Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
I have a cold and everything has just slowed down to a crawl because of it. :/ I spent most of the day quietly editing and taking notes on a documentary I hope to use in class on the topic of creationism and intelligent design – so this new episode really cheers me up (even [...]
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Just a quick thanks to everyone for the well-wishes — enjoy! Or not. *headdesky* Thanks to Rikki B for this find!
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Just on the heels of the most recent Token Skeptic podcast (where my opening question was : The media’s adoption of the word ’skeptic’ in conjunction with ‘climate change skeptics’ seems to be widespread and perhaps the public perception of the word will always link the two together. Is it possible this could change?) Adam [...]
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Thanks to BastardSheep for putting this online! This video is of members of Victorian Skeptics taking back the word “skeptic” from Climate Change “skeptics”, better known as Deniers. It appeared on the ABC TV show Insiders at 9am on the 14th of February 2010. Left to right we have Terry Kelly, President of the Victorian [...]
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From The Australian: SCEPTIC (US skeptic) noun. 1. a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinion. 2. a person who doubts the truth of Christianity and other religions; an atheist. Origin Greek skeptikos, from skepsis, “inquiry, doubt”. …When the issue became political instead of scientific – when the facts on climate change were denied [...]
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