by Carl Howard | Apr 28, 2015 | Interesting Stuff, Science and Skepticism, Sex
[CN: Contains links to SFW pages on NSFW/porn sites] Everybody loves a good porn usage story in the mainstream media. The latest one to hit the rounds was this one from Salon/Alternet about the Middle East’s use of porn, but these stories do the rounds quite...
by Carl Howard | Apr 23, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, History, Race
This Saturday, April 25th, Australia will commemorate the ANZAC Centenary. On April 25th 1915, the ANZAC troops landed in Gallipoli, and there will be plenty of information about that in the media and in official channels –– before, during and after. This makes it...
by Carl Howard | Apr 14, 2015 | Atheism and Religion, Evolution and Biology, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Philosophy
This is an oldie (from 2014) but a goodie. A legit science website (Science 2.0) publishes an blog post entitled Scientists discover that atheists might not exist, and that’s not a joke by Nury Vittachi. It’s a great example of what happens when you try to be so...
by Carl Howard | Apr 7, 2015 | Biases and Fallacies, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism
A few weeks ago, there was an item in international media that is a perfect example of what happens when you get a combination of bad science reporting, bad science and moral panics. The story was that apparently research has shown that men who take selfies show more...
by Carl Howard | Mar 24, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Race, Resources, Food and Environment
I’m liveblogging tonight’s ThinkActChange: Ending the Asylum Seeker Debate event. Speakers include: Kon Karapanagiotidis, Founder & CEO – Asylum Seekers Resource Centre Ben Doherty, Journalist – The Guardian Imogen Bailey, Actress & Ambassador, The Hot Potato...
by Carl Howard | Mar 19, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Language, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Race, Sex
Because the internet NEEDS another opinion on trigger warnings/content notes! Act 1 A long time ago in a parallel universe, writing was AuthenticTM. A host of manly men created great literature and disseminated them to the public. Everything was great and everyone got...
