Alison Campbell • Aug 01, 2018 •
Except, perhaps, if it’s used to develop critical thinking skills. But I don’t think that’s what happened on the occasion reported under the headline Creationism taught in science class at Villa Education Trust school: [A student who’d studied at] Mt Hobson Middle School said Darwinism was taught as an unproven theory and students were shown a video purporting to … Read More
Ken Perrott • Jan 25, 2015 •
This is a more recent version of Richard Dawkins reading some of his “fan mail.” Don’t remember much of the first batch he read – but get the impression the language skills of fundamentalists has become even poorer in the intervening period. Warning – explicit language. via Love Letters to Richard Dawkins – YouTube. Similar articles … Read More
Ken Perrott • Nov 27, 2014 •
Imagine you are 10 years old and your crazy aunt is taking you out for a treat. A crazy aunt can be fun. Problem is this aunt is also a creationist and she is taking you to the local natural history museum. Well it never happened to me (not that I didn’t have a crazy aunt) but I … … Continue reading … Read More
Ken Perrott • May 14, 2014 •
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): Climate Change Debate. This is the way to handle these debates – love to see it with creationism, vaccinations and fluoridation as well. Thanks to Paryngula. Read More
Michael Edmonds • Feb 06, 2014 •
On the 4th of February a debate took place at the Creation “museum” in Petersburg, Kentucky pitting popular science writer and TV presenter Bill Nye against Ken Ham, the creationist currently attempting to raise funds for a creationist theme park, complete with ark, in Kentucky. This debate was controversial long before it took place, with many pro-science bloggers suggesting … Read More
John Pickering • Sep 24, 2013 •
My fellow science blogger Alison Campbell recently wrote a blog post entitled “teach creationism, undermine science” in which she highlighted some of the concerns shared by many scientists. As a Christian and as a scientist I believe the issue is far worse than the undermining of science. Because so many teaching creationism are so well … Continue reading → … Read More
Ken Perrott • Mar 27, 2013 •
Alex Hern, writing in the New Statesman, has ticked off the Church of England (CofE) for their blatant misrepresentation of the statistics resulting from a survey they sponsored (see Church of England commits sins against statistics). He subtitled his piece: … Continue reading → … Read More
Ken Perrott • Mar 20, 2013 •
Richard Dawkins’ latest book is due out next September. The title – Childhood, Boyhood, Truth: From an African Youth to The Selfish Gene It’s yet a new genre for Dawkins – autobiography. Mind you he has reached the age where … Continue reading → … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Mar 17, 2013 •
A weekend peek at an... ‘unconventional’ research paper. Investigate Daily, a part of local conspiracy theory magazine Investigate edited by creationist Ian Wishart, earlier in the week released Scientists dumbstruck: signs of intelligent design in DNA code. Investigate Daily concludes, “the study is groundbreaking in its implications.” Sounds pretty definitive, right? … Read More
Brendan Moyle • Mar 15, 2013 •
I had fun with some of these a few years ago, so I thought I’d make a return to them. The internet is a great source for finding wild claims about evolution that range from the deeply confused to the brazenly dishonest. Twitter is an especially useful source. Here’s a wonderful example from twitter. @DebunkEvolution: #Evolution has never been observed. Read More