As a distraction (or should that be ‘procrastination’?) from what’s currently filling up my diary (ie processing student enrolments), I’ve decided to look at another of those ‘science’ statements from the school documents I linked to in my last post. "What about the archeopteryx?" they ask. Well, what about it? This, from their webpage: The […]
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picking & choosing what to believe in…
In my last post on a ‘creationist biology curriculum’ I asked the question: what, exactly, do they teach? Over on the Sciblogs site (where this blog is syndicated), a commenter answered by pointing me at another school’s curriculum. As I read through it, I could feel the area beneath my collar getting distinctly heated. This […]
Continue readingyou could probably sell anything with the right sales pitch
My post about zeolite & the supposedly ‘chemical-free’ nature of various dietary supplements containing the stuff led to some interesting comments, & generated a few ‘I wonder if…’ moments. After all, as Krebiozen said (in the comments thread to that post): With the right sales pitch you could probably persuade some people that eating feline […]
Continue readingdeconstructing zeolite
Years ago, when my old dog Bella was still alive, I was the happy recipient of several doggy haiku verses. One of them read: The cat is not all bad./She fills the litter box/with tootsie rolls. I was reminded of this when reading the comments thread on a recent post by Orac. Some commenters were […]
Continue readingthe moon is a poor prognosticator…
… and I don’t know why the media continue to give attention to claims about its influence on earthquakes & weather. Or at least, why they do so without applying a modicum of critical thinking.
Continue readingbirds exist, so evolution is an incoherent theory…
On the way to her exam this morning, the Daughter brought me a poster that she’d plucked from the noticeboard down the corridor [1}. We read it together, & much hilarity ensued.
Continue readinghow homeopathy might (not) work in A&E
From time to time I am happily diverted into watching funny videos. Many of them use that humour to communicate a serious message. Yesterday (egged on by friends Annette & David) I discovered the goodness that is Mitchell & Webb, and their take on homeopathy. More specifically, their take on how much good it might […]
Continue readingtwisting the truth on vaccination
This ‘bad science’ letter popped up in the Waikato Times a couple of days ago. It was actually entitled "Democratic right"… [A previous writer] condoned governmental blackmail in his letter in which he accused me of irresponsibility for defending the democratic right to choose whether to immunize or not. Does [he] know the MMR vaccine that […]
Continue readinganother weird science letter
This one seems to be firmly in the ‘nature good, man-made bad’ camp. Doctors, drug companies and journalists alike refuse to acknowledge that what they manufacture, prescribe and pontiificate about is harmful to each and every human being. If children become poisoned, as reported [the writer is referring to a recent case where a child […]
Continue readingpink – not for boys?
Over on Sciblogs, Michael Edmonds has written about a report from the US, wherein a mother is castigated for putting (wait for it!) pink nailpolish on her son’s toenails. Apparently the response in some quarters has been one of Shock, horror! The poor child will be scarred for life.
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