the best at the moment health-wise, so I hope that you forgive a lull in my usual blog-posting schedule and reflect upon the following readings about the research and debate on the anti-vaccination story. It begins like this – from ‘The Sceptic’s Book‘: Channel 7 and the anti-vaxers; the story so far. On [...]
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From Popbitch: Big squirrel, little squirrel, helpful humans. Watch it when you need something to restore your faith in the loveliness of the world.
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