Found on this website, “Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher About Evolution” is meant to be a handy guide for students skeptical of evolution. According to this article at The New York Times, science teachers in the US are increasingly having to deal with similar anti-evolution ploys. Reading through the list gave [...]

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In my recent article about Consumer Reports, I mentioned that there was no evidence to support the hypothesis that organically grown foods are any safer, tastier, or more nutritious than are their non-organically grown counterparts. Accepting this premise, you might say that it is still a legitimate choice to purchase organic food to support [...]

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Admittedly, there’s a fine line between skepticism and cynicism — one that’s easy to cross if you don’t watch where you step. Skeptics are accused of making the world a dull place by taking all of the magic and wonder out of everything. As the poet John Keats once said (back when Philosophy [...]

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Well, we’ve recently hit a drought of posts here at Lintbox lately, due possibly to the fact that we’re lazy loafers.  I have recently, however, managed to fix quite a few remaining problems with the site’s layout, and have yet again updated the categories with new, flashier icons and a few additional topics.
We should be [...]

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This is just a purely awesome video. I’ll give it to you up front; with my reasons for posting it below.
So what does this video have to do with science/skepticism?

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A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the Louisiana Science Education Act, a bill blatantly constructed to set the precedent for an anti-scientific, religious curriculum to be taught in public schools.  The bill, furthermore, is allegedly tied to The Discovery Institute, an anti-evolution organization famous for losing the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case, [...]

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Science and religion have an unstable relationship. Oftentimes they are content to stay separate and do their own things. Occasionally, they clash over certain issues of public policy. However, are these two world-views actually compatible, and if not, which one is correct?

Let us look at the last part of that statement first. A favorite argument [...]

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Recently, the Louisiana House recently approved the so-called “Louisiana Science Education Act” which purports to “promote critical thinking, strengthen education and help teachers who are confused about what’s acceptable for science classes.” Any veteran skeptic may already be aware of what this wording is leading to, but for the rest, the bill is a [...]

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I finally understand why some people are so vocally opposed to Bill C-51. It’s right in the Bill’s introductory text:
Whereas the Parliament of Canada recognizes that the assessment of benefits and risks is to be based on scientific and objective evidence;

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There seems to be a rather large problem with Bill C-51 that has been overlooked by our policy makers and health officials alike: nobody seems to understand the bill. The premise is simple enough: treat all medications the same way. If you want to sell something that claims to cure cancer, then prove [...]

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