I’ve been watching with increasing bewilderment and concern over the reaction of two London universities (London School of Economics and University College London) to the “Jesus and Mo” pictures. Coyne of “Why Evolution Is True” has a couple of posts on this today: More censorship at British universities http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/more-censorship-at-british-universities/ Apropos http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/apropos-2/ Pharyngula also has a [...]
There are many things wrong with Prince Charles. As a person, these are: his tendency to espouse nonsense such as homeopathy and other pseudoscience, and to gain financially from such promotion. his tendency for political interference, to meddle. Of the above, his attachment to pseudosciences and other bunk demonstrate deficiencies in his critical thinking skills. [...]
reprinted from Sense About Science Simon Singh is a science writer in London and the co-author, with Edzard Ernst, of Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial. This is an edited version of an article published in The Guardian for which Singh is being personally sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association. Beware the [...]
