Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
You should also check out Crispian Jago’s account at the Science, Reason and Critical Thinking blog and Jack Of Kent’s site at ‘A Good Day in Court’, with first-hand-accounts of what happened. From www.senseaboutscience.org: Simon Singh’s libel case v the BCA was at the Court of Appeal today in front of three of the most [...]
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I look forward to congratulating DJ in person at a future Dragon*Con – or even a TAM Australia! This is taken from the panel we did at D*C on ‘Skepticism And Psychology in the Classroom‘ – podcasters for the win! From the Press Release: D. J. Grothe, 36, is incoming President of the James Randi [...]
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Jack Of Kent – In an incredible press release published either yesterday or earlier today, the British Chiropractic Association made the serious and completely groundless accusation that Simon Singh had been motivated by malice in writing his original article…
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I think I can let these pictures pretty much tell the main story. Here is the text of the advert (image). Yes, that’s Richard Saunders. He has a habit of photographing everything with his phone. And after he’s photographed it? I get an email and Dr Rachie gets an email. And we usually try to [...]
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Just a quick addition to this post – thanks to www.stopjenny.com for the tip! Alison Singer, the woman who resigned from her position at Autism Speaks because of their pandering to the anti-vaccine crowd, has now launched a new organization, the Autism Science Foundation. Here’s the opening of their press release: April 18, 2009 — [...]
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For release August 4th: The JREF Welcomes New Foundation President Dr. Philip Plait The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) is pleased to announce that Dr. Philip Plait – renowned astronomer, author, and skeptic – will be taking on the role of President of the JREF effective immediately. The goals of the JREF are to bring [...]
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Brand new site! Great collaborators willing to point you in the direction of research and links! Welcome to Translucent Science: Specialist blogs can be fascinating but most of them have a very small reach when compared to mainstream media. When bloggers highlight mistakes or poor coverage of an issue, few people know about it. Translucent [...]
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