Skeptic in Qatar

In 2006 I moved to Qatar and things are not what many people in North America would expect - it is not like how the Middle East is portrayed in the media. I'm also a fan of skepticism and science so wondered how this works here in Qatar. Since I'm here for a while I figured I'd use the time to get to know this country better and with this blog you can learn along with me. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - So what posts have been popular recently . . .

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Horoscopes for cows

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Yep, there's a news article from India about a university designing horoscopes for cows. When I saw the title of the article in a loca...
Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Creationism part deux

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Okay, creationism in Islam. Actually I had a tough time finding a lot of material, presumably most Islamic-creationist literature and websi...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Creationism

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Time for a bit of a rant on creationism. I’m not talking about the belief that a divine being created the universe and all life on it, anyo...
Friday, September 22, 2006

Happy Ramadan!

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Well Ramadan just started, one lunar month where the Muslims fast during the day, pray more often and have banquets/feasts at night. Becaus...
Friday, September 15, 2006

Science behind the veil

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I just happened to catch this interesting article in the local paper. I think it paints an interesting contrast in what many in the West t...
Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Away on business

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I leave tomorrow for a business trip to Bahrain. I'll be back in a couple of days with updates.
Monday, September 11, 2006

Bermuda gets through relatively unscathed

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Looks like Hurricane Florence was a Category 1 storm and so Bermuda didn't suffer a lot of damage (unlike Fabian in 2003, which was Cate...
Saturday, September 09, 2006

Critical Thinking News

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Apparantly a geologist in India said he developed a model that would predict earthquakes and that it predicted the 2004 Indonesian quake. So...

Hurricane Florence

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It looks like Hurricane Florence is going to hit Bermuda tomorrow! I used to live in Bermuda and was there when Hurricane Fabian hit in 2003...
Friday, September 08, 2006

Critical thinking news

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There are a few English language dailies in Doha, the one I usually read is Gulf Times. The paper sometimes has articles regarding some par...
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The Amazing Meeting

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Every year there is a big skeptic convention in Las Vegas called "The Amazing Meeting" (TAM), hosted by the James Randi Educationa...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Psychics, astrologer and magicians, oh my!

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One day I was reading something, I don’t recall if it was an article in a magazine or something from an internet forum, about yet another so...
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And so it begins . . .

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So, why exactly am I doing this blog? I moved to Qatar a few months ago and it surprised me how it was nothing like I had expected. English...
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I'm an accountant, skeptic, and fan of science and science education. By the way I am not Muslim. Nor do I play one on TV.
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