Archive for August 21st, 2008
Environmentalism Can’t Replace Religion: A Note from Ian Plimer
Posted by Ian Plimer, August 21st, 2008 - under Opinion, Uncategorized.
Tags: Philosophy
Comments: 185
Despite our comfortable materialistic lives, there are many who ask: Is that all? They want a meaning for life and yearn for a spiritual life. Some follow the traditional religions, others embrace paranormal beliefs and many follow a variety of spiritual paths.
A new religion has been invented: Environmentalism. The rise of environmentalism parallels in time [...]
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A Spot of Controversy
Posted by Paul, August 21st, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 36
The current cycle of the sun is taking a long time to start, triggering different explanations, writes Mark Lawson in an article entitled: ‘Scientists disagree over lack of sunspots,’ published in the Australian Financial Review (subscription required).
Excerpt: Despite being dismissed by a number of scientists as of little consequence to the present discussion of climate [...]