Science & Society

Gibbs, Voynich, Wikiwars and the Times Illiteracy Supplement

Gibbs, Voynich, Wikiwars and the Times Illiteracy Supplement Declaration of interest: I have been an independent researcher of the Voynich Manuscript since it was made available on the web by the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.  This article ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Sep 10 2017 - 9:30pm

The Voynich Wikiwars- Episode 2

The Voynich Wikiwars- Episode 2 This is a follow-on to my previous article about an opinion piece in the Times Literary Supplement which news media at first accepted uncritically as fact. ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Sep 12 2017 - 11:36pm

The World Is NOT Going To End On 23rd September- Or October- David Meade & Nibiru- FAKE PROPHET ALERT

For the last several weeks I’ve been getting messages from scared people nearly every day. They are worried that the world is going to end on 23rd September. We have had numerous such dates, about a dozen a year at present. The chap who has been promoting ...

Article - Robert Walker - Sep 14 2017 - 6:46am

Nibiru As Daft As Extra Continent In Pacific- Not Particularly Christian- Bullshitter- 23rd September Numerology Nonsense

I thought I should do another debunking article, as there are lots of people who are getting really scared by this BS. The Daily Express particularly is promoting David Meade's book heavily with more than two articles a day on this totally non notabl ...

Article - Robert Walker - Sep 17 2017 - 10:38pm

Both Liberals, Conservatives Engage In Motivated Reasoning To Interpret Science

In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, many claims have been made that science denial, particularly as it relates to climate change, is primarily a problem of the political right. But what happens when scientific conclusions challenge liberals’ attitu ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 25 2017 - 4:56pm

World Won't End Tomorrow 23rd September- Don't Kill Yourself Over This BS- Advice To Help Those Anxious, Scared And Suicidal

I'm getting numerous pm's from very scared and sometimes suicidal people who think the world will end tomorrow. To those who are scared and suicidal- what do you do if you are scared like this? I've written this article to help you. If you ...

Article - Robert Walker - Sep 22 2017 - 9:31pm

Now That The World Hasn't Ended- Let's Petition YouTube And Journalists To Do Something About These Suicide Inducing Stories!

This is a good example of a story that has morphed and changed as it gets passed from one paper to another. They all cite the same source, from the BBC but the reporters haven’t read the source. I think they just read each other. The science is actually r ...

Article - Robert Walker - Sep 25 2017 - 5:07pm

What Do CT, MA, NY And California Share In Common? Voting And Anti-Vaccine Beliefs

When corporate media revealed during the 2016 U.S. Presidential election campaign that Donald Trump had expressed anti-vaccine sentiments, Democrats in "blue states breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, journalists could claim anti-vaccine sentiment was ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 7 2017 - 9:51am

Trump: “Must It Be Today Jesus? Three Years Left Of My Presidency!” David Meade’s Bonkers Prophesies For October

This will seem utterly bonkers to most of you. But while reading this please bear in mind that very young children, many as young as 14 and younger, have been driven to the edge of suicide by these prophesies. More on this later but I want to open out by ...

Article - Robert Walker - Feb 3 2019 - 9:49am

De Haut En Bas

Recently, in the New Statesman, under the headline David Attenborough: Brexiteers “probably don’t understand” facts, we read: ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 19 2017 - 1:48pm