Category: critical thinking

Evolution & Science Pub Quiz – 160th anniversary of Darwin’s Origin of Species

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Centre for Inquiry Canada Ottawa

On 24 November, 1859, Charles Darwin started the evolution revolution when he published his book “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species We celebrated this groundbreaking accomplishment with a pub quiz Sunday November 24, 2019. Teams of 2-3 competed for bragging rights. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”16″ gal_title=”Darwin Origin of Species 160…

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Buridan’s Ass, or How to be Rational by Being Arbitrary

October 30, 2019 Critical Links

A donkey comes to two bales of hay, equally far from him and equal in size, quality, etc. He does not know how to decide between the two bundles of enticing food, and starves to death while vacillating endlessly between the two options. What should the donkey have done? Fields to think about: decision theory,…

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Sobriety, Addiction Treatment, and Secular Exclusion

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Critical Links 4 Comments

by Christjahn Beck Hi, my name is Christjahn Beck and I’m an alcoholic. This very familiar greeting formula is the way that I introduced myself to rooms full of strangers for a short time in my life. I am also a recent transplant from the United States to Canada, the child of two ministers, and…

critical thinking, Secular Sobriety, Secularism, Think Check

A Puzzle about Measurements

September 25, 2019October 28, 2019 Critical Links 1 Comment

A traditional ammeter shows the intensity of an electric current with the angular position of a pointer on a dial; in other words as a ratio of two lengths. A mercury or ethanol thermometer shows ambient temperature by the length of the column of liquid. A balance shows two bodies have different weights via the…

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Science Literacy Week 2019

September 23, 2019September 25, 2019 info

September 16-22, 2019 is Science Literacy Week. This week, CFIC members are sharing their knowledge about Science Literacy. We hope you will also share your science literacy information with us in the comments on this article or in the specific posts. If you ever wonder “is it science?” check out our info graphic to find…

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