How Creationism Won in NZ

It’s bollocks, but it’s won the war against science with the official imprimatur of the New Zealand government.

When Two Truths Go to War, Pt 1

Science & Religion as Incommensurable Worlds. “The intention of the Holy Spirit is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how heaven goes” - Galileo Galilei On receiving his Mendel Medal, Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty remarked that he “had no quarrel with” its citation for demonstrating that “between true science and true …

Welcome to the Nellie: Science and Superstition in the Modern Age

Whenever I think of the state of Western civilisation, here at the dawn of the 21st Century, I always see in my mind the fireman of the Nellie. The Nellie is the name of the river boat that carries Joseph Conrad’s narrator down the Congo and into the “Heart of Darkness”. In the hot, dirty …

Some Inconvenient Truths for the Climate Kids

In a way, you almost have to admire Al Gore’s chutzpah in titling his mockumentary which did so much to snowball the global warming panic, An inconvenient truth. Because there’s bugger-all truth in it. In fact, a British judge ruled that the film couldn’t be shown to schoolchildren without a disclaimer acknowledging its factual errors. …

The Deadly Cost of Bad Science

If you’ve ever been taught about the scientific method, you’ve almost been certainly told that it goes like this: Observation-hypothesis-experiment-theory. The only problem is: that is idealistic bullshit. Scientists hardly ever proceed from dispassionate observations to formulating and testing hypotheses, and, finally, constructing a testable theory. Invariably, hypotheses precede everything else. Just as often, observations …

The Myth of Indigenous Science

In the early 20th century, there was great scientific enthusiasm for “rays”. Following the discovery of ultraviolet, x-rays and radioactivity, everyone wanted to discover a “ray” and stick a letter in front of it. When the distinguished French scientist Prosper-René Blondlot announced his discovery of “N-rays” in 1903, it became a matter of intense national …

Why the left is promoting pedophilia (again)

The left have been vocal in (rightly) condemning clerical abuse, but they have remained shamefully silent about disturbing revelations of pedophilia in their own ranks. Worse, too many on the rainbow left seem determined to normalise pedophilia as "just another sexual orientation". No matter which side of politics you’re on, kiddy-fiddlers should never be welcome.

Originally published at Incite.
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Yes, Science is a Belief System – and That’s OK

John Cleese claims that science is a method of investigation, and NOT a belief system. The first part is only half true, and the second entirely false. But the fact that this terrible argument has been so popular shows the creeping scourge of scientism Do read on ...