Category Archives: General

Change of URL

Posted on 26 July 2019 by Pict1

After a while using the domain: Scottishsceptic.co.uk I’ve decided to change to scottishsceptic.uk. This however, won’t be the biggest change as I’m planning to launch a new “in house” journal for sceptics at the beginning of 2020. That however may … Continue reading →

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Bee-keeping: Playing the odds against catastrophic collapse

Posted on 1 May 2017 by Scottish-Sceptic

Last year I was given a beehive and some bees for a birthday present. This year I’ve realised that there’s a lot more to keeping bees than I thought: the biggest problem facing me being one of simple statistics: The … Continue reading →

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My perfect polical party manifesto

Posted on 2 January 2017 by Scottish-Sceptic

After my experience in UKIP, I’ve realised that there are huge issues with all the present political parties as none of them represent my views. So, I was wondering what a political party would look like if it had a … Continue reading →

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Parking global warming

Posted on 28 April 2016 by Scottish-Sceptic

It is said, that if you navigate a super-tanker, that you need to think miles ahead because of the time it takes the super-tanker to respond. Likewise, government is a bit dim-witted and ideas tend to get absorbed more in … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Climate, Funding Imbalance, General, greenblob, Politics, science | 5 Comments

Jesus the sceptic

Posted on 21 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

It’s traditional at this time to write some pointless diatribe about crucifixion, why the Xes shouldn’t be in Xmas, 666, the Holy grail and much more, so I thought I would join in and try my luck. And as Jesus … Continue reading →

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Scots: more words for rain than Eskimos for snow

Posted on 28 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

It is often claimed that “Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow”, but I wondered whether this is true or if there were more Scottish words for rain. First, the truth about the Eskimo or Inuit: David Robson, New Scientist … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, General, Humour, My Best Articles | 36 Comments

Is the earth expanding? Massively!!

Posted on 27 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I’ve come across this video by chance. It breaks the known principles of science so it must be wrong, but I’m scratching my head trying to work out how to make it fit in with what I know. Have a … Continue reading →

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In defense of Ramsay

Posted on 26 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I am going to take the highly unusual step (for me) of defending an academic against a blog post on Bishop hill. The issue at stake is carbon 14 dating as used by archaeologists to derive dates. And as I’m … Continue reading →

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Caesar: the nature of intelligence

Posted on 11 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I was watching the prelude to Planet of the Apes and admiring how chimps which as far as I could see had never seen a lock after being given the “intelligence virus”, could suddenly because they are now intelligent, could … Continue reading →

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The Human Reptile?

Posted on 11 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

A long time ago animals were divided into “mammals” and “reptiles” from Latin repere “to crawl, creep”. Reptiles were the cold blooded, scaly creatures who lurked in cold water laid eggs and were basically “not nice” like fluffy furry mammals. … Continue reading →

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