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Detox

I have noticed the above sign outside a beautician’s shop in my local shopping centre recently. Every time I have walked past the amazing claims it lists have made me raise an eyebrow. So after a few weeks of eyebrow raising I decided that I should investigate.

The text reads:

If you are living, eating, breathing…YOU need [...]

Evidence based education

Have you ever had an idea that seems totally original and derived entirely from your own thinking, but actually turns out to have be quite well established when you look for information about it? This happened to me with evidence based education.

For some time now I have applied critical thought and skepticism to all facets [...]

All I said was “That meal was good enough for Jehova”

Indeed!

When I got home from work today waiting for me in the letter box was an envelope marked “To the householder”. I opened it and a piece of paper with the following upon it (complete with errors of grammar and punctuation) was enclosed.

Dear neighbour,

My Wife and I live in the neighbourhood. We have not [...]

Science Fiction

The concept of parallel universes is much loved by science fiction writers. Among other theories of the universe that astrophysicists have developed is one where other universes exist beside ours in dimensions that we cannot see of detect. When combined with choice or chance writers use this device to create worlds similar to our own where one [...]

It’s not everyday…

It is not everyday that you wake up and Dr. Richard Dawkins, biologist and atheist, author of books including The Blind Watchmaker and The God Delusion is following you on twitter.

It as an amazing example of the power of the internet and particularly services like twitter. That people with such different backgrounds, geographical locations and [...]