13 February 2013 by Michael Kruse
This is cross-posted from the Huffington Post Canada In his new play The De Chardin Project, playwright Adam Seybold has the Jesuit priest and paleontologist Father Teilard De Chardin describe his witnessing of a terrible natural event whereby he arose from his cabin aboard a steamer on route to China to find a fire raging [...]
Posted in Canada, Culture, Evolution, Skepticism1 Comment
27 November 2012 by Gem Newman
According to a 2007 Angus-Reid poll, 59% of Canadians accept evolution and common descent, while 22% are convinced that God created human beings within the last 10,000 years (with acceptance of evolution being correlated with youth and with higher levels of education, and belief in special creation being more prevalent on the prairies). While it [...]
Posted in Culture, Evolution, Pseudoscience2 Comments
13 July 2011 by Erik Davis
Much Sturm und Drang last week over the revelation that Valley Park Middle School is allowing an imam to hold Friday prayer services in the school cafeteria. It’s one of those interesting stories that makes for strange bedfellows, with the Centre for Inquiry and Canadian Secular Alliance standing alongside the Canadian Hindu Advocacy, the Muslim [...]
Posted in Canada, Cognition, Critical Thinking, Evolution, Media, Ontario, Skepticism28 Comments
01 November 2010 by Ethan Clow
Recently a Creationist, one Dr. Jonathan Sarfati, (his PhD is in chemistry) has been touring in British Columbia speaking on the subject of evolution. The title of his talk is “Evolution: The Greatest Hoax on Earth” which is his way of suggesting that he can refute the claims made by Richard Dawkins in his latest [...]
Posted in British Columbia, Canada, Evolution, Science, Skepticism4 Comments
15 October 2010 by Steve Thoms
I’ve always had a deep appreciation for the way in which music is somehow different. This is not something I’m claiming to be a unique trait that only I have, because I think we all, in our own ways, set our love of music apart from everything else in our lives. We don’t always try [...]
Posted in Cognition, Critical Thinking, Culture, Evolution, Reviews, Science5 Comments
11 August 2010 by Jeff Orchard
There is a cultural debate going on, intelligent design versus the theory of evolution. But some are adamant that it’s a scientific debate. Is it? Let’s look at the details. What is evolution? The theory of evolution was initially proposed in 1859 by Sir Charles Darwin in his book “On the Origin of Species”. The [...]
Posted in Evolution, Skepticism15 Comments
09 August 2010 by Mitchell Gerskup
This is potentially the most brain-meltingly stupid thing that you will ever see. Seemingly not content with the burgeoning topics of global warming denialism and evolution denialism, the good folks over at Conservapedia have put together an article about why relativity is wrong. This article features some real gems, like: 9. The action-at-a-distance by Jesus, [...]
Posted in Evolution, Science, Skepticism14 Comments
19 January 2010 by Jonathan Abrams
Warning: This review may contain what some may consider ‘spoilers’. Although, few of the details in the review would be surprising to anyone even remotely familiar with the life of Charles Darwin. But rest assured that the movie is worth your time and money, so go see it and come back if you’re worried about [...]
12 October 2009 by Jonathan Abrams
Introduction Everyone reading this is probably already aware that humans are pattern seeking animals. This ability of ours has helped us throughout our history. Patterns underly nearly every scientific discovery (the best example, IMHO, is the periodic table). Since I’m a human (or so I’m told), I’m no different. I too enjoy finding patterns in [...]
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06 October 2009 by Nathan Hinman
Most of the skeptical blogosphere is already aware of former child actor Kirk Cameron’s new role as an evangelical Christian spokesperson. His partnership with Ray Comfort to promote creationism with bananas has become a legendary comical internet meme. As is the case with many of those invested in pseudoscience and myth the counter arguments are [...]
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Crack Your Back instead of a Vial of Vaccine?
Toronto Media, false balance, and the lack of evidence for claims about MIA vet John Hartley Robertson
How Western journalists in Vietnam and POW NGOs were not fooled by tales of MIA Vet back from the dead
Did a Canadian filmmaker find a left behind Vietnam vet or did credulous Toronto media give new life to an old scam?
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