Reposted by Guy Renaud
Biggest lesson I learned from attending a conference on teaching critical thinking in university:
Take a belief away, replace it with cool science.
ESP isn't real? Damn... but echolocation is!
Otherwise, you risk making your students cynical about everything.
(h/t Ray Hall)
Take a belief away, replace it with cool science.
ESP isn't real? Damn... but echolocation is!
Otherwise, you risk making your students cynical about everything.
(h/t Ray Hall)
July 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Biggest lesson I learned from attending a conference on teaching critical thinking in university:
Take a belief away, replace it with cool science.
ESP isn't real? Damn... but echolocation is!
Otherwise, you risk making your students cynical about everything.
(h/t Ray Hall)
Take a belief away, replace it with cool science.
ESP isn't real? Damn... but echolocation is!
Otherwise, you risk making your students cynical about everything.
(h/t Ray Hall)
Reposted by Guy Renaud
"We have the talent. But where is the money?"
I caught up with the heads of 3 really cool skeptical projects that had to fold due to lack of money, trying to understand what went wrong and how to better fund skepticism in the future.
www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/01/the-...
I caught up with the heads of 3 really cool skeptical projects that had to fold due to lack of money, trying to understand what went wrong and how to better fund skepticism in the future.
www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/01/the-...
The graveyard of skeptical projects suggests it’s funding, not talent, that we’re lacking
Skepticism is a public good, but it is often starved of resources – the quiet deaths of so many pro-skepticism endeavours should alarm all of us
www.skeptic.org.uk
January 17, 2024 at 2:37 PM
"We have the talent. But where is the money?"
I caught up with the heads of 3 really cool skeptical projects that had to fold due to lack of money, trying to understand what went wrong and how to better fund skepticism in the future.
www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/01/the-...
I caught up with the heads of 3 really cool skeptical projects that had to fold due to lack of money, trying to understand what went wrong and how to better fund skepticism in the future.
www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/01/the-...
Reposted by Guy Renaud
Reposted by Guy Renaud
How bad air can affect your health, and what the air quality index means!
Plus: OTC birth-control pills and a laywer with loose stool!
It's another episode of The Body of Evidence podcast!
https://bodyofevidence.ca/094-air-quality-otc-birth-control-pill-chris-tries-to-solve-another-case
Plus: OTC birth-control pills and a laywer with loose stool!
It's another episode of The Body of Evidence podcast!
https://bodyofevidence.ca/094-air-quality-otc-birth-control-pill-chris-tries-to-solve-another-case
The Body of Evidence: 094 - Air Quality / OTC Birth Control Pill / Chris Tries to Solve Another Case
What does the body of evidence say on air quality and how to protect ourselves from airborne pollution? Plus: a birth control pill becomes easier to access in the Republic of Gilead, and Chris returns...
bodyofevidence.ca
August 8, 2023 at 6:20 PM
How bad air can affect your health, and what the air quality index means!
Plus: OTC birth-control pills and a laywer with loose stool!
It's another episode of The Body of Evidence podcast!
https://bodyofevidence.ca/094-air-quality-otc-birth-control-pill-chris-tries-to-solve-another-case
Plus: OTC birth-control pills and a laywer with loose stool!
It's another episode of The Body of Evidence podcast!
https://bodyofevidence.ca/094-air-quality-otc-birth-control-pill-chris-tries-to-solve-another-case