October 2010

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Jane Goodall in Calgary makes this a good weekend to read the paper.

October 24, 2010 in Skeptic News by askeptic | 1 comment

My favorite Sunday’s are those where I get to relax with a big latte and the weekend newspapers. I take a great deal of pleasure from this, except of course, when the Calgary Herald writes something concerning science. The Herald’s antagonism to science, combined with  its profound ignorance of the subject, has produced some of the dumbest things I have ever read (the big bang theory of the origin of life, is still my favorite).

Not this weekend though. Jane Goodall is visiting Calgary and  is the Guest Editor for the Sunday October 24 edition of the Calgary Herald. What a difference it makes. Read the rest of this entry »

Jian Ghomeshi sells Deepak Chopra stupidity

October 10, 2010 in New Age by askeptic | No comments

On September 29, CBC’s Jian Ghomeshi conducted yet another interview with the new millenniums greatest flake (fraud?) Deepak Chopra on the radio program “Q”.

The focus was Deepak’s latest book on the prophet Mohamed.  Deepak has no qualifications to write a book on, well, anything. However, that is not much of a problem for Deepak. Asked why and how he chose the prophet as a topic Deepak responds:

I grew up with lots of Muslim friends.

And then,

I lived Mohamed in my consciousness.

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