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Is Virginia State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli a complete scum ball?

Kulvinder Matharu — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:27:46 +0000

You can decide what kind of person Virginia State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is by having a read of Bad Astronomy article The global warming witch hunt continues at:

The global warming witch hunt continues
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/10/07/the-global-warming-witch-hunt-continues/

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010

When teachers and colleges go bad

Kulvinder Matharu — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:13:24 +0000

Bad Astronomy blog article – When a biologist teaches creationism

Or where they always bad? Anyway, sad and bad. Science-based classes need to teach science. And religions taught in classes on religion. Or is that too simple?

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010

The deceptions of Dr Andrew Wakefield

Kulvinder Matharu — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:30:02 +0000

The deceptions, immorality and, I would add, criminal acts of discredited doctor Andrew Wakefield laid bare at http://tallguywrites.livejournal.com/148012.html “The Facts In The Case Of Dr. Andrew Wakefield”.The media doesn’t come out looking good either. Neither does Jim Carrey. Or Jenny McCarthy.

Remember, there are a lot of misguided, ignorant and evil people around. A lot of people got hurt. So be careful out there.

Thanks to Bad Astronomy.

Other background information at:

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010

Morristown UFO Experiment

Kulvinder Matharu — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:41:07 +0000

Interesting experiment. Just some flares attached to helium balloons but the eyewitness accounts and media attention were very interesting.

http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/09-04-01.html#feature

…and of course some discussions over at Bad Astronomy:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/02/how-easy-is-it-to-fool-ufo-believers-easy-if-you-have-a-flare-for-it/

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009

Bad Astronomy!

Kulvinder Matharu — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:28:00 +0000

Phil Plait of the legendary Bad Astronomy website has a nefarious plan!

He has some great blog articles and other resources that educate on all things astronomy, pareidolia and the fight against misinformation and nonsense. Check it out.

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009

Randi’s magic

Kulvinder Matharu — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:55:45 +0000

Even I didn’t need Randi’s help to see straight away all the flaws in the dowser’s “demonstration”. It made me laugh though!

Are dowsers easy targets? You betcha! But there are too many people who think that dowsers are the real thing. Again, it’s the deluded leading the delusional.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMtuWymUzz4

Thanks to Bad Astronomy for the heads up.

The trouble with most folks isn’t so much their ignorance, as knowing so many things that ain’t so. – Josh Billings

Here Be Dragons

Here Be Dragons

Kulvinder Matharu — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:40:45 +0000

This was recommended at the Bad Astronomy blog last week but I’ve only just around to putting this here on my blog. Not terra incognita but “Here Be Dragons”…an introduction to critical thinking. The video at that website provides the basic tools to allow a critical mindset to develop…a useful weapon to get past all the chaff that this world throws at us.

The other things I liked in the video were the recommendations on reading material; it mentioned one of my favourite books…“The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark” by Carl Sagan.

Get the video, get the book. Highly Recommended!

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