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Entries from June 2008

Hitchens Does It Again

Anti-Science Politics StupidityMitchell Gerskup
Mitchell Gerskup @ October 27th, 2008 - No Comments

In this article, Hitchens talks about “the GOP ticket’s appalling contempt for knowledge and learning”. It saddens me that these things go largely unreported by the media, whereas past religious affiliations of Senator Obama can form a nation-wide scandal.

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PZ Myers @ UofT

Creationism General Science General Skepticism ZoologyMitchell Gerskup
Mitchell Gerskup @ October 22nd, 2008 - 2 Comments

I would highly recommend coming out to this event if you’re in the area. It only costs $5 for students if you pre-order or your tickets. More information can be found below:

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Confusing Correlation with Causation

Economy General SkepticismMitchell Gerskup
Mitchell Gerskup @ October 11th, 2008 - No Comments

Confusing correlation with causation is a common mistake for people to make. Often, this mistake is the result of sloppy thinking, such as the case with this article here.
Today, President Bush gave an eight-minute speech on the economy, which was meant to reassure the markets. “This is an anxious time,” said Bush. “But the [...]

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Skepticism + Humor = ?

General SkepticismMitchell Gerskup
Mitchell Gerskup @ October 9th, 2008 - No Comments

Cracked.com is usually good for a few laughs, but it seems that one of their recent articles has accidentally stumbled into the realm of skepticism. Check it out!

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Agnosticism vs. Atheism

General Skepticism ReligionMitchell Gerskup
Mitchell Gerskup @ October 8th, 2008 - No Comments

I know that this topic has been exhaustively discussed previously, but I still want to rant about it (read: this is a rant, be forewarned).
I describe myself as an atheist. This means that I do not believe in a god. The definition isn’t confusing to me, because I already know what my beliefs [...]

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On Pareidolia

General Technology PareidoliaMitchell Gerskup
Mitchell Gerskup @ October 7th, 2008 - 1 Comment

Today, while at work, I was filming a site using a new high definition camcorder with face recognition technology. The camera is impressive, and usually good at picking up faces: front profiles, side profiles, on weird angles — it usually recognizes a face. So what interested me was when it started indicating that [...]

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