The 2011 Climate B.S.* of the Year Awards
Skeptical Science points out the best of the worst. Worth a read as these talking points will trod on zombie like for years.
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Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites
Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites
I was happy to see Huffington Post listed. With luck, someone at HuffPo will take this as an opportunity to review what health and medical advice they publish.
Can Science and Faith Exist Together?
Accepting the Bible as God’s literal truth doesn’t mean that we discount science. It does mean that we interpret scientific evidence from the biblical viewpoint. We evaluate the same evidence as evolutionists, but they interpret it from their viewpoint. Evidence isn’t labeled with dates and facts; we arrive at conclusions about the unobservable past based… Continue reading Can Science and Faith Exist Together?
Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real
Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real
A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly.
So are the other skeptics going to review his work now?
How alternative medicine failed Steve Jobs
During a routine abdominal scan, doctors had discovered a tumor growing in his pancreas. While a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is often tantamount to a swiftly executed death sentence, a biopsy revealed that Jobs had a rare – and treatable – form of the disease. If the tumor were surgically removed, Jobs’ prognosis would be… Continue reading How alternative medicine failed Steve Jobs
Vaccine Cleared Again as Autism Culprit
Vaccine Cleared Again as Autism Culprit
The usual suspects are now claiming that this report confirms that chickenpox vaccine causes meningitis. This is at best a mis-interpretation of this report.
Krugman: Republicans Against Science
Mr. Perry suggests; those scientists are just in it for the money, “manipulating data” to create a fake threat. In his book “Fed Up,” he dismissed climate science as a “contrived phony mess that is falling apart.” I could point out that Mr. Perry is buying into a truly crazy conspiracy theory, which asserts that… Continue reading Krugman: Republicans Against Science
Fox News: ‘Facts Are Certainly’ On The Side O f Global Warming, But ‘It Doesn’t Matter ’
On Fox & Friends Sunday, anchor Clayton Morris admitted that Fox News factcheckers have confirmed that man-made global warming is “certainly” real, but argued that it “doesn’t matter” because climate denial is popular among Fox News-watching conservatives. From ThinkProgress Facts? Since when does the news have something to do with facts?
Brazilian wind power cheaper than natural gas
The Brazilian authorities have this week confirmed that wind power in the country currently costs less than natural gas, after a series of energy auctions saw wind farm operators undercut other forms of energy generation. From Brazilian wind power cheaper than natural gas Good news.
Buddhist Meditation Promotes Rational Thinking
But a new study suggests that people who regularly practice Buddhist meditation actually process these common social situations differently — and the researchers have the brain scans to prove it. Ulrich Kirk and collaborators at Baylor Medical College in Houston had 40 control subjects and 26 longtime meditators participate in a well-known experiment called the… Continue reading Buddhist Meditation Promotes Rational Thinking