I've been reading 'The Lucky Culture and The Rise of an Australian Ruling Class' by Nick Cater. Mr Cater has been a journalist with News Ltd and interestingly has a degree in sociology from Exeter University in the UK. The book is very much a … [Read more...] about Open Thread
Super Typhoon Haiyan Strongest in Recorded History?
THE US Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center, using satellite analysis to estimate wind speeds, has claimed that Typhoon Haiyan, that hit the east coast of Samar in the Phillipines on November 8, 2013 is one of the strongest storms in recorded history. … [Read more...] about Super Typhoon Haiyan Strongest in Recorded History?
Postgraduate Research Opportunity
INFLUENTIAL, but seriously flawed research suggesting agricultural pesticides killed mature stands of mangroves at Mackay in Queensland was based on experiments with mangrove seedlings that were dosed with concentrations of Diuron orders of magnitude … [Read more...] about Postgraduate Research Opportunity
Same Information: Different Opinion. Part 1, Attitudes to Natural Variation
MIKE Haseler was once a candidate for the Scottish Green party. He has worked in the wind industry, has knowledge of precision temperature controllers and is a blogger. He is also interested in how: “The two sides in the climate debate look at … [Read more...] about Same Information: Different Opinion. Part 1, Attitudes to Natural Variation
Why Aren’t There More Female Libertarians?
“The thing about freedom is that its heights are limitless, and its lows are bottomless. Libertarians, I presume, look at that void and never consider that they will do anything but rise. And communalists, as the Research Institute dubbed the other … [Read more...] about Why Aren’t There More Female Libertarians?
Against Collective Integration: Carl Jung
In his review of the book 'The Undiscovered Self' by the psychiatrist and philosopher Carl Jung, Maxwell Cynn suggests that: "Dr. Jung noted that whenever individuals are pressed into a group an averaging effect occurs and part of the individual … [Read more...] about Against Collective Integration: Carl Jung
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
