With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claims, and get to the truth? Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine lays out a "Baloney Detection Kit," ten questions we should ask when encountering a claim.
Since Francis Collins has now been selected by Obama to head the NIH, we thought readers might be interested to read this debate between Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins from November 2006.
The Englishman Richard Dawkins was drawn to biology intrigued by the great questions about the origin of life. He has become the greatest modern spokesman for Darwinism and a militant atheist. In Brazil for the first time, he even attempted to apply his naturalist side.