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

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

Naturopathy and Herbal Medicines-from James Randi foundation(Quest Science month special)

Naturopathy is an ill-defined system based on vitalistic mythology; it combines commonsense health and nutrition measures and rational use of a few herbs with a huge variety of unscientific practices and anti-medical double-talk. What naturopaths do that is good is no different from what MDs do, and what...

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Shots of Awe-Hopeless Duality Of Man

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SYMPHONY OF SCIENCE – WAVES OF LIGHT(Quest science month special)

A musical celebration of light and how it tells the story of our universe. Featuring Brian Cox.   [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=”57″ disable_keyboard=”0″]5FiNZvuOkzY[/wpdevart_youtube]

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

Demarcation and Pseudoscience-(Quest science month special)

(From the book Thinking About Science, Massimo Pigliucci Skeptical Inquirer Volume 38.1 A collection of essays (Philosophy of Pseudoscience, University of Chicago Press) on what philosophers call “the demarcation problem,” the issue of what exactly separates sound science from bad science and pseudoscience. It’s the kind of somewhat arcane issue of...

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For members / show case-inspirational

The best stats you’ve ever seen | Hans Rosling

With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital...

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Shots of Awe-The Hidden Truth About Technoolgy

“The human mind incorporates all kinds of non-biological props and scaffoldings.”   [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=”50″ disable_keyboard=”0″]Ty9KCZwY4gg[/wpdevart_youtube]

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

Pseudo-scientific and Paranormal Claims-James Randi(Quest Science month special)

[wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”0″ 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″]DRqlvqHBVCg[/wpdevart_youtube] Lecture is from the McGill University’s Lorne Trottier Public Science Symposium on the confrontation and threat of pseudoscience in contemporary society. As one of the central figures in the...