Category Archives: Debunking

The Kony 2012 thing

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Michel

I hate when that happens. You may have heard about Kony 2012. a very, very well publicized campaign to bring african criminal Joseph Kony to fame, so that the world knows about him, and push for his capture and arrest. … Continue reading →

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On personalized advertising and data-mining techniques

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Michel

What can be done nowadays with databases is remarkable. Well, remarkable probably isn’t the right word here. It doesn’t have the right flavour. One might want to mix in a little bit of “sinister” in there. But I’ll stick with … Continue reading →

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Top 3 most important books of 2011

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Michel

Happy new year everyone! I took an extra week from blogging as the start of 2012 has been a bit of a frenzy. I travelled back to Europe with a cold and then I delivered a chaotic update on my … Continue reading →

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Nuclear energy after the Fukushima Daichi disaster

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Michel

I get infuriated, especially when I see people who champion reason and the merits of science and skepticism give into irrational and misinformed fears. One of my acquaintances on Facebook, which I really liked for posting all sorts of interesting science stories … Continue reading →

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Is a slippery slope argument a logical fallacy?

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Michel

(Version française un peu plus bas.) Not too long ago, I went into an argument with a number of my friends from Québec about the future of the french language in the province. For those of you not too familiar … Continue reading →

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