Monthly Archives: September 2009
A Tragedy of Homeopathetic Ignorance
As you will know from reading this blog, I am not a great fan of homeopathy even though I understand why so many people buy into this quackery. And it is so easy to poke fun at this medieval nonsense … Continue reading
Filed under In the News, supernatural
Viva España
Bienvenidos a todos mis visitantes españoles. Espero que esté aquí debido a la reciente transmisión televisiva en España, cuando hablé con el inteligente Eduard Punset. Espero que usted compra el libro porque está lleno de historias mucho más interesantes. Adiós … Continue reading
Filed under book publicity, Television
Why Are Rocks Pointy?
Anyone with a young child in the back of the car on a long journey will be familiar with the incessant questions that they can ask. Sometimes it may just be, “Are we there yet?” but for many, a long … Continue reading
Filed under Research
May The Farce Be With You
The Guardian reported that Britain’s largest food chain, Tesco’s had been accused of religious discrimination following an incident where Daniel Jones, founder of the religion Jediism was ejected from a store in Bangor, North Wales for failing to remove his … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, In the News
Why There Is No GOD Gene
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I thought that I would make my point though the comic genius of others. I would add that I don’t agree with everything John Cleese says, as he has made a … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, In the News
Imaginary Friends & the God Spot
Last week, Canon Lucy Winkett presented BBC Radio 4′s “Thought for the Day.” (For those of you non-Brits, this is a daily 5 minute dose of religion or God Spot that is broadcast on the UK’s largest radio show in … Continue reading
Filed under book publicity, In the News, Radio
Should We Use the ‘C’ Word in a Science Class?
This week I was at the British Science Festival where I was interviewed by the BBC about the resignation of Prof Michael Reiss who was effectively forced out of his post as Education Director at the Royal Society. At the … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, In the News, Radio
Miracles Are Real Says Scientist
A leading scientist says that miracles are real. Professor Bruce Hood from the University of Bristol published a report today that proves that the impossible is possible. In his research, Hood found newspapers often print stories that misrepresent ideas. He … Continue reading
Filed under book publicity, In the News
More Cuts at the BBC
The producers of BBC’s primetime programme “The One Show” were good enough to plug my book last night on the broadcast last night. They had only intended to caption me as “University of Bristol” but I complained that I had trailed … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, book publicity, In the News, Television
I never said…..Update
Well, what did I expect? A fair representation in the press and a balanced view from commentators? Come off it. Whenever, religion comes up, people lose all sense of reason and impartiality. This is why I wanted to construct a … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, In the News
