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Month: April 2012

Jorge Cham captures the essense of science explaining the Higgs Boson

April 29, 2012 by Tom Leave a Comment

For anyone who ever asks “What’s the appeal of science?” or “Why bother with science?” I would encourage them to watch this video by Jorge Cham from PhD Comics. In it he illustrates his interview with Daniel Whiteson from CERN. He explains one of the goals of the Large Hadron Collider, which is to look … [Read more…]

Posted in: interviews

Nastiness on Reddit: a result of unlimited free speech?

April 25, 2012 by Tom 7 Comments

You may have noticed that Reddit, in particular the “subreddit” r/atheism, has been getting a lot of attention in the skeptical community. That’s not that surprising given that Reddit is one of the most popular sites on the Internet, regularly dealing with around 67 million hits per day with an Alexa rank of 124. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: atheism, bullshit, internet, skepticism

Skeptic Canary: Liverpool Mayoral Interview with Liverpool University Atheists

April 19, 2012 by Tom 1 Comment

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