Thunderbolts and Lightning (very very frightening)
13 March 2023
This is about my unexpected adventure in skepticism a very long time ago in a galaxy not so far away.
Articles tagged with "universe"
Astro Katie talks the end of everything
1 August 2018
I've been following Astro Katie on twitter for a while, as I enjoy it when she replies to people who seem to display a lack of understanding of astrophysics, which allows me to enjoy how amazing she is at describing astrophysics.
The Mandela Effect
13 March 2016
The Mandela Effect is where people have false memories of past events, and decide that there's been a jump to an alternative universe where history is different.
Forum
1 August 2010
Bernard Beckett (Skeptic 95 , p8) says the ability of Creationism to make the same predictions as evolutionary psychology shows that the latter is not a scientific process. But the same is equally true of evolutionary biology. ("God made cats resemble tigers, and apples resemble pears, because He felt like it.") The fault is with Creationism, not evolution. An omnipotent Creator can be used to explain/predict absolutely anything, not only the universe as it is, but any other universe, possible or im-. You might say that Creationism, like Nostradamus and astrology, is very good for predicting the past. That is their fundamental failing.
Opening Pandora's Box
1 February 2006
Demands for equal time cut both ways.
Skeptics join celebration of Earth's birthday
1 February 2006
The last of Hamilton's highly successful Café Scientifique series for 2005 examined the issue of dating the Earth and the universe. The date was chosen to be as close as possible to Bishop Ussher's preferred date of October 22 when, he calculated, the creation of the universe began in the year 4004 BC.
Hawking and other forms of hunting
1 August 1990
A recent best-seller illustrates the history of the triumph of intellectual theory over ignorant pragmatism or reactionary ideology.