The quest-a thirst unquenchable..

Quest - a thrust unquestionable..

“You have given me deeper thirsting after life. Surely there is no greater gift to a man than that which turns all his aims into parching lips and all life into a fountain. And in this lies my honour and my reward, – That whenever I come to the fountain to drink I find the living water itself thirsty; it drinks me while I drink it.” – Khalil Gibran

Category: A moon/candle in the dark night

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / National Science week special / Saturday with Budthu (SwB)

Miscellaneous “Alternative Medicines”(Quest science month special)

There are recurrent memes or myths in CAM( complementary and alternative medicine) that refuse to die. Like zombies, they keep rising up again no matter how many times they have been debunked. This lecture Includes a survey of some of the truly bizarre odds and ends that can...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / View from Giants' shoulder

James Randi and Richard Dawkins (Quest science month special)

Randi and Dawkins discuss the perinormal and paranormal. This is only a brief clip of the conversation from the Amazing Meeting (January 2005) put on by the James Randi Educational Foundation. [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true”...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / National Science week special

Energy Medicine (James Randi foundation)-(Quest science month special)

[wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”43″ disable_keyboard=”0″]ISoL8qc2xHw[/wpdevart_youtube] Energy medicine claims that there is an energy field undetectable by scientific instruments that somehow gets out of balance, somehow causes illness, and somehow can be adjusted by practitioners...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / National Science week special / View from Giants' shoulder

Surviving the Quacks!–James Randi(Quest Science month special)

James Randi discusses his experiences investigating Peter Popoff, Oral Roberts, and other self-proclaimed “faith-healers.” [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”56″ disable_keyboard=”0″]f2izaEqs0pE[/wpdevart_youtube]

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / National Science week special

Parapsychology and Science-Professor Chris French(Quest Science month special)

Professor Chris French of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths University speaking at the Centre for Inquiry(CfI) UK event on science and pseudoscience at Conway Hall, London. (CFI UK’s primary aim is education, with the focus on the following three areas: (i) the application of science and/or...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / National Science week special

Pseudoscience and Bullshit -James Ladyman(Quest science month special-weekend edition)

James Ladyman, Former editor of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science and and author of Understanding Philosophy of Science (Routledge 2002) and (with Don Ross) Every Thing Must Go (Oxford University Press 2007) speaking at the Centre for Inquiry UK event on science and pseudoscience at...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / Saturday with Budthu (SwB)

Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things- Michael Shermer(Quest Science month special)

Every day, we see intelligent people embracing unintelligent things. They’re skeptical in some areas of their lives, gullible in others. They seem to shift from logical to illogical at the drop of a hat. Maybe this refers to another. Perhaps it describes ourselves. [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark”...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / webscape

DOUBTFUL NEWS-(Quest Science month special)

A sharp-eyed view of questionable claims Evidence-based critique of news of the paranormal, pseudoscience, health claims, and anomalies. Doubtful News logos created by Aaron Scott Mercer (aaronscottmercer.com) DN is a privately-owned, science- and evidence-based site brought to you by Lithospherica, LLC. We help our audience see beyond the news...