And as it’s Darwin Day, we should take every opportunity to shine scientific light on unscientific nonsense. As a good example, here’s Ben Goldacre deconstructing “Dr” Gillian McKeith.
Month: February 2007
Happy Darwin Day
Happy Darwin Day! And if you’re enjoying this Darwin Day, then you should sign this petition campaigning to make Darwin Day a public holiday in the UK.
Never a Truer Word Spoken
From the BBC “Have You Say” discussion about the death of Anna Nicole Smith she may have had her knockers, but it still is a human life lost I can’t make up my mind whether or not the writer was serious.
Play Nicely
Oh look, the jews and the muslims are pummelling the crap out of each other in Jerusalem again. Not sure why the christians aren’t involved. Maybe they overslept today or something. If they can’t share their toys nicely someone should lock the toys away so that no-one can play with them.
CNN on Atheism
A few days ago, CNN ran a segment on Paula Zahn Now where they discussed atheism. Unfortunately they forgot to include any atheists (or anyone who knew anything about atheism) on the panel. You can read the transcript online or watch the whole thing courtesy of YouTube. This strange omission was noted on a couple… Continue reading CNN on Atheism
“The Chatroom Language that Spells Danger for Your Child”
The Daily Mail fearlessly exposes the secret language that paedophiles are using to tempt your children into unspeakable acts. Or, perhaps it was a slow news day and a lazy journalist just decided it was time for another “dangers of the internet” story. Oh, I know there are real dangers out there, and children do… Continue reading “The Chatroom Language that Spells Danger for Your Child”
Worthless Religions
Why do so many people get so irrational when discussing religion? I realise, of course, that religion itself is completely irrational, but there’s no excuse for not discussing it rationally. There’s a story on the BBC News site today about an Islamic school in West London. People are complaining because it uses textbooks that are… Continue reading Worthless Religions
A Experiment
I’ve just upgraded this blog to use version 3.34 of Movable Type. The main reason for doing this is that this version has added support for FastCGI. Hopefully this will mean that each request is handled far more quickly and the comment spammers won’t be subjecting this server to an effective denial of service attack… Continue reading A Experiment
QotD: Never Seen It
What’s the most famous movie you’ve never seen?Submitted by Mike. Citizen Kane. Yes, of course I’m embarrassed. I’m working on a list of films that I have seen here.
The Naze
Red Crag, The Naze This weekend I was at my parents’ and on Saturday afternoon we took advantage of global warming and went for a walk along The Naze. The Naze is a coastal headland just north of Walton in Essex. It was the area that first got me interested in geology when I was… Continue reading The Naze