Ok, I’m coming to this one a little late. It’s something Bair got me on to a while ago but I’m only just following up now. It started with a link to PZ Myers blog Pharyngula and it all snowballed (or should that be Wombled?) from there.
Everyone thats seen a creationist in action knows how slimey and duplicitous they can be, some are inept and don’t do it with finesse (think Nephy here) and others are dangerously slick and smooth (but it’s clear to those watching). This story starts with the Geological Society of Americas conference, one of the things us Geologists like to do at such gatherings is to go and find some hapless field locations to molest (and some pub action too). It turns out that one of the trips that was organised was put together by some well known American creationists…..
I commited no such fallacy. As my last email showed, the list of scientific disciplines I posted that support evolution was justified and I explained why. Using evidence is not a fallacy. It would have been a fallacy if I made such a list without being able to back up my statements.
For a couple of days I’ve been discussing Evolution and Creationism with Paul Taylor. Who used to work for the well known creationist site Answers In Genesis.
The exchange I have had so far has the usual arguments from creationists, dismissive of my arguments and often calling them logical fallacies.
Update: Creationwiki has unlisted abbynormal0ne as an atheist. In addition they also corrected some other errors in the listing that others have pointed out. Thanks for everyone who helped bring this to their attention and a thank you for Creationwiki for following up on it.
For a start I’d like to say that this entry will be a short one, I’ve got some things to do today but I’m also at a point where I can start pulling my head out of constant studying around work and get on with some blogging!
So there I was eating my lunch and perusing my facebook wall seeing what was happening in that sphere when I saw this lovely little article. In a nut shell it seems that legislation that was introduced to protect pregnant women from other people trying to harm their babies is now being use to arrest them for murdering their babies! Thats right boys and girls, if the mothers to be have consumed something that could be taken as causing them to miscarry or their child to be still born or to even die a short while after birth (note: this short while could even be days) then they get arrested for murder.
Continue reading When Miscarriages and Still Births are Murders….
I am a youtube user known as Answers in books. I have posted this written post on science of reason because it would seem any attempt to criticize or even mention the company waterworks4u elsewhere is targeted by parties keen on censoring me. I am
eager for my voice to be heard for anyone looking to get a water ionizer be it from waterworks4u, Kangen water, Water for Life,Tyent, Alkalux, IonQuench, Chanson, Watershed, Jupiter, Alkazone, Enagic, Alkalife or any of the other companies selling these machines needs to understand the world they are venturing into. I thank SkepticTV for this opportunity and hasten to point out that science of reason have nothing to do with my written content presented here. Should any of the named parties have issue with this article then they should be clear that I am the lone person responsible for it.
Continue reading Waterworks4u and Peter Goodgold An example of snake oil
If I wasn’t very sceptical and allergic to bad science I probably wouldn’t be the tech guy for SkepticTV. And yesterday a story about the discovery of extraterrestrial life hit the news that raised a lot of red flags.
So……who here lurks around on youtube much? How many of you have seen the shennanigans going on at AnswersinBooks youtube channel, some time back he posted a video debunking the claims by an american peddler or water woowoo-ist with a lovely machine. Said machine is touted as a cure all for any ailments, it works by electrolysing tap water into a nice tastey alkaline drink…..hmmm…..taaaasssty. Thing is, it’s not really all that good for you to go chugging alkaline fluids, especially as its essentially stuff thats mild versions of draino and bleach…..which completely bollockses up your body chemistry, aside from the being poisinous. By the way, it’ll feck up your digestive process by neutralising your stomache acid.
Continue reading The Curious Case of the “Water Filter” and the YouTube Video….
Yesterday was the first show of SkepticTV with as hosts AngryWomble, csbair, lefayad1991, SoundOfScilence and Yoshemo. They introduced themselves and gave a short introduction about what the SkepticTV show will entail. They then continued with the subject of the show “What The Movies Get Wrong”.
With a few side excursions we covered a wide range of movies, among them were the Jurassic Park movies, Star Trek, The Day After Tomorrow, The Core, Independence Day and Star Wars.
As with all things there is a humble story to be told. The origins are unremarkable in themselves, but the events they sparked had repercussions that shook a small corner of the internet. And soon those events where known by many more people.
So what was this unassuming event that started things off? Well a student, of what some may call a real science, and others may refer to as not being a proper science, was hosting a BlogTV show. And as he was often want to do he was looking for interesting people to co-host with via skype.
Continue reading Some Time Back in the Latter part of 2010…
