By HJ Hornbeck
With 10:23 — the anti-homeopathy campaign — just around the corner, I shall now teach you how to make homeopathic medicine. 1. Get more of what ails you. If you’re suffering from a cold, gather up all the snot you can drain out of your nose. Feeling squeamish? Substitute an onion instead, since its odour… Continue reading Hornbeck on Homeopathy
By HJ Hornbeck
In a debate both sides are given a fair hearing, and expected to bring forward their best evidence. What if one side doesn’t have evidence, though? Without the supporting structure of facts, that side is little more than a fake house on a movie set, projecting a pretty face in front of empty space. This… Continue reading Hornbeck on climate change science
By HJ Hornbeck
Outside of standard science-based medicine, there is the field of complementary and alternative medicine, which are unconventional treatments. One of the major players in complementary and alternative medicine, alongside acupuncture, chiropractic and herbal remedies, is homeopathy. As with any treatment, individuals must make informed decisions based on the best available information. Yet without knowing the… Continue reading Homeopathy
By HJ Hornbeck
Every song starts with a single tweet, as political blogger Laurie Penny can confirm: “An opinion, it seems, is the short skirt of the internet. Having one and flaunting it is somehow asking an amorphous mass of almost-entirely male keyboard-bashers to tell you how they’d like to rape, kill and urinate on you. This week,… Continue reading A woman on the internet
By HJ Hornbeck
As the current head-honcho of the Free Thinkers club, I’m strongly committed to the idea of rational and open debate. I think we can only approach the truth through the free discussion of issues — without censoring or invoking blasphemy. Which is why I’m opposed to the Genocide Awareness Project’s signs. To see why, we… Continue reading The GAP’s veto
By HJ Hornbeck
Guess what’s back in the news? Conservative mp Brad Trost warns that the debate on abortion access has been reopened in Canada, and that aggressive new tactics will be the name of the game. Okay, fine. Let’s talk abortion. We’ll assume that abortion is murder, and that our goal is to eliminate it. I know… Continue reading “This again?! Abort me already…”
By HJ Hornbeck
Brandon Beasley’s column on “The poverty of New Atheism” [Sept. 30] slammed us for not coming up with a “viable, fulfilling worldview.” Of course we haven’t! Atheism just means you do not believe in a god or gods. Period, end of sentence. Secular Humanists, devout Jains and even some Hindus can all call themselves atheist.… Continue reading Letter: Troubles with new, new atheism