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Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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On The Move?
Will the bones be going home?
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The Opposite of Science
Absolute knowledge with no test in reality – dangerous stuff.
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Is Disgust Good?
Not as a guide to moral thought it’s not, says Paul Bloom.
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Ernst Mayr
A cake with that many candles might be seen as attempted arson.
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Blither
Surely he’s kidding – right? No?
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The Pea Under the Mattresses of Jargon
Sociologists watch teen tv for fun then pretend it’s the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Center for Inquiry to Expand
General public is basically illiterate about science, says Paul Kurtz.
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Animal Rights Leader Denies Calling for Killings
But then urges ‘perspective’ if violence is used.
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Animal Rights ‘Activist’ Could be Expelled
‘If something bad happens to these people it will discourage others.’
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Sadeq Saba on Iranian Justice on Trial
Case seen as key test of Iran’s stance on human rights. Abrupt end of trial not good sign.
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Profile of Top Intellectual Richard Dawkins
He does not call himself ‘the devil’s chaplain’ though.
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Lunatic Greens Not Restricted to the UK Shock
Activists destroy crops in France. Starving millions not consulted.
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Who Killed Zahra Kazemi?
Her family says Ottawa should bring Iran before international court, citing cover-up.
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Canada Recalls Ambassador to Iran
Trial deepened rift between Iran’s reformist government and hardline judiciary.
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Hurrah! Known Atheist Tops Prospect Poll
Richard Dawkins is favourite public intellectual by a wide margin.
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What the Poll Shows
That science (Dawkins apart) didn’t score well; nor did politics or law.
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Gentle Jesus
Why are novels about millions being tortured to death so popular?
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All Too Political Science
Bush administration shapes scientific findings to fit political agenda.
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Political Science in the Other Direction
Keeping the opinions of the science community at the heart of political debate, where they belong.