I am very privileged to have some wonderful friends, who still take the time to observe nature. Once upon a time we found these people in universities studying the natural sciences, now we are perhaps more likely to find them in film school or at … [Read more...] about Knowing Nature & Ourselves (Part 1.)
Good Causes
Hierarchies of Nonsense, the Reef and Sugarcane
We learn things through experience and by association. When people whom we respect repeat nonsense over and over then we will tend to come to believe this information – even if it makes no sense, and especially if we have no first-hand experience … [Read more...] about Hierarchies of Nonsense, the Reef and Sugarcane
Coral does not have the same meaning as corral
To ‘corral’ is to enclose, envelop, fence, pen, coop, cage. It is the opposite of freedom. We don’t escape this by claiming a love of freedom. Can we escape this by being resilient? I am a bit tired of the freedom mantra. It has given a … [Read more...] about Coral does not have the same meaning as corral
Giving to the Sepik, on ANZAC Day
There were a couple of thousand of us at the dawn service this morning here in Yeppoon to commemorate ANZAC day – when Australian and New Zealand troops landed in Gallipoli one fateful morning in 1915. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has … [Read more...] about Giving to the Sepik, on ANZAC Day
Easter Sunday, Give to the Sepik
I was raised a Protestant, and from a young age it was expected I would serve, that I would be humble and that I would help other people. I can’t escape that, the values in which I was raised. My daughter has married a man, Christian Wright, who … [Read more...] about Easter Sunday, Give to the Sepik
Men at War, Rand Simberg Must Win (Part 3)
They love to quote him, Edmund Burke, eighteenth-century Irish philosopher, and statesman, he apparently said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” And then they did nothing. I forgive the Left, … [Read more...] about Men at War, Rand Simberg Must Win (Part 3)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
