Sunday, January 25, 2009

Speaking ill of the dead

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On 26th December last year, a 52-year old American woman called Christine Maggiore died. The world is a better place without her. Isn’t tha...
Monday, January 12, 2009

New Year Sense?

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I wonder if it’s too much to hope that 2009 will be a year characterised by rationalism? Is it too much to ask that we start the year commi...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Christopher Hitchens on Sarah Palin

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An excellent, scathing piece by Hitchens on Sarah Palin and her appalling scientific (and ethical) philistinism.
Friday, October 24, 2008

My Body Talks

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It seems that I’ve irritated the BodyTalk community. Last week two supporters of this rubbish wrote to criticise my description of BodyTalk...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

It’s in the stars?

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I've been naughty again. In fact I told a lie. I deliberately told someone something that I knew to be untrue. I've been lying to ...
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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Center for Inquiry

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Monday, September 08, 2008

Talk to your body? - Botswana Guardian

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There’s been yet another outbreak of pseudoscience in Botswana .  Sorry, I should correct that.  This example isn’t even worthy of the term...
Friday, August 15, 2008

The demons of televangelism - Botswana Guardian

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There’s an advertisement going around for a forthcoming “Leadership Life Development Convention”. This is being run by Bible Life Ministrie...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Good news from South Africa

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Excellent news from South Africa (for a change). See http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN351191.html and http://www.tac.org.za/communit...
Friday, June 13, 2008

Curse update...

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In the article below I challenged the amazing Lord Jaffa to curse me: Give it your best, see if you can have some noticeable effect on me. ...
Friday, June 06, 2008

Curse me if you dare - Botswana Guardian

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Readers of local newspapers will perhaps have come across a strange advertisement from the so-called Lord Jaffa. His ad offers a range of ...
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Friday, May 30, 2008

Simple or true? - Botswana Guardian

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There’s a big difference between an idea that is simple and one that can be expressed simply. Although scientists often describe a theory ...
Monday, April 14, 2008

Can’t he do better than that? - Botswana Guardian

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In a letter to the Guardian on 11th April we saw the return of Bugalo Chilume. As Voltaire said about God, if Chilume didn't exist he...
Thursday, February 28, 2008

Homeopathy - Letter to Mmegi

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I was appalled to see the article entitled "People living with HIV turn to homeopathy" in Mmegi on Thursday 28th February. Appal...

Scence is blind - Botswana Guardian

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Saying something out loud doesn't make it true. Writing something in a newspaper doesn't make it true. Even just believing somet...
Friday, February 01, 2008

A cure for everything? - Botswana Guardian

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It really is getting worse. In the past I’ve been irritated by the nonsense from various organisations trying to sell their useless rubbis...
Friday, December 21, 2007

Shouting fire? - Botswana Guardian

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Do we have a right to unrestricted free speech? Well, most of us would instinctively say that yes, of course we do, we live in a democracy...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Barry Eustice – a personal tribute

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Barry Eustice died last week and Botswana is a slightly poorer country because of it. Barry was well-known throughout Botswana for his...
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Friday, September 07, 2007

A change of career? - Botswana Guardian

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I think I’m going to train to be a lawyer. I know 43 might be a little old for a career change but I’ve spent some time recently reading o...
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Friday, August 03, 2007

Alternative medicine can cause alternative illness - Botswana Guardian

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It goes on and on. The parade of rubbish, nonsense and drivel masquerading as “alternative medicine”. In the Advertiser last week two ad...