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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Anti-Hysteria
It’s always refreshing when the journalists actually get science news right. Regarding the Large Hadron Collider: But there has been a struggle to explain to the public that, though this energy is vast from the perspective of a circulating proton, … Continue reading
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Tagged Creationism, evolution, intelligent design, large hadron collider, LHC, Vatican
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UofT Skeptics
If any of our readers who are currently students at the University of Toronto are interested in forming a skeptical society, please let me know in the comments section — or through our forums at http://forums.lintbox.com.
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Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher About Evolution
Found on this website, “Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher About Evolution” is meant to be a handy guide for students skeptical of evolution. According to this article at The New York Times, science teachers in the US are … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thinking
Tagged Creationism, Critical Thinking, criticism, evolution, intelligent design
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The Wikipedia Renaissance
I was recently reading about Gesner’s ‘Historia Animalium’, and his method of classification of the natural world. Essentially, he thought that in order to gain an understanding of the natural world, we need to understand both the physical attributes, as … Continue reading
Creationism in the Classroom
Scientific American has published this handy map of the creationism battle in the United States. Specifically, the map explains what’s currently going on — and where. This is a must see for anybody who is concerned about, but not too … Continue reading
Still Alive
For those of you not following the news too closely, I thought it might be of interest to you that the Large Hadron Collider has not yet destroyed the world! It seems, at least for the time-being, that we are … Continue reading
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Tagged alive, destruction, large hadron collider, LHC, science
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Holy Skepticism, Batman!
It’s not every day that you see a skeptical article from a major news organization. In a series of studies for the Federal Aviation Administration, scientists simulated the effects of altitude, performing blood alcohol tests on groups of subjects who … Continue reading
