Psychic Detective Monitor
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Paranormal, Psychology | No Comments »My "psychic detective monitor" has been going haywire recently, picking up several changes to the psychic detective site in the last few months. And best of all, I found this gem. Yes folks, there's some good news - you too ...
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 ...
C++ Release Advice
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »This is a short post that will mean nothing to almost all readers, but I need to say it as it took me so long to find a solution. This way, there's a solution out there that people will be ...
Mind Games
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 Posted in Education, General | No Comments »Just a short note to tell you that I've finished working on my latest project, called MindGames. It's a fairly simple freely-downloadable game that lets you practice a selection of simple mental agility problems which will stretch your mind to ...
Ben Goldacre on MMR
Sunday, March 15th, 2009 Posted in Bad media, Health | No Comments »More from Dr. Ben Goldacre, of Bad Science fame, about the MMR - Autism controversy. Ben Goldacre on YouTube The part of that particular video that slightly annoys me is the very end. After Ben has finished giving a short and, in ...
Sense About Science
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in Health | No Comments »Just a quick one, but I stumbled across the Sense About Science website, which appears to be an excellent resource. Forward it to everyone you know who needs to read it :)
The Quack Prince
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in Health | No Comments »Good old Prince Charles has done it again - he's offering quack detox products from his all-organic range of foods. And, as anyone who has done any research will readily tell you - detox products are, basically, total quackery. Here's the ...
More cash for science!
Friday, March 6th, 2009 Posted in Education | No Comments »Woo! Finally the government does something right: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7924765.stm Now all they need to do is to start listening to what these scientists tell them, and we'll be fine. I was having a discussion with some colleagues yesterday about the role public funding should ...
Brains may be 300 million years old…
Thursday, March 5th, 2009 Posted in Creationism | No Comments »...and some poeple still haven't worked out how to use them! http://www.livescience.com/animals/090302-oldest-brain-fossil.html Yes, would you belive that a fossilised brain dating back 300 million years has been discovered in a dig in Kansas. Which is, as many of you will know, a ...
A Formula for Happiness
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in Creationism, Psychology | No Comments »I came across this video of a talk by Dan Gilbert at the TED Conference. His talk, called "Exploring the Frontiers of Happiness", examines the way in which human beings estimate their own happiness and, more importantly, what would cause ...
