Skeptical Heresies #4
Saturday, March 19th, 2011 Posted in Creationism, Education, General, Psychology, Religion | No Comments »I've almost finished the sixth of my presentations - this one is on abiogenesis. But for now, here's another skeptical heresy: 4. Some skeptics do not have education as their goal Yes, you know who I'm talking about. And that's my point. The ...
The Fifth Presentation is Now Live
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 Posted in Creationism, Education, General Science | No Comments »I'm just writing to let you know that the fifth presentation in my video lecture series is now live. This one is on the important topic of radiometric dating. It is divided into three parts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Apologies again - my ...
Skeptical Heresies #2
Saturday, February 26th, 2011 Posted in Education, General Science | No Comments »I'm doing a series on things that we, as Skeptics, should really be discussing much more than we do - and that are often avoided because they are unpleasant to face. Here's number 2: 2. Human beings are inherently unskeptical (Rational ...
Third Presentation is Live!
Monday, February 21st, 2011 Posted in Astronomy, Creationism, Education | No Comments »Hi, The third of my presentations on Science and Creationism is now live on YouTube. This one is on the topic of Astronomy, and it's in three parts. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Enjoy!
Second Presentation is now live!
Friday, February 4th, 2011 Posted in Astronomy, Creationism, Education | No Comments »Hi all, I've now posted the second of my presentations on Science & Creationism live on YouTube. This one's on cosmology. As ever, I'm following the lecture slides from Kent Hovind's presentations, so it's a slightly bizarre selection os topics, ...
Video Presentations
Sunday, January 30th, 2011 Posted in Creationism, Education, General Science | No Comments »Hi all. I've been working on doing video versions of my presentations on the topic of science and creationism. You can see the originals if you check out the "presentations" tab above. I'm going back over these presentations, and recording audio presentations ...
Overheard on the train
Friday, July 3rd, 2009 Posted in Education | No Comments »A group of 16 year old girls in the seats across from mine: "Can a cat get a rabbit pregnant?" "Nah" "Why not?" "I dunno" "Are you sure?" "Yeah. Something to do with enzymes." Our education system is crap. For proof, see above.
The Government doesn’t get it
Friday, June 26th, 2009 Posted in Education | No Comments »The government has finally decided to respond to the Royal Society of Chemistry's petition for improvements in school science standards. And guess how it does it? Well, by totally avoiding the point of the petition Listen, government, you really don't get ...
The Scandalous Decline of Rational Thought
Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in Education, General Science, Paranormal | 3 Comments »In the most literal sense possible, I urge you to read it and weep. The bit that angers me isn't the whole 'heaven' thing. I can sort-of understand why people would want to believe in an afterlife that is better than ...
Texas Narrowly Upholds Reason
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Creationism, Education, Politics | No Comments »I suppose I should be happy that the Texas lawmakers have upheld the bill which removed a loophole through which creationists slipped their nonsense into textbooks across the state. The new wording is that students should be taught to "analyze and evaluate ...
