It seems almost every freaking week now I am reading about another asinine, foolish, backward, half-witted, idiotic and imbecilic couple who allow their child to die by praying for the child’s illness instead of seeking proper medical attention. Monday the trial of Carl and Raylene Worthington began after their 15-month-old daughter Ava, died of pneumonia, […]
Posts Tagged ‘Pseudoscience’
Well, with the film adaptation of Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons in cinemas at the moment, I thought it might be good to have a post(s) discussing some of the issues discussed in the film. I’m not really an expert on the Illuminati, or mythology, or the history of the Catholic church. But I know […]
[The following is x-posted from my blog, Homologous Legs]
Spurred by recent activity on a post on the Young Australian Skeptics site about the ingredients in homeopathy, I decided I would search my house for any homeopathic products my parents were sneakily keeping hidden from me. Not long after searching, I found this:
It’s a cream manufactured by a […]
Even though, as we all know, homeopathy lacks any scientific basis and is a complete load of charlatan crap, I’ve always been fascinated by the materia medica of homeopathy; the diverse range of agents that are used as the (supposed) starting materials in homeopathic preparations.
According to the doctrine of how homeopathy supposedly works, it should […]
Not all skeptics are full blown materialists, but few would fail to recognise a consistent idea that can be identified behind some, if not most, supernatural belief. That idea is dualism (Cartesian dualism to be precise) – the concept that the brain and the mind are two distinct and separate things, the former material, and the latter […]
Those of you who know me you know I’m partial to the odd drink or twelve, prone to being out until the wee hours, liable to be discovered wandering the streets in the early morning with a traffic cone on my head singing “Ode to Sea Horses” – a piece written and composed by myself, all about […]
A rant by Skelliot of Skelliot’s Blog
All around the world there are hundreds of different religions. Some differ greatly, some very little. Most require the closing of one’s mind to the world’s facts and even outright denial, as others promote a higher learning of our body and mind, but even in these rare ideologies there […]
Although it is time for seasonal cheer, beer, what have you — the end of our school year for us in the southern hemisphere includes a fresh batch of abandoned lucky charms to clean out of my classroom.
It’s a part of what I study. It seems to be a common tradition worldwide (as famously demonstrated by Mr […]
Is it a big deal that every reputable major newspaper still publishes horoscopes? Am I already, at 26, a stuffy, joyless, bearded atheist skeptic bent on destroying everything fun because it’s not rational? Isn’t Astrology just a bit of harmless distraction for the people? The wretched, miserable people who just need a little excitement in […]
You’re six years old and sitting in a bubble bath. The water is warm and cosy. You sit and listen to the crackle of forever popping miniature bubbles and ponder what it is mother will be cooking for dinner. Across the heaving mass of water you spot your good friend Carl the rubber duck. You grasp […]
