Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
I know what I’ll be doing next election. Not voting for this. Huffington Post – City Councilman Argues Against Removing Public Garlic Plants For Fear Of Vampires: The residents of Lawndale, California are causing a stink over the town’s plants. Apparently, the roads are lined with garlic–which either smells like skunk or marijuana depending on [...]
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Just as I do the first podcast ep for the Token Skeptic. ‘On Santa’ – the Wall Street Journal reports on magical thinking in kids! The Power of Magical Thinking – Research Shows the Importance of Imagination in Children’s Cognitive Development: The researchers found that while children as young as 3 understand the concept of [...]
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When does superstition go from a rather absurd movie plot and just becomes a local danger? I was reminded today of a friend who asked if I was interested in seeing a film from India that has just come out in Australia — ‘What’s Your Rashee?’ which pretty much translates as ‘What’s your Zodiac Sign?’ [...]
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Breaking news – I won a science book! Whoo hoo! Go enjoy the Science Punk site whilst you’re reading blogs today! I did notice this yesterday but only just got a very nice compliment about it via Twitter this morning. An article I wrote for the Skeptical Briefs newsletter, part of the Skeptical Inquirer, is [...]
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Found a little late (dated August) but it looks like James Allan is practically inspired by Tim Minchin’s ‘Storm’ with this one! He’s talking on this very topic at the forthcoming Australian Skeptics conference – “Why Skeptics are Dinner Party Nightmares”. Here’s his article in the Australian newspaper: HOW many readers have gone to dinner [...]
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Oooh, yes I Iove new data, yes I love new data, dah dah dah dah *boom* dah dah dah dah *boom* – thanks to Skeptical Teacher for this one! British Council Press Release: A British Council poll into awareness of Charles Darwin and attitudes towards evolution has found that there is a broad international consensus [...]
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From Life In Italy: CLAIRVOYANT ARRESTED FOR SENDING SMS MESSAGES FROM THE DEAD – Police here in northwestern Italy have arrested a self-styled clairvoyant on charges of fraud for allegedly sending SMS text messages to a client`s cellphone and telling her they were from her late father. The 48-year-old woman, who called herself the `Sorceress [...]
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BBC News: A family in Saudi Arabia is taking a “genie” to court, accusing it of theft and harassment, reports say. They accuse the spirit of threatening them, throwing stones and stealing mobile phones, Al Watan newspaper said. The family have lived in the same house near the city of Medina for 15 years but [...]
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