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Monthly Archives: July 2008
African Wildlife
Do you like science, wildlife, and Africa? If so, this site is for you! WildCam Africa is a web cam set up near a watering hole in Botswana. It streams live video to the National Geographic website for your viewing … Continue reading
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Quit Touching My Privacy
Privacy advocacy group ‘Privacy International’ in the UK is all up in arms about Google Street View’s recent endeavor to start mapping out the streets of England. The BBC writes about it here. Privacy debates are always interesting to me, … Continue reading
Evolution Misconceptions
I have a problem with this article from over at dailygalaxy.com. It’s not a problem with the content of the article, which is actually quite interesting, but rather with the headline: Is Aging an Accident of Evolution? Stanford Scientists Say … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thinking, News
Tagged accident, evolution, headline, misconception, purpose, survival
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Radio Free Canada
In the past, we’ve blogged about issues such as ISP bandwidth throttling, and net neutrality. According to the CBC, the Canadian government has formed an organization exclusively to deal with issues between telecommunications companies, and consumers/small businesses. Unfortunately, word of … Continue reading
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Tagged consumers, internet, net neutrality, Telecommunications, throttling
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Northern Ontario
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): Living so close to the city, I rarely have the opportunity to look up and see a night sky as vibrant as the one captured in this photo. The picture reminds me of … Continue reading
A Minor Victory
Hearing Jenny McCarthy’s stance on vaccinations sickened me. This was no longer the innocent pseudo-science of UFO sightings and Free Energy, but rather a movement that has resulted in thousands of deaths world-wide, and outbreaks of previously-eradicated diseases in one … Continue reading
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Tagged hysteria, jenny mccarthy, vaccinations, Wikipedia
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Sasquatch is Berry Berry Sneaky
Surprised stock spot Sasquatch sauntering in Southern Ontario. Yet another Sasquatch sighting, this time in our home province of Ontario. Two women, Helen Pahpasay and her mother, were out driving when they spotted a “hulking figure”. “It was black, about … Continue reading
Skepticism vs. Cynicism
Admittedly, there’s a fine line between skepticism and cynicism — one that’s easy to cross if you don’t watch where you step. Skeptics are accused of making the world a dull place by taking all of the magic and wonder … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thinking, Essays
Tagged Anti-Science, cynicism, Politics, rainbows, skepticism
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Self Deception
Never underestimate the power of self-deception.
My Challenge to God
Recently, I’ve been thinking as to the criteria that would cause me to accept the existence of an intelligent god that interacted with humans. So here’s my challenge to God: start answering prayers. More specifically, start answering the prayers of … Continue reading
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Tagged challenge, god, healing, medicine, mind reading, prayer, sickness
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